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LING - Linguistic Studies Minor

Program Title

Linguistic Studies

Program Type

Minor

Degree Designation

Minor

Department(s)

Program Description

Minor effective prior to 2011

Requisites

Requirements for the Minor (24 credits)


I. Introduction (4 credits)

Complete all of the following:

  • course - Language, Communication, and Culture

II. Core (12 credits)

Complete 12 credits from the following:

  • course - Topics in the Study of Language

  • course - History and Structure of the English Language OR course - Independent Study in Linguistic

  • course - Sociolinguistic Theory and Method OR course - Sociolinguistic Theory and Method

  • course - Cultural Diversity: Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics

  • course - History of Anthropological Theory

  • course - Analytic Philosophy

  • course - Sociology of Mass Communications

  • course - History of the Spanish Language

  • course - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

  • course - Spanish Sociolinguistics

  • course - Selected Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics

Note: One upper-level course from modern language study other than English or Spanish may be counted.

III. Electives (8 credits)

  • course - Writing Systems in Africa: from Hieroglyphs to Alphabets OR course - Writing Systems in Africa: from Hieroglyphs to Alphabets

  • course - Trade and the Role of Swahili in East Africa OR course - Trade and the Role of Swahili in East Africa

  • course - Introduction to Logic OR course - Introduction to Logic

  • course - Introduction to Neuroscience

  • course - Cognitive Neuroscience OR course - Cognitive Neuroscience

  • course - Cognition

  • course - Cinematic Language: An Introduction to Spanish Filmic Discourse

Note

Additional courses may also be applicable. Consult the Linguistic Studies course listing.