Human Language Technology (HLT)

The Human Language Technology Program offers a Master's-level certificate, which accompanies a normal MA or MS degree in one of the three Human Language Technology disciplines:

• Computer Science
• Linguistics
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

The program is available to currently enrolled CU Boulder Master's or PhD students in any of the three fields above, including students enrolled in a 5-year concurrent MA/BA program. Interested students should contact the HLT Curriculum Committee member in the appropriate department. Department representatives on the HLT Curriculum Committee are: 

Students interested in the HLT certificate who are not currently enrolled at the University of Colorado must first apply to and be admitted to a graduate program in one of the three participating departments. Prospective students should contact an HLT Curriculum Committee member to register interest in the HLT program; the HLT Curriculum Committee member can then forward the student's inquiry to admissions staff in the appropriate department.

The curriculum for the certificate consists of 5 different courses:

• One semester of programming (CSCI 1300) (waived for those with programming background)
• Three courses from the core list; one must be either CS 5832 or LING 5832, as well as two more from the core list.
• One course from the optional course list (or 2 from the optional list if programming was waived). Extra courses from the core list (beyond the required 3) can also be counted as optional courses.

Three of these five required courses must be taken at the graduate level.

Students must take three courses from this core list. At least two of the three must be outside the student's home department and college.

Courses in Human Communication

For CSCI:

For LING:

Students must take at least one other course from this optional list (or two if the programming requirement was waived)