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Linguistics B.S.English Linguistics and Writing Studies
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
This degree prepares students to undertake the study of language in a rigorous, scientific manner. The major offers basic and advanced courses in the sound, structure, and meaning of language, and it teaches students the fundamental methods of scientific inquiry. The curriculum focuses on both the internal place of language in the human mind and brain, as well as the external role of language in communication and culture. Along the way, students will consider many topics in linguistics, such as syntactic structure of languages, semantic and pragmatic meaning, language acquisition, language disorders, language evolution, dialects and sociolinguistic variation, language and gender, computational linguistics, and many others. With topics such as these in mind, students will be trained to form research questions, gather data, and make arguments based upon their observations. They will also gain experience working with a wide range of languages and diverse cultures. The program will also require a background in science and mathematics consistent with a bachelor of science degree, which will allow students a straightforward double major in many of the established science majors at the University.
There is a diversity of employment opportunities for linguistics majors. The analytical skills and experience with language makes linguistic majors particularly appealing to computer and software companies, as writers and analysts of all types, in education, in projects such as speech recognition and machine translation, and as preparation for advanced study in all of the liberal arts, social sciences, and computer sciences disciplines. Finally, the United States Department of Homeland Security and federal law enforcement agencies routinely hire employees trained in linguistics.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
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website.
General Requirements
Program Requirements
1) A second field of study (either a minor or another major).
2) Study abroad is encouraged for all students and the department makes every effort to facilitate such experiences.
Mathematics Requirements (8 - 10 cr)
Take two courses from the following two options:
Natural Science Requirement (7 - 10 cr)
Take one of the following sequences.
Biology
BIOL 1011 - General Biology I
[LE CAT, NAT SCI]
(5.0 cr)
BIOL 1012 - General Biology II
[SUSTAIN]
(5.0 cr)
or
Chemistry
CHEM 1153 - General Chemistry I
[LE CAT, NAT SCI]
(4.0 cr)
CHEM 1154 - General Chemistry Lab I
[LE CAT, NAT SCI]
(1.0 cr)
CHEM 1155 - General Chemistry II
(4.0 cr)
CHEM 1156 - General Chemistry Lab II
(1.0 cr)
or
Geography
GEOG 1414 - The Physical Geography
[LE CAT, NAT SCI, SUSTAIN]
(4.0 cr)
or
Geology
EES 1110 - Geology and Earth Systems
[LE CAT, NAT SCI, SUSTAIN]
(4.0 cr)
Technical/Math or Natural Sciences (6 cr)
Two additional courses from technical/math or natural sciences. Courses taken above cannot apply here. Courses may be from one area or across fields of study.
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
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BIOL 2xxx-3xxx
CHEM 2xxx-3xxx
CS 1xxx-3xxx
GEOL 2xxx-3xxx
GIS 2xxx-3xxx
MATH 3xxx-4xxx
PHYS 3xxx-4xxx
STAT 1xxx-5xxx
Linguistics and External Electives Total (15 cr)
Within these 15 credits, 9 credits must be from linguistics in addition to the core. Two courses from the 'External Electives' may apply towards this requirement.
Linguistics Electives
Most LING 2xxx-4xxx courses apply here.
Take 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
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LING 2101 - Phonetics and Phonology
[NAT SCI]
(3.0 cr)
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LING 2195 - Special Topics: (Various Titles to be Assigned)
(3.0 cr)
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LING 2400 - Language of Advertising
(3.0 cr)
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LING 2506 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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LING 2600 - Language in Society
[SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
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LING 3101 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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LING 3201 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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LING 3203 - Linguistics and Social Media
(3.0 cr)
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LING 3591 - Independent Study in Linguistics
(1.0-3.0 cr)
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LING 4103 - Morphology: Word Structures and Rules
(3.0 cr)
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LING 4104 - Corpus Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
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LING 4105 - Cognitive Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
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LING 4195 - Special Topics: (various titles to be assigned)
(3.0 cr)
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LING 4852 - Teaching Assistantship in Linguistics
(1.0-3.0 cr)
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External Electives (optional)
Take no more than 2 course(s) from the following:
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AMIN 2103 {Inactive}
[LE CAT3, LECD CAT03, COMM & LAN]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMIN 2104 {Inactive}
[LE CAT3, LECD CAT03, COMM & LAN]
(3.0 cr)
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ASL 3003 - Intermediate American Sign Language I
[COMM & LAN]
(3.0 cr)
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ASL 3004 - Intermediate American Sign Language II
[COMM & LAN]
(3.0 cr)
·
CHIN 1201 - Intermediate Chinese I: Mandarin Chinese
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
CHIN 1202 - Intermediate Chinese II: Mandarin Chinese
[LE CAT3, LEIP CAT03, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
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CS 5222 - Artificial Intelligence
(4.0 cr)
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CS 5232 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining
(4.0 cr)
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CS 5242 - Natural Language Processing
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 5821 - History of the English Language
(4.0 cr)
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FR 1201 - Intermediate French I
[LE CAT3, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
FR 1202 - Intermediate French II
[LE CAT3, LEIP CAT03, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
GER 1201 - Intermediate German I
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
GER 1202 - Intermediate German II
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
PHIL 1025 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
[NAT SCI]
(3.0 cr)
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PHIL 2011 - Philosophy of Language
[LE CAT3, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
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PSY 3621 - Cognition
(3.0 cr)
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PSY 3661 - Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 1201 - Intermediate Spanish I
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 1202 - Intermediate Spanish II
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
·
SPAN 2301 - Advanced Spanish
[LE CAT, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
Advanced Writing Requirement (3 cr)
WRIT 31xx - Adv Writing (3 cr)
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