我们的课程旨在向学生介绍语言分析并积极地参与其中。他们还使学生了解世界语言的多样性。不需要或假定没有广泛的外语背景。该部门的入门课程不以该领域的背景知识为前提。选择相关领域语言学的学生将语言学专业课程与经批准的第二领域中与语言学相关的课程相结合，例如人类学，经典，计算机科学或心理学。
Our courses aim to introduce students to linguistic analysis and actively engage them in it. They also expose students to the great diversity found in the languages of the world. An extensive foreign language background is not required or assumed. The department's introductory courses presuppose no prior background in the field. Students who choose the Linguistics with Related Field combine courses in linguistics proper with linguistics-related courses in an approved second field such as anthropology, classics, computer science, or psychology.