The combined major in linguistics and cultural anthropology focuses on the relationship of culture to the institutions, interpersonal relations, and practices that make up their social structure while emphasizing the structure of human language and its involvement in social interaction and culture. Students examine how language both reflects and influences cultural phenomena and how it can be used as a tool to study those phenomena; and they apply their interests across a range of connected courses, co-op opportunities, and potential research projects.
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 Language Requirement
Complete two courses in the same language with a grade of C or higher. Proficiency at elementary level 2 or higher is required.
Linguistics Requirements
Note: A grade of C or higher is required for all courses in this section.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Linguistics Requirements | ||
| LING 1150 | Introduction to Language and Linguistics | 4 |
| or LING 1449 | English Now and Then | |
| LING 2350 | Linguistic Analysis | 4 |
| LING 3442 | Sociolinguistics | 4 |
| LING 3456 | Language and Gender | 4 |
| Linguistic Structure | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Phonetics | ||
| Phonology | ||
| Morphology | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| Linguistics Research | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Research Seminar in Linguistics | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
| Directed Study Research | ||
| Linguistics Elective | ||
| Complete one elective (any course in the range LING 3000–4999 that hasn't already been taken to fulfill other major requirements, or the following): 1 | 4 | |
| 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.
Anthropology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
| ANTH 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
| Anthropology Advanced Area Courses | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia | ||
| Latin American Society and Development | ||
| Native North Americans | ||
| Anthropology of Africa | ||
| Culture and Politics in Modern India | ||
| Anthropology Electives | ||
| Complete three ANTH courses not already taken. | 12 | |
Linguistics/Anthropology Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| LING 3412 | Language and Culture | 4 |
Anthropology Major Grade Requirement
A GPA of 2.000 for major courses is required.
Linguistics/Anthropology Combined Major Credit Requirement
Complete 76 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | LING 2350 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| LING 1150 | 4 | LING 3412 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1215 | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Foreign language course | 4 | LING 3442 | 4 | Anthropology elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| Linguistic structure course | 4 | Linguistic structure course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Anthropology elective | 4 | Anthropology elective | 4 | ||||
| Linguistics elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ENGW 3315 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
| LING 3456 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Anthropology advanced area course | 4 | ||||||
| Linguistic structure course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | ANTH 4600 | 4 | |||||
| Anthropology advanced area course | 4 | ||||||
| Anthropology advanced area course | 4 | ||||||
| Linguistics research | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 128 | |||||||
Four Years, No Co-op
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | LING 2350 | 4 | ||||
| LING 1150 | 4 | LING 3412 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1215 | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Foreign language course | 4 | LING 3442 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| Linguistic structure course | 4 | Linguistic structure course | 4 | ||||
| Anthropology elective | 4 | Anthropology elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 3315 | 4 | LING 3456 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| Anthropology advanced area course | 4 | Anthropology advanced area course | 4 | ||||
| Anthropology elective | 4 | Linguistic structure elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Anthropology advanced area course | 4 | ANTH 4600 | 4 | ||||
| Linguistics research | 4 | Linguistics elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 128 | |||||||