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Previously a "program," Linguistics is now officially a department within the College of Arts & Sciences. Linguistics Department News Welcome -- or welcome back! Linguistics Degree Programs We offer Linguistics degree programs at the BA, MA, and PhD levels. You can view "undergraduate" vs. "graduate" information by selecting the appropriate button at the top of this page. If you have any questions about Linguistics at BU, don't hesitate to contact the Chair of Linguistics . We offer: a major and minor in Linguistics joint majors combining Linguistics with French , Italian , Japanese , Spanish , Philosophy , or -- NEW, starting in September 2019 , Computer Science an intercollegiate joint undergraduate major in Linguistics & Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences . an MA in Linguistics , a dual BA/MA dual degree in Linguistics , and a PhD in Linguistics . We are also delighted to announce two new Graduate Certificate Programs in Linguistics , which will launch in September of 2019. All of our undergraduate programs have corresponding Honors programs (see below ). They are also very "Hub-efficient," enabling students to fulfill many of the required Hub units. The deadline has now passed for September 2019 admission to the MA or PhD program. The application deadlines for admission the MA and PhD programs in September 2020 will be February 3, 2020 for the MA program and January 6, 2020 for the PhD program. The graduate application portal for next year will open in September of 2019. The next opportunities for undergraduates to apply for the BA/MA program will be November 30, 2019 (for admission in Spring 2020) or April 20, 2020 (for admission in Fall 2020). CAS Linguistics Facebook Page Have a look: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics . Become a fan! We welcome your suggestions about what else you would like to see there... Thanks! BU undergraduate Linguistics Association BULA also has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boston-University-Linguistics-Association/142505152475244 . Events are open to the BU community, and if you'd like to help in planning future events, new BULA members are always welcome :-) Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter and sign up for the BULA email list: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Spring 2020 Advising Schedule The Linguistics faculty is ready to offer advice and assistance! Please stop by if we can be of help. The Spring Advising schedule is now available at http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/adv/adv-s20.pdf . Faculty contact information can be found here: http://ling.bu.edu/people . Linguistics in relation to the brand new BU "Hub" The Linguistics majors and minor offer wonderful options for students to fulfill Hub requirements as part of your major or minor ! The 12-course Linguistics major, for example, allows you to fulfill over half of the 26 Hub units. The 6-course Linguistics minor can fulfill 12 of the 26 required Hub units. For further details, please see http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/hub/lx-hub.html or contact Prof. Neidle . Spring 2020: Course Flyers and Complete Schedule Explore our Gallery of Course Flyers for Spring 2020 ! For a listing of Linguistics courses for Spring 202, see http://ling.bu.edu/courses/schedules/spring2020 Check out our recent Newsletters 2019: . 2018: Intercollegiate joint major in Linguistics & Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Students in CAS or SAR can major in Linguistics & Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences . For details of the new CAS major, see http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/lx-slhs . There is also a corresponding honors program . Joint majors: Linguistics with Computer Science or Philosophy It is now possible to combine the study of Linguistics with Computer Science or Philosophy. For more information, see: Linguistics and Computer Science (new!) - http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/Linguistics-and-CS Linguistics and Philosophy - http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/lingphil Joint Majors in Linguistics & French/Italian/Japanese/Spanish Brochures for the joint majors in French/Italian/Japanese/Spanish & Linguistics. You can print them out yourself (2-sided, flip short side) or stop by to pick one up from the entryway to 621 Commonwealth Ave.: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/joint/FrenLx.pdf http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/joint/ItalLx.pdf http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/joint/SpanLx.pdf http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/joint/JapaLx.pdf We are pleased to be able to offer joint majors that combine the study of linguistics with that of language, literature, and culture. Here's some information about these majors (and the corresponding honors programs): French & Linguistics (Hegis code: 1147 ) Italian & Linguistics (Hegis code: 1148 ) Japanese & Linguistics (Hegis code: 1149 ) Spanish & Linguistics (Hegis code: 1150 ) There is also the Linguistics major itself, of course (Hegis code 1505 ). You can now change your major or minor declarations online: http://www.bu.edu/casadvising/major-minor-declaration-form/ . Be sure to list all your majors and minors if you are making any kind of change. For further information, contact Prof. Neidle . Linguistics Honors Programs If you plan to graduate between January 2021 and September 2021 (inclusive) and would like to enter the Honors program for Linguistics or one of the Linguistics joint majors as of September 2019, the deadline for receipt of applications is 9/10/2019. For details, see: http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/linguistics-honors http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/linguistics-and-philosophy-honors http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/honors-lx-slhs http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/language-and-linguistics-honors Dual BA/MA in Linguistics There is also a dual degree BA/MA program in Linguistics: http://ling.bu.edu/degrees/ba-ma . Prof. Neidle is available to provide further information and answer any questions you may have, and/or to help you plan your academic program. MA in Linguistics See this page for details of the LINGUISTICS MA program: http://ling.bu.edu/grad/degrees/ling-ma . This program replaces the MA in Applied Linguistics. New applications will be accepted henceforth only for the new program. Calling all Linguistics alumni ! 1) If you haven’t yet filled out our alumni survey, or would like to update your information, please click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YMZDGX6 2) 2016 graduates are urged to complete the exit survey (link was sent by email; contact lxchair@bu.edu if you would like it resent). 3) We’d also love to get an update from you for our Alumni Notes page: http://ling.bu.edu/people/alumni . Thanks so much !! Very best wishes from all of us... Where are they now? Are you interested to know what our Linguistics alumni are doing now? If so, please have a look at our Alumni Notes page , and have a look here . If you are one of our Linguistics alumni but have not yet filled out our alumni survey, or would like to update your information, please see below. To send an update for the Alumni N...