BA Linguistics at University of California, Berkeley

Linguistics is the general study of language. It addresses features that all languages have in common, the ways in which languages may differ from one another, and the ways in which languages change over time. The undergraduate major in Linguistics introduces students to sounds and their patterns (phonetics and phonology), word structure (morphology), sentence structure (syntax), meaning (semantics), how languages evolve over time (comparative and historical linguistics), the relation of language and cognition (e.g. psycholinguistics), and how language is used in society (sociolinguistics).

Faculty: College of Letters & Science  |  Department: Linguistics  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Major requirements are organised as: Prerequisites (Intro to Linguistics); Lower Division (Lower Division Courses); Upper Division (Students must complete 1 course from 4 of the 5 bins, each with a letter grade., Language and Mind, Sociolinguistics and Historical Linguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, Morphosyntax, Meaning); Electives (Electives).

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Communications, Education, International, Law & Public Policy, Nonprofit & Community Development.

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