Undergraduate

Major Requirements

Major requirements checklist (PDF file)

Core courses: 15 credits

  • LING 1000 (formerly 1950) Introduction to Linguistics
  • LING 1578 Phonetics and Phonemics
  • LING 1579 Phonology
  • LING 1773 Morphology
  • LING 1777 Syntax

Choice of one of the following: 3 credits

  • LING 1860 Historical Linguistics
  • LING 1267 Aspects of Sociolinguistics
  • LING 1580 Language and the Mind (or another psycholinguistics course)

Method Requirements:  choice of one of the following (3 credits)

  • LING 1441 Field Methods in Linguistics
  • LING 2144 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
  • LING 2441 Field Methods in Linguistics

Two electives: 6 credits

  • Students are required to complete two (2) LING 1000-level elective courses. Electives may be chosen from among graduate courses if the six basic courses from the first two headings above have been completed.

Capstone course: choice of one of the following (3 credits):

  • LING 1930 Applications of Linguistics
  • LING 1903 Directed Research

Total credits: 30

Other requirements and rules for linguistics majors

 

  • Majors must have at least a 2.0 quality point average in linguistics courses.
  • No more than six credits may be taken on the S/N basis.
  • Credit by examination is not available.
  • LING 0080 Aspects of Language does not count toward the major.
  • In addition to the language requirement for all A&S majors, students need to take one semester of language study in some language that is not Romance (including Latin), Germanic, Balto-Slavic, or Greek.  (Note:  Courses offered by the English Language Institute for students who are learning or improving their English language skills do not count toward the linguistics major.)  Any students considering graduate work in linguistics, especially at the PhD level, also should consider taking French, German, or Russian.
  • As a school of Arts and Sciences requirement, majors also must complete 12 credits of a minor, a related area, a certificate program, or another major.  Besides language and foreign literature departments, the most appropriate related areas are anthropology, communication, computer science, English, history and philosophy of science, psychology, philosophy, sociology, and theatre arts.
  • As an Arts and Sciences requirement, majors must complete one linguistics W-course.  These courses are currently:

LING 1235 Language, Gender, and Society
LING 1267 Aspects of Sociolinguistics
LING 1930 Application of Linguistics