The Linguistics Minor is designed for students who seek a basic familiarity with the field and is especially suited for students with majors in a foreign language and other language-related fields, such as anthropology, bilingual studies, cognitive science, computer science, language acquisition, psychology, speech and hearing science, communication, and for anyone interested in the nature of language. A total of 18 semester hours are required.
Core courses (9 subject hours):
Required course:
- Linguistics 100: Introduction to Language Science
Two courses from the following:
- LING 301 - Elements of Syntax
- LING 302 - Elements of Phonology
- LING 307 - Elements of Semantics & Pragmatics
Additional courses (9 subject hours):
Nine additional hours of linguistics courses, including at least six hours chosen from the following list.
- LING 301 - Elements of Syntax (if not chosen for the core courses above)
- LING 302 - Elements of Phonology (if not chosen for the core courses above)
- LING 307 - Elements of Semantics & Pragmatics (if not chosen for the core courses above)
- LING 210 - Language History
- LING 225 - Language, Mind and Brain
- LING 250 - Language Diversity in the USA
- LING 400 - Intro to Linguistic Structure
- LING 401 - Intro to General Phonetics
- LING 406 - Intro to Computational Ling