Computational Linguistics Major Related Careers
The following careers are directly or indirectly related to the study of this major. Click the job title to learn more about it. To search for more career options, visit OnetOnline.org.
About this major:
Do you love learning languages? Are you interested in discovering how they work? Do you enjoy working with computers? Then Computational Linguistics may be the right program for you. Computational Linguistics is based on knowledge from Linguistics as well as from Computer Science and Cognitive Science. Computational Linguistics studies how language works in order to determine how a computer can understand and work with language. Typical applications include machine translation, automatic summarization of texts, and intelligent computer-assisted language learning. In the program, we will cover more practical applications as well as more basic techniques, such as automatic part-of-speech tagging.
In the major in Computational Linguistics, you will take foundational courses in three areas:
No prior knowledge in either area is required. You have the choice of either doing a B.S. in Computational Linguistics (4 years), or opt to add another year and graduate with a M.S. in Computational Linguistics. There is also an undergraduate minor in Computational Linguistics.
Potential employers include:
Career Information:
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