Program: Computational Linguistics Certificate (Undergraduate) - San José State University

Apr 03, 2025

2020-2021 Academic Catalog

The Certificate in Computational Linguistics, offered by the Department of Linguistics and Language Development , is an 18 unit program that provides a basic education and a certain amount of practical training in the interdisciplinary field of computational linguistics. It was designed to meet the needs of individuals who desire formal course preparation as language analysts in the environment of human language interfaces in software development. Please contact the computational linguistics coordinator for advising before beginning this certificate.

To receive the Certificate in Computational Linguistics, students must complete the following 18 units of course work and fulfill the programming requirement:

Certificate Requirements (18 units)

LING 101 - Introduction to Linguistics 3 units
LING 115 - Corpus Linguistics 3 units
LING 124 - Introduction to Speech Technology 3 units
LING 165 - Introduction to Natural Language Processing 3 units

Electives (6 units)

CS 123A - Bioinformatics I 3 units
CS 123B - Bioinformatics II 3 units
CS 154 - Formal Languages and Computability 3 units
CS 156 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 units
LING 111 - Introduction to Linguistic Phonetics 3 units
LING 112 - Introduction to Syntax 3 units
LING 113 - Introduction to Phonology 3 units
LING 161 - Psycholinguistics 3 units
LING 166 - Sociolinguistics 3 units
MATH 105 - Concepts in Mathematics, Probability, Statistics 3 units
MATH 161A - Applied Probability and Statistics I 3 units
MATH 161B - Applied Probability and Statistics II 3 units
MATH 162 - Statistics for Bioinformatics 3 units
MATH 163 - Probability Theory 3 units
STAT 95 - Elementary Statistics 3 units (B4)
STAT 115 - Intermediate Statistics 3 units

Total Units Required (18 units)

Programming Requirement: Demonstrated competence with a programming language such as Java, C/C++, and Python. This requirement is to be satisfied by the time you complete the certificate program rather than before you begin the program. Students typically fulfill the requirement by submitting a final project in a course (e.g. LING 165 ) that involves a substantial amount of coding.

Any matriculated upper division undergraduate or graduate student may pursue this certificate. Non-matriculated students may take the courses through Open University. Students must maintain a 3.0 average in these courses to be awarded the certificate.

Prerequisites for Courses: CS and MATH courses above have prerequisites of their own, so the total number of units you must take for the certificate may vary depending on your choice of electives and your academic background.