- You will be able to use predicate calculus to model some aspects of linguistic meaning.

- You will be able to formalize how a well-formed linguistic expression gets coupled with such a representation of meaning.

- You will be able to write computer programs that does the above.

- You will be able to apply machine learning and probabilistic methods and software packages to some semantic problems.

- You will be able to understand how syntax-based methods to understanding language can be coupled with data-driven methods.