该系提供语言学专业的硕士学位，主修一般语言学。该专业适用于计划在理论领域（例如，语法或语音学）攻读博士学位的学生，或计划在工业或教育领域中与语言相关的领域工作的学生。
Our programs seek to educate our students and the wider world about the nature, structure, and function of language, one of the most important defining properties of humankind. Because the study of language falls at the crossroads of several disciplines (psychology, social science, cognitive science, philosophy, literary and cultural studies, education, and computer science), it is by nature interdisciplinary, and succeeds best when it integrates a variety of perspectives. The Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages offers graduate study leading to the Master of Arts degree in linguistics. The 31-unit, interdisciplinary program provides broad educational opportunities through two specializations. In both programs, specialized courses build on a foundation of core courses in theoretical linguistics.