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Learning Outcomes

Linguistics Learning Outcomes

Students who complete a major in Linguistics:

  • Grasp the complexity of language as a communication system shaped by cognitive, biological, cultural, and social factors.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the concepts, theories, and methodologies used by linguists in qualitative and quantitative analyses of linguistic structure, patterns of language use, and the role of language in social identities.
  • Are able to collect, organize and analyze linguistic data from diverse languages, to form hypotheses about language structure/use, to test those hypotheses against new data, and to synthesize research findings into a readable, well supported research report.
  • Acquire the technical vocabulary and theoretical tools of the field, able to necessary to read published linguistic research, and demonstrate readiness for significant scholarly participation in the field of linguistics.

Computational Linguistics Outcomes

Students who complete a major in Computational Linguistics:

  • Demonstrate understanding of the components of human language (e.g. phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax), and how to analyze  the structure of these components.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the cognitive, biological, cultural and social factors involved in the use of language as a communication  system.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the complexities entailed in modeling human language using computational models.
  • Are ready for significant professional participation in the field of computational linguistics, by carrying out research projects in the area and writing readable and well-supported research reports about their results.