Linguistics at Columbia?

basicspace
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:47:19 +0000

I’m somewhat of a linguistics nut. I understand that Columbia has no formal linguistics department, but I’ve been doing some research, and I’ve found it is still possible to major in it if you petition hard enough.

Anyways, for me in particular, I’m more interested in the computational linguistics approach to the field, so the lack of a department isn’t a dealbreaker. Going to major in CS first, Linguistics second if I get in. I know Columbia has several labs in their CS department dedicated to language processing by machines and what not. Does anyone know anything about them?

Also, would it be harder for me to get into Columbia College than SCEAS for Computer Science? I know the SEAS acceptance rate is quite a bit higher. Is it not possible to apply to SCEAS for CS and CC for Linguistics?