The master's degree program (MS) in computational linguistics is an intensive two-year program that prepares you for mastery in the field, whether you want to work in industry or pursue your PhD.<br><br>The computational linguistics training at Brandeis enables both initial success and satisfying long term careers in this burgeoning field. You'll find your skills in demand in a variety of areas that include speech recognition, artificial intelligence, machine translation, big data, automated text analysis and web search.<br><br>The curriculum is designed to progressively prepare you for a successful long-term career in computational linguistics. The first year curriculum is tailored to the level of the students entering the program. It allows students who need it to establish a strong foundation in both computer science and linguistics, while also enabling those with prior background in both fields to begin more advanced coursework from the start.<br><br>In the second year, students take advanced courses in computational linguistics, as well as courses on applied or theoretically oriented topics within computational linguistics, natural language processing, computer science, and linguistics.<br><br>For-credit internships are available and encouraged, with direct help from our faculty. Opportunities are also available to be involved in Computational Linguistics research labs. The program culminates in a semester- or year-long internship, capstone project or master's thesis.