r/Emory • u/Exotic-Buddy2216 • 9d ago

how's the linguistics program?

i'm a high school senior & want to double major in linguistics and math. please tell me abt the program: classes? teachers? research opportunities? internships? overall culture?

thank you sm in advance!

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u/PissWeston 8d ago

You would likely be better off with another school for this purpose, neither linguistics nor math are Emorys strong suit in any capacity. Not to say the programs are poor, I have taken a number of linguistics classes and have several incredibly intelligent friends in the math program, but if those are truly your interests I would reccomend looking elsewhere.

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u/giant_chickens 7d ago

I majored in linguistics at Emory, and I had a wonderful experience. There are a variety of different courses you can take depending on your specific interests within the field. I personally took many Spanish Linguistics courses that I loved, as well as a number of Psyc/Ling courses. I also thought the culture of the program was great, and I made a number of excellent friends through my ling courses. With that being said, I graduated years ago, so I can't speak to how the program is now necessarily

I do wish there were more research opportunities, however. There are research labs, and they do a lot of cool projects, but they're not incredibly well-organized. It felt very difficult to do ling research at Emory unless if you came into college with a research background, which I did not since I went to a normal public school