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. Three elective courses chosen from the following list. One course may be taken in an outside discipline as it relates to language, to be chosen from the list below (see “Outside Discipline” list) or determined in consultation with a departmental faculty member.
   ​LING 175 - Sociolinguistics  
   LING 201 - Historical Linguistics  
   LING 206 - Endangered/Minority Languages  
   LING 208 - The Human Voice  
   LING 220 - Language and Music  
   LING 225 - 100 Words for Snow: Language and Nature  
   LING 280 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology  
   LING 304 - Experimental Phonetics  
   
   LING 194 - Topics Course  
   LING 294 - Topics Course  
   LING 394 - Topics Course  
   LING 494 - Topics Course  
   
   Outside discipline courses
   COMP 123 - Core Concepts in Computer Science 
   COMP 484 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 
   JAPA 488 - Translating Japanese Literature: Theory and Practice  
   SPAN 309 - Introduction to Spanish 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 242 - Cognitive Psychology 
   PSYC 378 - Psychology of Language   
    
4. Capstone course:
   LING 401 - Field Methods