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College Catalog 2021-2022 
    
College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Linguistics Major


Major Requirements


  1. Required courses:
    LING 100 - Introduction to Linguistics  
    LING 104 - Sounds of the World’s Languages  
    LING 200 - Syntax  
    LING 205 - Phonology  
    LING 300 - Linguistic Analysis  
     
  2. Language courses: Any two language courses beyond the college-wide four-semester graduation requirement.
     
  3. One course in an outside discipline as it relates to language, to be chosen from the list below or determined in consultation with a departmental faculty member.
    CHIN 452 - Translating Chinese: Theory and Practice  
    COMP 123 - Core Concepts in Computer Science  
    COMP 484 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 
    JAPA 335 - Analyzing Japanese Language  
    JAPA 488 - Translating Japanese Literature: Theory and Practice  
    SPAN 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 
    SPAN 332 - Spanish in the United States  
    SPAN 373 - Translation: Theory/Practice 
    SPAN 376 - Spanish Dialectology  
    PHIL 111 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic  
    PHIL 311 - Philosophy of Language  
    PSYC 180 - Brain, Mind, and Behavior  
    PSYC 242 - Cognitive Psychology  
    PSYC 378 - Psychology of Language  
  4. Two departmental elective courses chosen from the following list.
    LING 175 - Sociolinguistics 
    LING 194 - Topics Course 
    LING 201 - Historical Linguistics  
    LING 206 - Endangered/Minority Languages 
    LING 225 - 100 Words for Snow: Language and Nature 
    LING 280 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology  
    LING 294 - Topics Course 
    LING 394 - Topics Course  
    LING 494 - Topics Course  
  5. Capstone course: LING 401 - Field Methods