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