About UCSC Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz aims to advance the understanding of human linguistic ability through the empirical examination of particular languages. The department is renowned for its strengths in phonology, psycholinguistics, semantics, and syntax, as well as for connecting these disciplines to one another and to morphology, phonetics, and pragmatics. Faculty and students deploy a range of computational, experimental, and fieldwork methodologies in their research. The department offers two undergraduate majors, in linguistics and language studies, as well as two graduate degrees (MA and PhD), preparing students for careers in research, teaching, and industry.
Linguistics News
December 17, 2024Campus secures funding for innovative research projects addressing climate action and linguistic diversity
September 25, 2024UCSC Humanities Division welcomes new faculty members
June 5, 2024Humanities Distinguished Undergraduate Alumni Award recipient John Rickford is a world-renowned scholar of Black Talk and social justice advocate
Linguistics Events
COLLOQUIA for Spring 2025:
- April 25: Matt Wagers (UC Santa Cruz)
- May 23: Elena Anagnostopoulou (University of Crete)
Departmental Kudos:
- Congratulations to our 2024-2025 Undergraduate Research Fellows!
Katherine Arnold
Sam Beatty
Joshua Lieberstein
Elliot-Elyjah Mcwhinnie -
Congratulations to our 2024-2025 Graduate Student Research Fellows!
Lalitha Balachandran
Maya Wax Cavallaro
Maxwell Kaplan
Matthew Kogan - Writing Fellows Program awards fellowships to Mia Gong and Jess Law to support early career faculty research.
- Hellman Fellows Program awards fellowship to Mia Gong to support early career faculty research.
- Slugs and Steins with Pranav Anand
For more events, check out the department blog What's Happening at Santa Cruz (WHASC) and the department events calendar.
Information for Undergraduates
Both in-person and remote advising are available.
Remote advising:
Remote advising is available by video (through Zoom) during regular drop-in office hours:
or by appointment (email ling@ucsc.edu to set up an appointment).
Please see the current drop-in advising schedule for in-person advising hours. The Undergraduate Advisor’s office is in the Stevenson Academic Building, Room 241. Please wear a mask for in-person meetings. If you prefer to meet without a mask, please choose a Zoom meeting.
See Student Health Center site for COVID protocol: https://healthcenter.ucsc.edu/services/covid-19/covid19-students.html
Email a peer advisor! lingpeer@ucsc.edu
Other information:
- Current Advising Schedule
- Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Linguistics Experiments Participant Sign-Up (SONA)
- Study Abroad Course Database
- NEED HELP? ASK A SLUG!
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Quick Links
For Prospective Graduate Students:
For Current Graduate Students and Faculty:- PhD Program Handbook
- MA Program Handbook
- Equipment and Room Reservations
- Department Research and Travel Funds
- Ladusaw Research and Travel Supplement Award
- Honig RA Fund (for Graduate Students)
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