Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Linguistics

Rice University

Program Learning Outcomes for the BA Degree with a Major in LinguisticsUpon completing the BA degree with a major in Linguistics, students will be able to:Demonstrate the ability to perform independent research about languages and their speakers, including the ability to ethically complete field work, collect data, analyze data, utilize laboratory and computing technologies, draw meaningful conclusions from data, and convey research results effectively orally and in writing.Identify and define the main approaches for researching language structure and use at all levels (sounds, words, grammar, meaning, social/cultural interaction), as well as be able to evaluate critically and apply the primary concepts, vocabularies, methods and theories in their own work.Appreciate the diversity of language and the ways in which it changes over time. They will be able to analyze the diversity of sounds and grammar in the world’s languages. They will also understand the diversity of regionally-, socially-, and ethnically-defined varieties within a single language. Students will be able to explain why this diversity is relevant to everyday life and how it is crucial to fields both inside and outside of linguistics.Understand the systematic relationships between language structure and language use, and how these in turn relate to cognition, culture, identity, and society.

School of Social Sciences