Overview

The undergraduate curriculum offers you the opportunity to learn many different ways to analyze human language. You will be exposed to data from many languages in your coursework, and you will be offered many occasions to showcase your knowledge of a variety of languages.

Key Features

Having only 8 required major courses, many students choose to double major in Linguistics. In fact, due to the interdisciplinary nature of Linguistics, most of our courses will also earn you credit in subjects such as English, Spanish, French, German, Communication Sciences, or Comparative Literature, making Linguistics an easy addition to many degrees.

Majoring in Linguistics at University of Georgia develops valuable intellectual skills such as analytical reasoning, critical thinking, argumentation, and clarity of expression. This means you will have the ability to make insightful observations, formulate testable hypotheses, generate predictions, make arguments, draw conclusions, and communicate findings to a wider audience.

Careers

Many commercial operations are welcoming to linguists, such as advertising, journalism, and especially the computing industry, where linguists can operate in speech recognition and analysis, natural language processing, or artificial intelligence. Governmental organizations like the Foreign Service, the FBI, the NSA, or the CIA, are eager employers of those with skills in languages and linguistics.

Jobs:

Linguist, Translator, Computer Scientist in Natural Language Processing or Artificial Intelligence, Professor. With a connection to other fields, linguistics sometimes find themselves under the rubric of an Anthropologist or Sociologist, among others.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Phonetics and Phonology

Generative Syntax

Study of Language Development

Advanced Generative Syntax

Morphology

Language, Mind, and Brain

Languages of the World

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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102

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Athens, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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102

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Other requirements

General requirements

The First-Year application fee is $70 for US Citizens and $85 for International Students.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

30878 USD / year

≈ 30878 USD / year
Out-of-State

30878 USD / year

≈ 30878 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

10034 USD / year

≈ 10034 USD / year

Living costs

Athens

United States

720 - 1170 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Athens

Funding

Scholarships Information

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