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BA in Linguistic

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of Tennessee

Program Overview

The Linguistics concentration offers a broad exposure to the various areas of linguistics (including historical, descriptive, applied, and theoretical linguistics) and offers opportunities to study fields where linguistics overlaps with other disciplines such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, neurolinguistics, pragmatics, speech pathology, and forensic linguistics. It is designed to prepare a student for graduate work in linguistics or related areas, or to serve as an enrichment to the study of a particular language. It provides the additional possibility of emphasizing the teaching of English as a second language for the student interested in employment at the B.A. level.

Program Key Stats

$37980 (Annual cost)



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Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

Official high school transcript(s), Standardized test scores, Essay, Optional Recommendations (academic, professional, or personal), Optional Personal Statement, TOEFL score of 523 on the paper-based test, or 70 on the Internet-based (iBT), IELTS minimum score of 6.5.

Career Options

  • Computational linguist in the tech industry
  • Linguistics professor
  • Translator
  • Teach a foreign language
  • Forensic linguist
  • Technical writer
  • Lexicographer

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