Minor in Linguistics

Students must complete a minimum of six credits of advanced standing coursework in their minor.*

Required Courses
LIN 230Introduction to Linguistics 13
ENG 331Structure of Modern English 23
Electives 3
Select four courses from the following:12
Nonverbal Communication
Discourse & Everyday Talk
Health Communication
Foundations of Computer Science
Programming Language Concepts/Paradigms
Artificial Intelligence
Speech and Hearing Science
Introduction to Phonetics
Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Stylistics: The Language of Literature
History of the English Language
Dialects of American English
Sociolinguistics
Speaking Spanish in the United States
Phonetics and Advance Oral French
Introduction to German Linguistics
Language and the Human Experience
Lovely Accents: The World's Vocal Tapestry
Technology and Language Learning
Teaching English Language Learners PK-12
How Are Languages Learned?
Teaching of Modern Languages: K - 12
Internship in Foreign Languages
The World's Languages
Language, Power, and Ideology
Language Communities in the US
Language and the Internet
Phonetics and Phonology
Conversation Analysis
Semantics and Pragmatics
Language Change
Language & Culture
Corpus Linguistics
Seminar Linguistics 4
Logic
Introduction to Meaning
Study of Bilingualism: An Introduction 4
Introduction to the Study of Language: Spanish 4
Spanish Phonetics
History of the Spanish Language 4
Total Minimum Credits Required18
1

Language majors may use LAN 327.

2

Any other approved alternative to ENG 331 is acceptable.

3

Alternative courses not shown in this list may be chosen, provided that they are approved by the program coordinator.

4

Course is eligible for use as an elective but is less frequently taught.

*Advanced standing coursework is defined as any 300-level course or above and specific 200-level courses identified by the department.