Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics engages students in the exploration of language as a natural phenomenon. You?ll focus on language acquisition, the social context of language variation, the physics and perception of speech sounds, the properties of language evolution, and the automated processing of speech and language by computers. In addition to our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, we foster the study and preservation of Northwest Indigenous languages and teach American Sign Language. Classes in the Department of Linguistics are usually limited to 30 students.

The study of language develops writing, critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills sought after by employers. At the graduate level, the department offers a PhD in Linguistics and a professional MS in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) that can prepare you for a career at the intersection of computer science and linguistics.

Career Paths
Graduates with an undergraduate linguistics degree can find success in a variety of roles, including:

Translator/Interpreter
Educator
Technical writer
Natural language processing researcher


An undergraduate degree in Linguistics from UW also serves as preparation for graduate work in linguistics or language-related fields such as speech and hearing science or language teaching. Courses in linguistics at UW provide training in the analysis of specific languages and language families as well as in the construction of theories of possible human languages. The required coursework for the Linguistics major or minor at the University of Washington emphasizes the core areas of linguistics: syntax, phonetics, and phonology. However, a substantial number of elective classes is also required, and these provide ample room for exploration of additional areas, such as computational linguistics, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and others.

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