Linguistics Minor, UG

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics


The Linguistics Minor is designed for students who seek a basic familiarity with the field and is especially suited for students with majors in foreign language and other language-related fields such as anthropology, computer science, English, psychology, communication, and for anyone interested in the nature of language.

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics


LING 100Intro to Language Science3
Select two of the following:6
Elements of Syntax
Elements of Phonology
Elmnts Semantics & Pragmatics
Nine additional hours of linguistics courses, including at least six hours chosen from the following:9
Elements of Syntax (if not chosen for the second requirement above)
Elements of Phonology (if not chosen for the second requirement above)
Elmnts Semantics & Pragmatics (if not chosen for the second requirement above)
Language History
Language, Mind, and Brain
American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US
Intro to Linguistic Structure
Intro to General Phonetics
Introduction to Computational Linguistics

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics


  1. Analyze the phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic systems of language.
  2. Compare how these systems vary across languages and change over time.
  3. Formulate hypotheses about how languages are processed, how they are learned, and how they express social identity.
  4. Apply linguistics to solve practical problems like how to teach languages effectively or how to implement language technologies.
  5. Describe linguistic analyses and defend them using reproducible empirical evidence. 

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics


Department of Linguistics

Linguistics Faculty
Linguistics advising

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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