Computational linguistics

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<p>I'll be attending college in the fall, and my goal is to earn a Masters degree in Comp Ling after. However, I'm not sure if I'll be able to double major in computer science and linguistics. The former is more lucrative obviously, but I'm more interested in the latter. I don't want to be behind on programming/software requirements nor linguistic/language requirements. If I do have to choose, which should I major in and which should I minor in? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Major in computer science and minor in linguistics. Grad schools will be more impressed by computer science’s rigor, and computational linguistics focuses more on the “computational” than the “linguistics.” A minor in computer science won’t adequately prepare you for a master’s in comp ling, but a linguistics minor will. You’ll have to do some catch up if you decide to major in linguistics and minor in computer science. You’d much rather be behind in your linguistics than your computer science for computational linguistics.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>EDIT: Then again, this guy is in a comp ling grad program and says a computer science minor is fine. Check the last post on this thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/863391-computational-linguistics.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/863391-computational-linguistics.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You might want to shoot him a private message.</p>

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<p>I had the same thoughts when I first entered college, with the intent of majoring in both linguistics and CS. I have found another program that combines them well, so I would suggest you look for that as well–most universities that have it call it cognitive science. As for master’s programs, neither will confer an advantage over the other. I would suggest that you look at this</p>

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<p>and pick out courses accordingly. They will give you the background necessary for graduate work. To finish off your undergrad degree, take whatever CS or ling (or cogsci) requires.</p>

<p>If you’re still not sure, ask yourself: are you more of a computer scientist or a linguist? If you had to major in only one, which would you be happier in? Are you more on the NLP side, or do you like the more general computational linguistics (i.e. applying computational methods to linguistic analysis)? Again, in the end, neither will confer an advantage over the other in grad school admissions to CL/NLP if you have the right background (described in the blog post above).</p>

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<p>Hey, I’m in the same boat as you were (double major in Ling/Cs or minor in one) in order to enter into the grad level Computational linguistic program. Which one worked out best for you?</p>

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