The Computational Linguistics degree can be scheduled in a variety of ways, incorporating electives and optional courses from related fields and allowing students to pace out their studies as necessary. Below is a selection of suggested plans, both for full-time and part-time enrollment.

Full-Time Study

Autumn-Quarter Start

	Autumn
	Introduction to Syntax for Computational Linguistics
	Introduction to Linguistic Phonetics
	Shallow Processing for Natural Language Processing
	Winter
	Deep Processing for Natural Language Processing
	Advanced Statistical Methods in Natural Language Processing
	Elective
	Spring
	Natural Language Processing Systems and Applications
	Elective
	Elective
	Summer
	MA project/thesis

 

Part-Time Study: 2-Year Plans

Plan 1: Autumn Quarter Start

	Autumn, Year 1		Autumn, Year 2
	Shallow Processing for NLP		Intro to Syntax for CL
			Elective
	Winter, Year 1		Winter, Year 2
	Deep Processing for NLP		Elective
	Advanced Statistical Methods in NLP
	Spring, Year 1		Spring, Year 2
	Elective		Systems/Applications
	Summer, Year 1		Summer, Year 2
	Introduction to Linguistic Phonetics		MA project/thesis

Plan 2: Autumn Quarter Start
This plan allows room for programming and/or statistics courses to be taken during the first year. These slots are marked as "[open for P/S]" in the table below. Starred electives would be restricted to those for which the student meets the prerequisites.

	Autumn, Year 1		Autumn, Year 2
	Intro to Syntax for CL		Shallow Processing for NLP
	[open for P/S]
	Winter, Year 1		Winter, Year 2
	CL Elective,* or Intro to Linguistic Phonetics		Advanced Statistical Methods in NLP
	[open for P/S]		Intro to Linguistic Phonetics
			Deep Processing for NLP
	Spring, Year 1		Spring, Year 2
	Elective*		Systems/Applications
	[open for P/S]		CL Elective [if not taken during winter, Y2]
	Summer, Year 1		Summer, Year 2
	Elective		MA project/thesis
	[open for P/S]

 

Part-Time Study: 3-Year Plan

Plan 1: Autumn Quarter Start

	Autumn, Year 1		Autumn, Year 2		Autumn, Year 3
	Shallow Processing for NLP		Intro to Syntax for CL
	Elective
	Winter, Year 1		Winter, Year 2		Winter, Year 3
	Advanced Statistical Methods in NLP		Deep Processing for NLP		MA project work
	Spring, Year 1		Spring, Year 2		Spring, Year 3
	CL Elective		Elective		Systems/Applications
	Summer, Year 1		Summer, Year 2		Summer, Year 3
	Intro to Linguistic Phonetics		Intro to Linguistic Phonetics [if not taken in Y1]		MA thesis writeup