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2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Linguistics, BA

Each major is normally expected to select courses in accordance with the following plan:

Required Credit Hours: 35

Major Computing Requirement:

(with a grade of C- or better)

LING 440 - Linguistic Field Methods (4)

Major Writing Requirement:

(with a grade of C- or better)

LING 440 - Linguistic Field Methods (4)

Core Requirements:

Courses are to be selected by the student in consultation with a faculty member.

Required Courses (23 Credits):

LING 220 - Study of Language (4)
LING 304 - Syntax (3)
LING 307 - Phonetics and Phonology (3)
LING 308 - Language and Culture (3)
LING 418 - Language Patterns: Types and Universals (3)
LING 440 - Linguistic Field Methods (4)
LING 303 - History of the English Language (3) or
LING 406 - Language and Society (3) or
LING 410 - Language Attitudes (4) or
LING 415 - Linguistic Anthropology (3)
If taking more than one, other(s) may be counted as electives.

Elective Choices (12 credits):

LING 230 - Topics in Linguistics (1-3)
LING 250 - African-American English (4)
LING 346 - Foreign Language Acquisition Processes: Theory and Practice (3)
LING 358 - First Language Acquisition (3)
LING 370 - Psycholinguistics (3)
LING 380 - Computational Methods in Language Science (3)
LING 400 - Meaning and Understanding in Western Cultural Thought (3)
LING 404 - Historical Linguistics (3)
LING 407 - Advanced Phonetics and Phonology (3)
LING 408 - Independent Research in Phonetics and Phonology (1)
LING 420 - Caribbean Linguistics (3)
LING 464 - Topics in Linguistics (1-3) – may be repeated when topics vary
LING 474 - Research Seminar in Linguistics (4)
LING 481 - Independent Study in Linguistics (1-3)
LING 495 - Honors (3)
LING 496 - Honors (3)
The student may propose other courses, including study-abroad courses, to count towards the major. Such choices will be approved on a case-by-case basis, depending on the overall coherence of the student’s proposed major program. Examples of such courses include but are not limited to the courses listed below.
ARAB 304 - Introduction to Arabic Dialects (3)
FREN 304 - French Phonetics and Diction (3)
HISP 387 - Topics in Linguistic Research (3)
PHIL 335 - Philosophy of Language (3)
One semester of a non-Indo-European language