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The Linguistics Major
Advising
LING majors and potential majors should
consult Arts and Sciences staff advisor Izabela Kenney concerning Arts
and Science requirements, MAPS deficiencies,
Core requirements outside of linguistics
and graduation packets. You must
see the staff advisor to declare the
major. Go to the Arts
and Sciences Academic Advising Center
website to make an appointment
with the staff advisor. For advice
about structuring the major according
to your specific interests, consult
with a LING faculty member of your
choice. Once you are enrolled in the
major you will also have to meet with
a LING faculty member before you can
register for classes each semester.
You may meet with any faculty member
whose office hours are convenient for
you. After the meeting, the faculty
member will lift your advising flag
so that you can register for classes
for the coming semester. You will also
need to download a copy of the LING
Major Planner and Record form.
Keep this form updated for your own
records and bring it with you whenever
you meet with a LING faculty advisor.
Prerequisites for the Major
There are no formal prerequisites
for the lower-division courses in Linguistics.
However, students without strong preparation
in basic grammar should take LING 1500:
Understanding Grammar. This course
may not be counted
toward the total number of credit hours
required for the major.
The Major
As a LING major, you must fulfill
the following requirements:
- Complete a total of 33
credit hours in LING and specified
related areas, at least 18 of which
must be upper-division courses.
-
Maintain a GPA of at least 2.00
(C) in both your major courses and
overall.
-
Complete all LING courses with
a C- or better.
-
Complete at least 9 credit
hours of a language other than
English. At least 5 of these must
be upper-division courses in the
language. This requirement
may be waived for native speakers
of languages other than English;
it may also be satisfied by
examination or other evidence
of 3000-level competence. If
the requirement is waived,
you must take additional upper-division
LING elective courses so that
you still meet the College’s
minimum major requirement of
18 hours of upper-division
course work and 30 hours overall
in the major area.
-
Complete the following
four 3-credit hour courses:
-
LING 2000 (Introduction
to Linguistics)
-
LING 3100 (Sound
Structures)
-
LING 3430 (Semantics)
-
LING 4420 (Morphology
and Syntax).
-
Complete 12 credit hours
from the following list of 3-credit
linguistics electives. At
least 6 credit hours of LING electives
must be upper-division or graduate
courses(or at
least 9 if the language requirement
is waived). Admission
of undergraduates to graduate courses
in Linguistics is allowed only
by petition to the Department.)
-
LING 1000 (Language
in U.S. Society)*
-
LING 1010 (The
Study of Words)
-
LING 2400 (Language
and Gender)*
-
LING 3005 (Cognitive
Science)
-
LING 3220 (American
Indian Languages)*
-
LING 3500 (Language
and the Public Interest)
-
LING 3545 (World
Language Rights and Policies)
-
LING 3800 (Topics
in Linguistics)
-
LING 4100 (Perspectives
on Language)*
-
LING 4220 (Language
and Mind)
-
LING 4560 (Language
Development)
-
LING 4610 (English
Structure for TESOL)
-
LING 4800 Language
and Culture
-
LING 4900 (Independent
Study)
-
LING 4830 (Honors
Thesis)
-
Other three-credit courses
offered occasionally by the Department,
or any graduate Linguistics course.
Note that LING 1500 (Understanding
Grammar) does not count towards hours
taken for the LING major, although
it does count towards graduation. Courses
marked with an *asterisk may be taken
to satisfy Arts & Sciences Core
requirements as well as LING requirements. |