<p>AAs of this moment, I want to majopr in linguistics at, hopefully, Georgetown. Now, I know Georgetown is great at sociolinguistics at the grad level, and I'm not sure if I want to concentrate in that area. </p>
<p>All in all, how's the overall ling program over there? Will I be able to get a good education even if I don't want to do sociolinguistics? The huge draw for me at Georgetown is it's varied languages.</p>
<p>Hey, I'm a linguistics major at Georgetown! I just finished my sophmore year, and I'm also majoring in Spanish. The linguistics program is great! Although we do have a good sociolinguistics department, I can't stand socio, but we have strong programs in applied linguistics (language teaching) and language acquisition(SLA) as well. Don't worry about getting a good education, you definitely will get a very good and well-rounded education in linguistics. Every major is forced to take Intro to Language, and the 4 theoretical core classes: Phonetics, Phonology, Syntax, and Morphology, along with 5 electives in whichever field they choose (theoretical, socio, applied, SLA, computational, etc.). Also, as an undergrad, you don't pick a concentration, you just take whatever classes interest you, but you never have to take a socio class if you don't want to (but I'd recommend taking at least one just to see how you like it). </p>
<p>If you have any more questions about Linguistics or Georgetown in general, feel free to send me a message.</p>
<p>Stanks a lot Jangel! I actually do have another one. Majoring in both Spanish and Linguistics, do you still have a few classes to take other non-major related classes? I'd really like to study 2-3 languages, but I know it's really ambitious. I would've taken 10 APs that Gtown accepts credit for by the time I graduate from high school.</p>
<p>You definitely have time to take free electives. Each major has 10 or 11 classes, plus about 10 gen eds (you'll probably get AP credit for most of those though), which leaves you with 10+ free electives. I came 14 credits, but I've had space to take a government class, a psych class, I took 2 semesters of Portuguese, and next semester I'm starting Basque, so it's definitely doable. 3 languages over the course of 4 years is definitely doable, I just wouldn't recommend taking all three at once, especially if they are intensive classes!</p>
<p>Georgetown has Basque!? since when? That's pretty awesome :)</p>
<p>Georgetown has every language that I've ever thought about maybe learning and more! That's why it's such a huge draw, but I don't really want to major in any one particular language.</p>
<p>This fall is the first time that they are offering Basque...one of the PhD students in the Spanish department is from Basque country. But yeah, I'm really sad I don't have time in my schedule to take all the languages that I want to.</p>
<p>Sungchul, you don't need to major in a particular major, you could always do a minor in one or 2 languages along with your linguistics major, and do a semester along with a few summer study abroad programs in different places!</p>
<p>Since Georgetown requires (or just strongly recommends?) ling/language students to go abroad, will they pay for or help pay for it? And if I major/minor in more than 1 langauge, will i have the chance to go to two different countries?</p>
<p>Linguistics majors aren't required to go abroad, but it is strongly recommended. Most language majors require at least a summer program abroad, but minors do not. The semester study abroad programs cost normal Georgetown tuition, which means that whatever financial aid you receive from them will also be applied to your semester (or year) abroad. For summer programs done through the university, you can also apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>You can definitely go to two different countries: many people do a semester one place and a summer in another, but you could do one semester in each place, as well, but it is a little more difficult to do.</p>