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Undergraduate Catalog 2015 - 2016 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2015 - 2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Linguistics, B.A.



Minimum hours required for the degree:  120

Minimum hours required for major: 35

Minimum hours required for minor: 18

Special requirement: In order to earn a B.A. in Linguistics, a student must maintain an overall grade-point average of 2.5 or better, and a grade-point average of 3.0 or better in courses applied to the major.

Major-Field Requirements


 To earn a major in Linguistics, students must take at least 35 credits distributed as follows:

I. Basic Courses (4 courses)


II. Capstone Seminar/Independent Study


The capstone should be done in conjunction with another 300/400 level course for a total of 4 hours.

IV. Less Commonly Taught Language (4 credits)


In addition to the university foreign language requirement, LIN majors will take one extra course at the 100-level in a less commonly taught language such as Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Slovenian, Serbian, or any other language available and upon the recommendation of the Director of Linguistics.