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.

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)