Degree Plan
For students considering a LING major or just interested in languages, a great first course to take is
- LING 1305 Language in Society
to satisfy the Contemporary Social Issues requirement in the core curriculum.
Major in Linguistics
I. Twelve semester hours of linguistics core courses:
LING 3310 Introduction to Linguistics
LING 4302 Semantics & Pragmatics
LING 4303 Contemporary Syntax
LING 4305 Phonetics & Phonology
II. Any twelve semester hours from the following list of electives:
LING 3311 English Words
LING 3319 Language & Culture
LING 4311* Special Topics in Linguistics
LING 4312 Old English Language
LING 4313 1st Language Acquisition
LING 4314 History of the English Language
LING 4318 2nd Language Acquisition/ESL
LING 4319 American English Dialects
LING 4V20 Independent Study in Linguistics
*LING 4311 may be repeated once for credit toward the Linguistics degree with a change in topic and consent of the instructor
III. Three additional semester hours selected from II above or from the following courses:
LING 3312 Modern English Grammar
TED 4312 Methods of teaching English as a Second Language
SPA 4315 Methods of teaching Foreign Language (also FRE 4315 & GER 4315)
PHI 4345 Intermediate Logic
PHI 4353 Philosophy of Language
PSY 3311 Cognitive Psychology (prerequisites: NSC 1306 & MTH 1321)
IV. Required Courses in Other Fields:
Complete any four courses from the following less-commonly studied languages at the 1000- or 2000-levels:
ARA, ARB, CHI, GKB, GKC, HEB, JPN, KOR, RUS, SAN, SWA, American Sign Language (CSD 1405, 1406, 2301, 2302), or from the list below.
No more than two upper-level courses with the same prefix may count toward this requirement. No course counting toward the Arts and Sciences B.A. language requirement may also count toward this requirement.
ARA/REL 4303 (Aramaic); ARB 3301 (Advanced Arabic Grammar); CHI 3301 (Chinese Conversation, Composition, and Readings I); CHI 3302 (Chinese Conversation, Composition, and Readings II); CLA 4360 (Indo-European Language and Culture); GKB/GKC 3351 (Advanced New Testament Greek); JPN 3301 (Japanese Reading Development); JPN 3302 (Japanese Reading Skills); JPN 3303 (Japanese Conversation and Composition); LING 3V99 (Special Studies in Less-Commonly Studied Languages) REL 3309 (Advanced Biblical Hebrew I); REL 3310 (Advanced Biblical Hebrew II); REL 3320 (Advanced Classical and Biblical Greek I); REL 3321 (Advanced Classical and Biblical Greek II); RUS 3301 (Russian Conversation and Composition); RUS 3302 (Russian Reading Development); RUS 3310 (Russian Phonetics and Phonology); SYR/REL 4304 (Syriac).
The BA degree requires 36 hours of 3000- or 4000-level courses, which is the average number of hours required by most majors; however, you will only take 27 hours of 3000- and 4000-level courses in satisfying the LING degree requirements. Therefore, a LING major must take an additional 9 hours of 3000- or 4000-level courses to satisfy the BA requirements. These hours can be in pursuit of a second major, a minor, or just for pleasure.
Minor in Linguistics
I. Twelve semester hours of linguistics core courses:
LING 3310 Introduction to Linguistics
LING 4302 Semantics & Pragmatics
LING 4303 Contemporary Syntax
LING 4305 Phonetics & Phonology
II. Any six semester hours from the following:
LING 3311 English Words
LING 4311* Special Topics in Linguistics
LING 4313 1st Language Acquisition
LING 4314 History of the English Language
LING 4316 Cross-Cultural Linguistics
LING 4318 2nd Language Acquisition/ESL
LING 4319 American English Dialects
* You must earn a grade of C or better in courses used for the minor.
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