BA in Linguistics (47–53 hours*)

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1. Complete the following prerequisite:
   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 the following courses:
   LING 420 : Phonetics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 420 : Phonetics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Ling 330.
   DESCRIPTION:	General inventory of speech sounds possible in language, from both an acoustic and articulatory point of view.
   
   
   LING 427 : Phonology and Morphology. (3:3.0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 427 : Phonology and Morphology. (3:3.0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Ling 330 or ELang 223.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to phonology and morphology in the world's languages emphasizing the analysis of English.
   
   
   LING 430 : Theoretical Syntax. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 430 : Theoretical Syntax. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	ELang 223 or Ling 330.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theoretical comparison and contrast of different sentence types. Methods of argument to develop and critique generative theories of lexical categories, grammatical roles, and syntactic structure.
   
   
   LING 450 : Introduction to Historical-Comparative Linguistics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 450 : Introduction to Historical-Comparative Linguistics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Ling 330 or ELang 223.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theory and method of language change via comparison of daughter languages and reconstruction of their ancestral language: phonological, morphological, semantic, and lexical.
   
   
   LING 490 : Senior Seminar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LING 490 : Senior Seminar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Ling 330.
   RECOMMENDED:	Ling 420, 427, 430, 450.
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing major issues in linguistics, writing a senior paper, and reviewing content of core courses.
   
   
3. Complete 15 credit hours (to a 200-level or higher) of university-level course work (or the equivalent) in a single foreign language (American Sign Language also qualifies). Students intending to pursue graduate studies in linguistics are strongly encouraged to study a non-Indo-European language. Non-native speakers of English may elect to use English to fill this requirement. They may choose to earn the credit by special examination or by taking classes (ESL 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305).
4. Complete one of the following options:
1. Complete an approved university minor in one of the following areas (approx. 18-21 hours): TESOL, linguistic computing, or editing.
2. Complete 15 hours of approved electives:
   1. Nine credit hours from linguistic (Ling) courses other than those in items 1 and 2 above.
   2. Six credit hours from:
      Any additional linguistics (Ling) courses.
      Any English language (ELang) courses (except ELang 223).
      
      ANTHR 309 : Language, Culture, and Society. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      ANTHR 309 : Language, Culture, and Society. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
      DESCRIPTION:	Linguistic anthropology as a way of doing ethnography; language as symbolic form, vehicle of thought, and instrument of social interaction; speech events as cultural texts.
      
      
      PHIL 420 : Philosophy of Language. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PHIL 420 : Philosophy of Language. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand.
      PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
      DESCRIPTION:	Meaning and reference, synonymy, metaphor, exemplification, translation; linguistic, artistic, and perceptual symbol systems.
      
      
      PSYCH 375 : Cognition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PSYCH 375 : Cognition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
      PREREQUISITE:	Psych 301, 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
      DESCRIPTION:	Perceptual organization; information processing; cognitive development; relationships between sensory analysis, perception, memory, learning, language, and problem solving.
      NOTE:	Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
      
      
      PSYCH 376 : Language Development. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      PSYCH 376 : Language Development. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      OFFERED:	F alternate years.
      PREREQUISITE:	Psych 301, 302, 303, 304; or instructor's consent.
      DESCRIPTION:	Principles of language acquisition including communicative development in infancy, sematic and syntactic development, language and literacy in the school years, and effects of brain damage.
      
      

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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