In the combined major in linguistics and English, students study the structures and analysis of human languages across multiple levels (sounds, words, phrases and sentences, meaning) and apply this knowledge to understanding how the English language works, its rhetorical forms, how it has changed over time, and its cultural context. Students hone their writing skills, develop substantial language-analysis skills, and apply them particularly to English.
- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Linguistics Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Linguistics Requirements | ||
| LING 1150 | Introduction to Language and Linguistics | 4 |
| LING 2350 | Linguistic Analysis | 4 |
| LING 3412 | Language and Culture | 4 |
| LING 3442 | Sociolinguistics | 4 |
| Linguistic Structure | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Phonetics | ||
| Phonology | ||
| Morphology | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| Linguistics Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following that have not already been taken to fulfill other major requirements: | 8 | |
LING 3000 to LING 4999 1 | ||
| ASL Linguistics | ||
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Please visit the Linguistics Courses page within this catalog to review the list of courses in the LING 3000–LING 4999 range.
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| English Course-Level Requirement | ||
| At least two of the courses chosen from the English requirements list below must be numbered 3000-4999. | ||
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
| or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
| ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| Diversity | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Multiethnic Literatures of the U.S. | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
| Gender and Black World Literatures | ||
| Pre-1850 Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| The American Renaissance | ||
| Early Literatures | ||
| 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | ||
| Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures | ||
| Emerson and Thoreau | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| Topics in Shakespeare | ||
| Post-1850 Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Contemporary Fiction | ||
| The Modern Bestseller | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| Contemporary Literature and Art in Israel | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | ||
| Emerson and Thoreau | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
| 20th- and 21st-Century Major Figure | ||
| Theories and Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Grammar: The Architecture of English | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| Technologies of Text | ||
| The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
| Opening the Archive | ||
| Film and Text (Abroad) | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Topics in Literary Criticism | ||
| Writing | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Creative Writing | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Writing and Community Engagement | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Visual Writing | ||
| Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
| Major Seminar | ||
| ENGL 3710 | Major Seminar | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete one additional ENGL elective at the 2000 level or higher. | 4 | |
Linguistics/English Combined Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| LING 3454 | History of English | 4 |
| Junior/Senior Seminar | ||
| ENGL 4710 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
| or LING 4654 | Seminar in Linguistics | |
| Experiential Learning | ||
| Complete one of the following options. Courses used to satisfy this requirement may simultaneously satisfy a requirement above: | 0-8 | |
Study Abroad (not a Dialogue) | ||
International Co-op | ||
| Research Seminar in Linguistics | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
| Directed Study Research | ||
Linguistics/English Combined Major Credit Requirement
Complete 80 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ENGL 1400 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| LING 1150 | 4 | LING 2350 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MATH 1215 | 4 | LING 3412 or 3442 | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 1410 or 1160 | 4 | EESC 2000 | 1 | ENGL elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| LING 3454 | 4 | Diversity course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| LING structure course | 4 | LING structure course | 4 | ||||
| LING elective | 4 | LING elective | 4 | ||||
| Theories and methods course | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | LING 3412 or 3442 | 4 | ENGW 3315 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| LING structure course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL 3710 | 4 | ||||||
| Pre-1850 literature course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Post-1850 literature course | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||||
| Junior/senior seminar | 4 | ||||||
| Writing course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||