Bachelor’s-to-Master’s in Linguistics at Boston University

Programme overview

Bachelor’s-to-Master’s programs are linked bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in which the two degrees are conferred sequentially. The Bachelor’s-to-Master’s Program in Linguistics is designed for exceptional students who wish to obtain a master’s degree as well as a BA through additional intensive study in Linguistics.

Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences | Duration: 24 units required | Study mode: full-time | Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

Students must complete all requirements for the BA in Linguistics and all requirements for the MA in Linguistics. Students may apply up to 8 units from the undergraduate degree toward the MA.

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Entry requirements

Information about application requirements and deadlines for bachelor’s-to-master’s programs can be found at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences’ Bachelor’s-to-Master’s Programs web page. Ordinarily, only those students who will have completed CAS LX 301 Phonetics & Phonology, LX 321 Syntax, and LX 331 Semantics & Pragmatics by the end of their junior year, and who have a cumulative grade point average through the end of the junior year of 3.5 overall and 3.65 in CAS LX Linguistics courses will be admitted.

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences master's programmes admit for Fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for selected programmes (Economics MS programmes, History of Art & Architecture MA, Preservation Studies MA, Online MS in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence).

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fall 2027 master's deadlines are mostly priority January 15 and final March 15 (African American & Black Diaspora Studies priority February 15, final March 15; Preservation Studies February 15; Sociology and History of Art & Architecture January 15). Spring 2027 deadlines for selected programmes are priority October 15 and final November 15. Applications are submitted through the online application; the GRE is required only for the Economics MS/MA programmes and the MS in Psychological & Brain Sciences.

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