Minor in Linguistics
Administered by Department of English
Effective Fall 2016
Linguistics is a broad, interdisciplinary field, with exciting applications in disciplines including advertising, law, speech pathology, neuroscience, politics, and language teaching and learning. This minor will enhance study within students' major areas of study by facilitating exploration of linguistics and its significance across disciplines, by offering opportunities to engage in linguistics-focused research and discussion, and by bringing together a cohort of faculty and students across campus who share a passion for language study.
Students are required to take 6 courses/18 credit hours. The six chosen courses must come from three different disciplines (three different prefixes). Only two of the six courses used toward the linguistics minor can also be counted toward a student's major.
Choose one CORE course: (3 credits)
ENGLISH.311 Structure of English
LANGCULT.400 Comparative Language Studies History and Linguistics
Choose two LOWER-DIVISION courses: (6 credits)
ASLTERP.225 Linguistics of ASL
AUDSLP.152 Introduction to Communication Disorders
AUDSLP.220 Phonetics
AUDSLP.240 Normal Language Acquisition
COMMSTUD.205 Understanding Social Influence
COMMSTUD.220 Intercultural Communications
COMPSCI.121 Java Programming or COMPSCI.123 Visual Basic 1
ENGLISH.111 Language and Social Interaction
ENGLISH.212 English Grammar and Usage
FRENCH.205 French Phonetics
FRENCH.206 Structure of the French Language
GERMAN.205 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation
LANGCULT.200 Comparative Cultural Studies
SPANISH.206 Structure of the Spanish Language
Any 200-level foreign language course (must be a language course, not a civilization course such as 211 or 212), list below
- ASLTERP.226 American Sign Language 2
- ASLTERP.257 American Sign Language 3
- ARABIC.203 Intermediate Arabic 3
- ARABIC.204 Intermediate Arabic 4
- CHINESE.203 Chinese 3
- CHINESE.204 Chinese 4
- FRENCH.203 French 3
- FRENCH.204 French 4
- FRENCH.207 Conversation French Daily Life
- GERMAN.203 German 3
- GERMAN.204 German 4
- GERMAN.206 Conversation and Composition l
- GERMAN.207 Conversation and Composition 2
- ITALIAN.203 Italian 3
- RUSSIAN.203 Intermediate Russian l
- RUSSIAN.204 Intermediate Russian 2
- SPANISH.203 Spanish 3
- SPANISH.204 Spanish 4
- SPANISH.207 Conversation and Composition 1
Choose two UPPER-DIVISION courses: (6 credits)
AUDSLP.415 Basics of Language and Communication
AUDSLP.460 Psycholinguistics
ENGLISH.306 Theory and Practice of Writing
ENGLISH.311 Structure of English*
ENGLISH.312 History of the English Language
ENGLISH.412 Topics in Linguistics
LANGCULT.400 Comparative Language Studies History and Linguistics*
PHIL.418 Philosophy of Mind/Brain
PSYCH.406 Psychology Seminar, TOPIC Advanced Language Study
SPANISH.305 Applied Phonetics & Pronunciation
- * When not selected as the required core course
Choose one ELECTIVE: (3 credits)
Any additional lower-division or upper-division course from the lists above