Linguistics, the scientific study of language, helps you understand people and societies.
Explore all aspects of language – how it’s formed, used and always changing.
No matter your career field, language skills are essential.
Contact the Academic Advising and Transfer Center to declare a certificate in linguistics.
This certificate is jointly offered by the Department of English and the Department of World Languages and Cultures. This certificate provides a strong foundation for students in linguistics. It additionally qualifies students for advanced professional and/or postgraduate training in various areas, including but not limited to programs in sociolinguistics, anthropology, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, forensic linguistics, artificial intelligence, and/or machine-learning. The certificate also provides scope for engaging in services in language consultancy, translation and editing, preservation programs for endangered languages, and/or teaching.
This certificate is administered by the Department of English.
Six hours in a second or foreign language.
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