The Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program with three concentrations: Cognitive Science and Theoretical Linguistics, Language Variation and Change, and Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. The Program has connections to the following departments in the College of Arts and Sciences: Anthropology; English Language and Literature; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Philosophy; and Psychology; and Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Public Health; and Instruction and Teacher Education in the College of Education. It also has strong ties to the English Programs for Internationals. The Program's mission is to promote specialized, interdisciplinary and collaborative research and to train students to pursue research and teach in a range of linguistic subdisciplines that center around the three Program concentrations. The program administers three graduate degrees: a Ph.D. in Linguistics, an M.A. in Linguistics, and a Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. At the undergraduate level, students may take a cognate or a minor in Linguistics, or pursue a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Linguistics.