Pave Your Career Path through the Art of Language
Gain insight into how we interact with others through the study of linguistics. You will develop essential problem-solving, critical-thinking and clarity-of-expression skills by understanding the intricacies of language structure and use.
Foundational groundwork that focuses on the history, structure, function and evolution of language will prepare you for careers in areas like public relations, education, machine learning, speech pathology, translation, technical writing, publishing and foreign services with a bachelor's in linguistics from the University at Albany.
Student Learning Objectives
Learning objectives that UAlbany students are expected to attain through their course of study within their academic program.
Bachelor of Arts
- Acquire ability to collect data from a primary source (native speaker) and analyze it using techniques learned from previous coursework.
- Acquire ability to effectively collect linguistic data from secondary sources such as grammars, dictionaries, other linguistic sources.
- Acquire oral and written presentation skills to present linguistic analysis.
- Understand and critically evaluate descriptions of grammatical structure from the linguistic literature.
- Understands basic principles, assumptions and terminology used in major sub-areas: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, acquisition and sociolinguistics, and apply this knowledge to analysis of data within theoretical frameworks for phonological, morphological and syntactic analyses and their applications and contributions.
