Apr 16, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Linguistics, B.A.

120 hours (minimum)

Any student earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete a minimum of 39 hours at the 300+ level. These hours are generally completed by the Major Requirements. However, keep this hour requirement in mind as you choose your course work for the requirements in the major. See the complete description of College requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree .

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

LIN 222 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS II: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3

College Requirements

I. Foreign Language

(completed by Premajor Requirements)

II. Disciplinary Requirements

a. Natural Science: 6

b. Social Science: 6

c. Humanities

(completed by Major Requirements)

III. Laboratory or Field Work: 1

IV. Electives: 6

College Requirement hours: 19

Premajor Requirements

Complete the third and fourth semesters of a foreign language (or the equivalent)

Premajor hours: 6-8

Major Requirements

Major Core Requirements

LIN 221 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
LIN 222 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS II: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Credit(s): 3

plus four major area courses:

LIN 500 - PHONETICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 505 - LINGUISTIC MORPHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
LIN 512 - ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH SYNTAX Credit(s): 3
LIN 515 - PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
plus 15 additional hours of LIN courses of which six (6) or more must be at the 500 level and distinct from the major area courses Credit(s): 15

Major Core hours: 33

Other Course Work Required for the Major

For the related component:

Choose 15 hours of additional courses relevant to the major chosen from the following prefixes, or courses approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies: AIS, ANT, APP, BIO, CHI, CLA, COM, CS, CSD, ENG, FR, GEO, GER, GWS, HIS, HJS, ICT, INT, ISC, ITA, JOU, JPN, LAS, MA, MCL, PHI, PS, PSY, RUS, SOC, SPA, STA, TSL, WRD (200-level or above) Credit(s): 15

Other Major hours: 15

Electives

Choose electives to lead to the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation

Linguistics, B.A.

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA

X. Global Dynamics