Linguistics, BS

The major in linguistics is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in the study of linguistics at both the structural and social levels. Coursework on the structural side focuses on the internal structures that make up language and the methods and theories used to identify and understand these core structures (for example, in courses covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics); while coursework on the social side emphasizes the methods and theories that are used to study and interpret patterns of social interaction at the linguistic level (for example, in courses covering language and culture, sociolinguistics, and language and gender). Additional coursework draws from related fields to further develop students’ understanding of the broad spectrum of language-related domains (for example, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and historical linguistics, among other topics).

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.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Linguistics Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Foundational Courses
LING 1150	Introduction to Language and Linguistics	4
or LING 1449	English Now and Then
LING 2350	Linguistic Analysis	4
LING 3412	Language and Culture	4
Linguistic Structure
LING 3420	Phonetics	4
LING 3422	Phonology	4
LING 3424	Morphology	4
LING 3450	Syntax	4
LING 3452	Semantics	4
Language in Context
Complete one of the following:		4
LING 3442	Sociolinguistics
LING 3456	Language and Gender
Language Change
Complete one of the following:		4
LING 3454	History of English
LING 3460	Historical Linguistics
Research Experience
Complete one of the following:		4
LING 3150	Field Linguistics
LING 4891	Research Seminar in Linguistics
With prior linguistics program approval, one of the following experiences can be used to fulfill the research experience:
LING 4970 and LING 4971	Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
LING 4991	Directed Study Research
Linguistics Seminar
Complete at least one seminar (LING 4654 may be repeated with different topics):
LING 4654	Seminar in Linguistics	4
Linguistics Electives
Complete five electives from the following that have not already been taken to fulfill other major requirements:		20
LING 3000 to LING 4999 1
Up to two electives may come from the following list:
DEAF 2700	ASL Linguistics
PSYC 4610	Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
PSYC 4612	Laboratory in Cognition
PSYC 4658	Seminar in Psycholinguistics
PSYC 4660	Seminar in Cognition
PSYC 4674	Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 4676	Seminar in Developmental Psychology

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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.

Supporting Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete two courses in the same language with a grade of C or higher. Proficiency at elementary level 2 or higher is required.		8

Linguistics Major Credit Requirement

Complete 76 semester hours in the major.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ENGW 1111	4	LING 2350	4	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
INSC 1000	1	Foreign language course	4
LING 1150	4	LING elective	4
Foreign language course	4	NUpath or elective	4
NUpath or elective	4
	17		16		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
LING 3412	4	EESC 2000	1	Vacation	0	Co-op	0
Linguistic structure course	4	Language in context course	4
Language change course	4	Linguistic structure course	4
NUpath or elective	4	Linguistic structure course	4
		Linguistics elective	4
	16		17		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	ENGW 3315	4	NUpath or elective	4	Co-op	0
		Linguistic structure course	4	NUpath or elective	4
		Linguistics elective	4
		NUpath or elective	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	Linguistic structure course	4	NUpath or elective	4	Co-op	0
		Linguistics elective	4	NUpath or elective	4
		NUpath or elective	4
		NUpath or elective	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	Linguistics research experience course	4
		Linguistics seminar	4
		Linguistics elective	4
		NUpath or elective	4
	0		16
Total Hours: 130

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	LING 2350	4	NUpath or elective	4	Vacation	0
INSC 1000	1	Foreign language course	4	NUpath or elective	4
LING 1150	4	LING elective	4
Foreign language course	4	NUpath or elective	4
NUpath or elective	4
	17		16		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
LING 3412	4	EESC 2000	1	NUpath or elective	4	Co-op	0
Linguistic structure course	4	Language in context course	4	NUpath or elective	4
Language change course	4	Linguistic structure course	4
NUpath or elective	4	Linguistic structure course	4
		Linguistics elective	4
	16		17		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	ENGW 3315	4	NUpath or elective	4	Co-op	0
		Linguistic structure course	4	NUpath or elective	4
		Linguistic structure course	4
		Linguistics elective	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours
Co-op	0	LING 4654	4	NUpath or elective	4
		LING 4891	4	NUpath or elective	4
		Linguistics elective	4
		Linguistics elective	4
	0		16		8
Total Hours: 130