The Linguistics program at Florida State University equips students with the skills to investigate the sounds, structures and meaning in human language. It also helps prepare them for careers in fields such as teaching, translation and interpretation, voice or speech recognition software development, literacy programming, curriculum development, data analysis, and U.S. intelligence or foreign service, among others. We offer a wide range of courses in syntax, phonology, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics, child language acquisition, second language acquisition, historical linguistics, research methods, and computational linguistics. Our labs include a Language Processing and Eye-tracking lab, a Phonetics lab, a Psycholinguistics lab, and a Second Language Acquisition lab. Some of our students are involved in undergraduate research and/or write an honors thesis.
Linguistics Majors
Students can choose between two different Linguistics majors – the General Linguistics major and the Linguistics and Languages major – and can receive a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in either depending on coursework.
Linguistics Minor
The linguistics minor consists of twelve semester hours. Two of the courses must be core courses. We offer a wide range of courses in syntax, phonology, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics, child language acquisition, second language acquisition, historical linguistics, research methods, and computational linguistics.
Linguistics Entrepreneurship Minor
The minor in Linguistics Entrepreneurship is a twelve-hour course of study open to students in any major at FSU. Students completing the minor will be knowledgeable about the innovative applications of linguistics. The curriculum will provide students with the skills, tools, and resources to transition from academic life to careers using linguistics and/or languages (including in industry).