<p>How is the linguistics program at CMU?</p>
<p>Who would know? It’s only a few years old.</p>
<p>I know its new, but anybody associated with the humanities departments especially languages and philosophy will know something.</p>
<p>my friend who is a linguistics major says it is a very very small program - less than 40 kids. Like cognitive psychology, it is one of those majors that has a heavy base in theory and philosophy but if you’re actually planning to make a career out of it that will pay your rent you should seek out sci/tech opportunities like the LTI. Our LTI (Language Technologies Institute) is doing exceedingly well at the moment, as things like Google Translate and verbal robotics are really where many of the linguistics jobs are going to be in the near future. I don’t know how well ranked it is, but I know that many Linguistics professors are also those who work in the English and Psych department, if that helps at all.</p>
<p>People don’t select CMU for linguistics per se…but perhaps for computational linguistics-- of which you could not be in a better place (maybe, MIT). </p>
<p>Straight up linguistics-- try an Ivy League school with a strong humanities department devoted to that discipline.CMU’s group is part of the Philosophy department-- not a separate department.</p>
<p>If you’re a techie sort - and that side of linguistics calls to your interests-- CMU is a great place to study the field. If you want something more humanities driven-- not probably the educational fit you want.</p>
<p>The premier undergraduate programs in linguistics are at Georgetown and MIT. Georgetown’s program is linked more to foreign languages and sociology whereas MIT’s program is linked more to philosophy and science. The international emphasis at Georgetown and its location in DC influence the linguistics education whereas MIT’s engineering, technology, and science focus influences the program there.</p>