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Linguistics Major and Minor

Major - Linguistics (Bachelor of Arts)
55 credits

Requirements:

  • One college year of a non-IE language (Chinese, Japanese or Korean) or a second year of other language (12-15 credits)
  • LING 201 or ENG 370 or ANTH 348 or TESL 401 - Introduction to Linguistics (4-5 credits)
  • LING 204 or ENG 270 - Sociolinguistics (4-5 credits)
  • LING 301 - Phonology (4 credits)
  • LING 302 - Morphology (4 credits)
  • LING 303 - Syntax (4 credits)
  • LING 314 - Phonetics (4 credits)
  • LING 402 - Topics in Linguistics (must be taken twice) (3-5 credits)
  • Additional credit concentration with at least one additional 400-level course in related department under advisement (see concentrations)
  • A presentation or co-presentation at one of the scheduled student colloquia is a requirement for completion of the major. In order to be eligible to

Areas of Concentration:

  • English
    • ENG 370 (replaces LING 201)
    • Selected courses (may include ENG 436, 438, 439, 442) under departmental advisement
  • Anthropology
    • ANTH 201, 348 (to replace LING 201)
    • One of the following under advisement: ANTH 247, 448
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
    • Selected courses (from CSD 352, 353, 354, 356, 361, 373, 451, 465) under departmental advisement
  • Computer Science
    • Applicable courses in computational linguistics under departmental advisement
    • Additional work under advisement
  • Modern and Classical Languages
    • 314 course in the language (4 credits)
    • Additional credits under advisement; this may include a second foreign language or LANG 410
  • Philosophy
    • PHIL 102, 202, 403
  • TESOL
    • TESL 401 (replaces LING 201)
    • TESL 420a, 420b

Minor - Linguistics
25 credits

Requirements:

  • LING 201 or ENG 370 or ANTH 348 or TESL 401 - Introduction to Linguistics (4-5 credits)
  • LING 204 or ENG 270 - Sociolinguistics (4-5 credits)
  • LING 301 - Phonology (4 credits)
  • LING 302 - Morphology (4 credits)
  • LING 303 - Syntax (4 credits)
  • LING 314 - Phonetics (4 credits)

 
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