Linguistics B.A.
General Degree Requirements
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BACHELOR OF ARTS - LINGUISTICS
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | ||
| Complete all of the following courses: | ||
| LING 270S | Intro to Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 375X | Linguistic Ecology and Language Endangerment | 3 |
| LING 470 | Linguistic Analysis | 3 |
| LING 471 | Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| LING 494 | Seminar | 3 |
| Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
| Syntax | ||
| Morphology | ||
| Language Requirement | ||
| Complete 8-10 credits (two semesters) of language courses beyond the General Education requirement. | 8-10 | |
| Linguistics Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following courses: | 9 | |
| Syntax (if not taken as a core course) | ||
| Language and Culture | ||
| Historical Linguistics | ||
| Linguistic Field Methods | ||
| Bilingualism | ||
| Learner Language | ||
| North American Indigenous Language & Linguistics | ||
| Morphology (if not taken as a core course) | ||
One of the above LING courses may be substituted with one of the following: | ||
| Methods for Native Languages | ||
| Speech & Language Development | ||
| Spanish Phonetics | ||
| Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | ||
| Methods Teaching Foreign Language | ||
| Total Hours | 35-37 | |