Linguistics

A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theory and theoretical linguistics, philosophical linguistics, philology and historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, phonetics, phonemics, dialectology, semantics, functional grammar and linguistics, language typology, lexicography, morphology and syntax, orthography, stylistics, structuralism, rhetoric, and applications to artificial intelligence.

Students majoring in Linguistics can advance up to a Post masters certificate. On average, 67% percent of women and 33% percent of men make up the degrees awarded across all college campuses. Linguistics is has the largest number of granted degrees in Texas. The Median Starting Salary for an undergraduate degree in Linguistics is $44,500.