Students who have interests in Linguistics, but how are enrolled in other majors may find it advantageous to augment their academic program by completion of a Linguistics minor. The minor in Linguistics (a minimum of 18 semester hours) draws upon the core courses of the Department of Linguistics. Students are introduced to the structure of language, the historical development of languages, and the relation of language to the rest of culture. A minor in linguistics is of special interest to students in anthropology, computer science, English, foreign languages and literatures, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, speech communication, and communication disorders and sciences.
Requirements for the Minor in Linguistics
- LING 104-3 Grammar in Language - A review of the basic concepts of grammar.
- LING 200-3 Language, Society, and the Mind An exploration of the social and psychological dimensions of language.
- LING 300-3 Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics - Basic principles of language structure (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax).
- At least two LING courses (6 semester hours) at the 400-level
- One additional LING course (3 semester hours) at the 300- or 400-level.
Note: LING 480a does not count toward the minor in linguistics.
