Requirements for a Minor in Linguistics

A total of twenty (20) credits as follows:

1. LANG 280: Introduction to General Linguistics or PHIL 210: Symbolic Logic and Formal Languages 
2. Eight credits of Primary Linguistics Electives (Category A) 
3. Eight credits of Supporting Linguistics Electives (Category B)
4. At least one of the courses should be at the 300+ level
5. The combination of courses to satisfy the minor should come from at least 2 different programs of study

Category A: Primary. Courses with majority linguistic content:

• COMP 350: Theory of Computation
• EDUC 160* and 161*: Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• EDUC 370: Elementary Literacy
• ENGL 315: History of the English Language**
• ENGL 316: Advanced Grammar**
• FREN 340: Introduction to Translation
• LANG 240: Language Acquisition and Pedagogy
• LANG 280: Introduction into General Linguistics
• PHIL 210: Symbolic Logic and Formal Languages
• PHIL 311: Philosophy of Language
• PSYC 306: Psycholinguistics
• SPAN 316: Variation and Contact in Literature and Media of the Americas

*The TEFL courses are 2 credits each.

**The English Department allows LANG 280 to count as a prerequisite in place of a 200-level literature class.

Category B: Supporting. Courses which support or have a direct bearing on language as an instrument of thought, or content featuring linguistics in applied settings:

• ANSO 365: Topics. Language, Culture, and Power
• ANSO 375: Anthropology and the Written Word       
• COMP 360: Programming Languages
• EDUC 310: Reading and Writing in Urban Schools
• HLEQ 415: Intercultural Communication
• NEUR 270: Neuroscience
• PHIL 219: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
• PHIL 312: Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences
• PSYC 327: Cognitive Processes
• INTD 265: Special Topics