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Linguistics Minor
This major is designed to introduce students to fundamental aspects of studying human language, emphasizing how an interdisciplinary approach to language better informs a global understanding of language use, structure, acquisition, variation, and change. Specifically the program aims to show how structural, cognitive, and sociocultural approaches to language study compare, contrast, and complement.
Declared after 8/1/24
Seven courses are required:
- LING 101
- LING 201
- One breadth course (structural, cognitive, or sociocultural)
- Two LING electives
- Two Language Study courses
- 2 HAL/IC courses in the same language at the 200-level or above
- or 2 HAL/IC courses in two different languages at any level
- or 1 HAL/IC course at any level and 1 LING course designated as ‘Language
Study’
Declared before 8/1/24
Six courses are required:
- LING 201
- LING 101 or 401W
- Two LING electives
- Two Foreign Languages
- 2 HAL/IC courses in the same language at the 200-level or above
- or 2 HAL/IC courses in two different languages at any level