Students interested in language studies and linguistics may be best suited to a phonetics program. Individuals may learn how to collect and interpret data, measure speech sounds and even create experiments to analyze speech while completing this study program.

Master-level studies involve specialized study in a field of research or an area of professional practice. Earning a master’s degree demonstrates a higher level of mastery of the subject.
Earning a master’s degree can take anywhere from a year to three or four years. Before you can graduate, you usually must write and defend a thesis, a long paper that is the culmination of your specialized research.