Uncover the Nature of Language
Linguistics addresses the origin and nature of language, investigates language in all of its forms (spoken, written, signed), and describes how language is used wherever, whenever, and however it is practiced. Our Linguistics major is flexible and encourages students to pursue their particular interests across a wide range of disciplines.
Curriculum and Courses
The Linguistics Program offers a major and a minor to all Miami students. The interdisciplinary program is housed in the English Department in cooperation with a number of departments that contribute to the program through their course offerings.
LIN 201 Introduction to Linguistics
LIN 210F Special Topics in Language Awareness: Language and Technology
ATH 265 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
SPA 223 Theories of Language Development
CSE 486 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Linguistics is a flexible program that encourages students to pursue their particular interests across a wide range of disciplines. Faculty members from throughout the Department of English and from a variety of departments across Miami teach courses for the program.
Career Options
Linguistics graduates have excellent analytic skills and are therefore qualified for many careers that require in-depth understanding of how language works, and how it can best be utilized. Linguists work in many different areas including web and software development, medicine, international relations, bilingual and foreign language education, TESOL, marketing, translation, law, politics, communications, journalism, and publishing. In fact, Miami graduates work in literacy programs, advertising, machine translation, on the mission field, and in lexicography, and computer programming. Others are employed by the government in cross-cultural centers, such as the Peace Corps, the U.S. Information Agency, and those who also obtained teacher certification are working in schools both in the United States and abroad. Still others have enrolled in graduate schools to continue their linguistics studies or work toward degrees in business or law.
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27 January 2025, 25 August 2025
Miami University
Oxford Campus,
501 E. High Street,
OXFORD,
Ohio,
45056, United States
Completion of formal secondary education in a pre-university curriculum
Completion must include the awarding of a diploma or the issuance of a leaving certificate or matriculation certificate generally recognized as the educational qualification necessary for admission to higher studies.
English Language Requirements:
TOEFL Internet-based (iBT), including Paper and Home Editions: 80
IELTS and IELTS Online - 6.5
Duolingo English Test (DET) - 110
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic and PTE Academic Online - 53
Application deadline: Priority Decision Deadline – Dec/01 for Fall Semester; International Regular Decision Deadline - Apr/01 for fall; Dec/01 for spring.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.