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University of Montana Catalog 2024-2025

Linguistics Minor

General Degree Requirements

To earn a baccalaureate degree, all students must complete successfully, in addition to any other requirements, the University of Montana General Education Requirements. Please refer to the General Education Requirements page for more information. 

Additional requirements for graduation can be found on the Degree/Certificate Requirements for Graduation page

Unless otherwise noted in individual program requirements, a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all work attempted at the University of Montana-Missoula is required for graduation. Please see the Academic Policies and Procedures page for information on how your GPA is calculated.

Courses taken to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or certificate program must be completed with a grade of C- or better unless a higher grade is noted in the program requirements.

MINOR - LINGUISTICS

Course Requirements

Upper-Division Core Courses
Complete all of the following courses:
LING 470Linguistic Analysis3
LING 471Phonetics and Phonology3
Complete one of the following courses: 3
Syntax
Morphology
Electives
Complete three of the following courses:9
Intro to Linguistics
Linguistic Ecology and Language Endangerment
Phonetics and Phonology (if not taken as a core course)
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)
Total Hours18

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