Prospective majors are encouraged to take LING 216 as sophomores, if possible. This course is offered once per year, in the winter term. The upper-level requirements for the major can still be comfortably completed if LING 216 is taken in the junior year, but as many of the 300-level courses have LING 216 as their prerequisite, taking LING 216 as a sophomore affords much greater flexibility. Prospective majors are invited to consult the department chair regarding long-term course planning.
A total of 69 credits
- Four core courses (24 credits)
Six credits must be either LING 100 or LING 110 plus 18 additional credits
- LING 100: The Noun
- LING 110: Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 115: Introduction to the Theory of Syntax
- LING 135: Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- LING 216: Generative Approaches to Syntax
- LING 217: Phonetics and Phonology
- Three 300-level courses (18 credits)
- LING 315: Topics in Syntax · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 316: Topics in Morphology · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 317: Topics in Phonology · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 318: Laboratory Phonology
- LING 325: Syntax of an Unfamiliar Language
- LING 340: Topics in Semantics
- LING 375: Second Language Acquisition: Speech · not offered in 2023-24
At least two drawn from:
- ASLN 111: Writing Systems · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 117: Sociophonetics · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 135: Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- LING 140: Language in the U.S.
- LING 150: From Esperanto to Dothraki: The Linguistics of Invented Languages · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 232: Structure and History of German · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 240: Semantics and Pragmatics · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 275: First Language Acquisition
- LING 276: Bilingualism & Code-Switching · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 280: Field Methods in Linguistics · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 285: Japanese Linguistics in Kyoto Seminar: The Linguistics of the Japanese Writing System · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 286: Japanese Linguistics in Kyoto Seminar: The Structure of Japanese · not offered in 2023-24
- LING 288: The Structure of Dakota · not offered in 2023-24
At most one drawn from:
- CGSC 232: Cognitive Processes
- CHIN 252: The Chinese Language: A Linguistic and Cultural Survey · not offered in 2023-24
- CS 202: Mathematics of Computer Science
- CS 254: Computability and Complexity
- CS 322: Natural Language Processing · not offered in 2023-24
- PHIL 210: Logic
- PHIL 223: Philosophy of Language
- PHIL 225: Philosophy of Mind · not offered in 2023-24
- PSYC 234: Psychology of Language · not offered in 2023-24
- PSYC 366: Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYC 375: Language and Deception