The program requires a total of 58 s.h., broken down into the following major categories:
Linguistics Core Courses (18 s.h):
- LING 100–Intro to Language Science
- LING 210–Language History
- LING 301–Elements of Syntax
- LING 302–Elements of Phonology
- LING 307–Elements of Semantics & Pragmatics
- LING 401–Intro to General Phonetics
One course from the following (3 s.h.):
- LING 225 - Elements of Psycholinguistics
- LING 250 - Language in the USA
Major electives (15 s.h.):
15 hours of Linguistics courses at the 200- to 400-level, chosen in consultation with the student's advisor.
Foreign language requirement (8-10 s.h.):
Students must fulfill the LAS foreign language requirement, and in addition, complete at least 8 hours in a second foreign language. One of these languages must be a non-Western language chosen from the following list or approved in consultation with the student's advisor: Amharic, Arabic, Bamana, Chinese, Coptic, Hebrew, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, Korean, Lingala, Persian, Quechua, Sanskrit, Swahili, Wolof, Zulu. Courses used to complete this requirement may also be used to meet the requirement of "Courses in linguistically relevant areas," below.
Courses in linguistically relevant areas (14 s.h.):
These have to chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. There are two ways of meeting this requirement:
- The courses may come from any of the following disciplines: any foreign language, anthropology, classics, computer science, English, English as an international language, philosophy, psychology, speech and hearing science, speech communication.
- Students desiring to specialize in the linguistics of a particular language should complete at least four semesters of instruction in that language beyond the elementary level, and a linguistics course or independent study focusing on the selected language or its language family.
Students must complete 21 hours of advanced coursework, including at least 12 hours of advanced linguistics courses on this campus. These courses may be included in the core courses or electives required above.