Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Linguistics

Northeastern University

Students have an opportunity to learn about the formal structures and analysis of human languages across multiple levels (sounds, words, phrases and sentences, meaning) while simultaneously mastering the fundamentals of effective communication and of communication theory and practice. Students receive extensive training in writing and speaking, both for a technical audience and more generally and they explore the role of language and communication in society, both from a broad theoretical perspective and in narrower, more focused and applied domains. In the combined major in linguistics and communication studies, students learn about the formal structures and analysis of human languages across multiple levels (sounds, words, phrases and sentences, meaning) while simultaneously mastering the fundamentals of effective communication and of communication theory and practice. Students receive extensive training in writing and speaking, both for a technical audience and more generally and they explore the role of language and communication in society, both from a broad theoretical perspective and in narrower, more focused and applied domains