BA in Linguistics in Madison United States | University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Language Sciences program at UW-Madison serves as an interdisciplinary center for research and academic partnership, home to the Linguistics degree program. Linguistics represents the systematic examination of human communication. This field explores universal language patterns while analyzing the structure of individual languages. Students pursuing a linguistics degree should develop the capacity to-

exhibit comprehensive understanding of core linguistic domains including phonetics (speech production and sound properties), phonology (language sound systems), morphology (word formation), syntax (sentence construction), and semantics (meaning interpretation),
show proficiency in analyzing linguistic data across these core areas,
utilize their linguistic knowledge objectively, adhering to scientific principles, and
extend their analytical skills to applications beyond linguistic study.