Minor in Linguistic Computing (18 hours)

Program Requirements

1. Complete one course from the following prerequisite courses:
   ELANG 223 : Introduction to the English Language. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ELANG 223 : Introduction to the English Language. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of English from linguistic point of view, emphasizing structure of English and social, biological, and psychological aspects of language.
   
   
   LING 330 : Introduction to Linguistics (Modern). (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 330 : Introduction to Linguistics (Modern). (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic understanding of linguistic systems. Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
   
   
2. Complete one course from the following prerequisite courses (or equivalent experience):
   C S 100 : Fundamentals of Computing and Information. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 100 : Fundamentals of Computing and Information. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Computing, information structures, programming principles, Internet, World Wide Web, text, spreadsheets, data representations for images, sound and video.
   NOTE:	For nonmajors.
   
   
   LINGC 200 : Basic Humanities Computing Skills. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 200 : Basic Humanities Computing Skills. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Word processing experience.
   DESCRIPTION:	Software applications for computer-based instruction, academic publishing, and research; introduction to programming new applications.
   
   
3. Complete the following:
   LINGC 220 : Linguistic Computing Programming 1. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 220 : Linguistic Computing Programming 1. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	LingC 200 or C S 100 or equivalent experience.
   DESCRIPTION:	Computer programming for language applications: data types, character representation, flow of control, file input/output, string manipulation.
   
   
   LINGC 260 : (LingC-CHum) Text Processing and Analysis. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 260 : (LingC-CHum) Text Processing and Analysis. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	LingC 200 or C S 100 or equivalent experience.
   DESCRIPTION:	Applications of computer technology to research in language and literature: text processing, retrieval, and analysis tools for text corpora and online resources.
   
   
4. Complete 9 hours from the following:
   LING 480 : Problems in Translation. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 480 : Problems in Translation. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Proficiency in a second language.
   DESCRIPTION:	History, theory, and practice of human and machine translation.
   
   
   LING 485 : Corpus Linguistics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 485 : Corpus Linguistics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Ling 330, ELang 223, or ELang 273.
   DESCRIPTION:	Using large collections of texts for teaching and particularly for research, including many types of linguistic variation
   
   
   LING 580R : Problems in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. (1-3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 580R : Problems in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. (1-3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced research in language acquisition, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, linguistics field study, applied linguistics.
   
   
   (with coordinator approval)
   LING 581 : Natural Language Processing. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 581 : Natural Language Processing. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Good programming skills in at least one language (preferably LISP, Prolog, C, C++, Perl, or Java) and a knowledge of basic, discrete math. Upper-division linguistics/computers and the humanities students with less programming experience may enroll with instructor`s consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Intensive overview of natural language processing, including computational techniques, hands-on experience with linguistic technologies and corpora, language modeling approaches, and readings from current research.
   
   
   LINGC 200 : Basic Humanities Computing Skills. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 200 : Basic Humanities Computing Skills. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Word processing experience.
   DESCRIPTION:	Software applications for computer-based instruction, academic publishing, and research; introduction to programming new applications.
   
   
   Or
   C S 100 : Fundamentals of Computing and Information. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 100 : Fundamentals of Computing and Information. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Computing, information structures, programming principles, Internet, World Wide Web, text, spreadsheets, data representations for images, sound and video.
   NOTE:	For nonmajors.
   
   
   LINGC 355 : (LingC-CHum) Text Encoding and Markup. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 355 : (LingC-CHum) Text Encoding and Markup. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	CHum 250 or CHum-LingC 260.
   DESCRIPTION:	Principles of markup languages (SGML, XML, etc.) and encoding standards for academic content. Practical experience encoding, processing, and delivering marked-up data.
   
   
   LINGC 360 : International Software and Text Processing. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 360 : International Software and Text Processing. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	LingC 220 or equivalent experience.
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing international software that can be available in English and other languages. Globalization, internationalization, localization, Unicode, fonts, multilingual user interfaces, and working with foreign language texts.
   
   
   LINGC 361 : Speech Processing. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 361 : Speech Processing. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	LingC 360
   DESCRIPTION:	Analyzing and manipulating speech data. Developing software applications that include speech recognition and/or speech generation.
   
   
   LINGC 489R : Linguistic Computing Project. (1-3:Arr.:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 489R : Linguistic Computing Project. (1-3:Arr.:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Any 300-level linguistic computing course.
   DESCRIPTION:	Applying principles from other courses to a substantial research or development project. Students work individually with faculty and technical advisors.
   
   
   (3 hours required)
   LINGC 490R : Current Topics and Issues. (3:Arr.:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 490R : Current Topics and Issues. (3:Arr.:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Individual or group study of current issues and developments in linguistic computing. Extended readings; research or project required.
   
   
   (with coordinator approval)
   LINGC 496R : Academic Internship: Linguistic Computing. (1-3:Arr.:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LINGC 496R : Academic Internship: Linguistic Computing. (1-3:Arr.:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	On demand.
   PREREQUISITE:	LingC 300-level course or equivalent experience.
   DESCRIPTION:	On-the-job experience in publishing production (print or electronic), courseware/software development, museum/collection/textbase management, language/linguistics research, or other application of linguistic computing.
   
   

   Note: If LingC 200 or C S 100 was taken in item 2 above, it will also count toward the elective hours.

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