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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2026
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LING 430 001 (CRN: 16232)
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Department: Linguistics
Meeting: 2:30PM - 3:45PM TR (24-AUG-2026 - 4-DEC-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Prerequisites: ANTH 200 OR LING 200
Section Max Enrollment: 24
Section Enrolled: 12
Enrollment data as of: 26-APR-2026 5:52AM
Final Exam: Take-Home Exam
Description: This course offers a hands-on introduction to computational methods and tools for linguistic analysis. Students will learn the fundamentals of Python programming and develop technical skills for working with language data, including text processing, tokenization, and regular expressions. We will study core concepts in Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP), including n-gram language models, evaluation metrics, and machine learning approaches such as logistic regression, Naive Bayes, and neural networks. Applied topics include word embeddings, deep learning, and working with linguistic corpora.
Throughout the course, we will also reflect on the ethical and social dimensions of language data and technology. No background in computer science or coding is assumed.