Linguistics, B.A.

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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)

LIN 120 - Introduction to Language and Linguistics I or ANT 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics I
LIN 121 - Introduction to Language and Linguistics II or ANT 121 Introduction to Language and Linguistics II
LIN 340 - Phonetics and Phonology or ANT 340 Phonetics and Phonology
LIN 341 - Morphology And Syntax or ANT 341 Morphology and Syntax

II. Capstone Seminar/Independent Study

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

LIN 494 - Linguistics Capstone

III. Electives and WAC courses (18 credits)

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.