Scholarships
SIS Opportunities- The School of Interdisciplinary Studies provides several scholarships open to students from many different majors, designed to support a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations.
Student Organization
Purdue Linguistics Association- The Purdue Linguistics Association is a student organization for undergraduates and graduates interested in language and linguistics.
Study Abroad Opportunities
Students are encouraged to seek out study abroad programs that will enhance their major. Purdue's study abroad programs are exciting opportunities to fulfill class requirements, grow in intercultural competence, get hands-on experience around the world, build a strong resume, participate in research abroad, and apply the content you have studied in your linguistics classes.
Below are the flyers for several programs that will be of particular interest to linguistics students. However, if there are other international programs that fit your interests, please talk to your adviser about fitting them into your Plan of Study.
Research Opportunities
One of the aspects that make our undergraduate program unique is the opportunity to engage in research with professors on campus. Participating in linguistics research allows you to figure out what kind of work you enjoy, apply the information from your classes, gain valuable professional experience, and make your resume more competitive. Past interns have worked with professors on projects about endangered languages, sign language syntax, Spanish politeness and pragmatics, second language phonology, oral history, child bilingual acquisition, and more.
There are several ways to participate in research as an undergraduate. The first is to contact professors whose labs interest you and ask if they are recruiting undergraduates that semester. With the adviser's approval, credit can be given for these experiences. To receive funding and credit for the experience, we encourage students to apply for the Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship and/or Summer Stay Scholars. When applying for the Wilke program, study the projects posted by the linguistics faculty to decide which is the best fit for you.
What might undergraduates do? The work is usually a combination of training and hands-on application. The training may be as theoretical as reading articles to understand the project goals or as applied as learning how to use ELAN, Praat or Excel. The work also varies, including participating in interview collection, coding data, transcribing interviews, segmenting sound files, and assisting graduate students. Students often write a summary report at the end, and some have also presented posters at Purdue events.
Fellowship
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship- The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship is awarded by departments and colleges to PhD students who will enter their final year of their program in 2024. Recipients are expected to devote full-time effort to the completion of all requirements necessary to receive their doctoral degree at the conclusion of the year of funding, which includes a stipend/salary and tuition coverage. For information on deadlines and applications materials, contact your program office.