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Twin Cities Campus
Linguistics MinorLinguistics, Institute of
College of Liberal Arts
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Courses explore the principles governing the structure of natural languages, how languages are acquired by children and adults, the role of language in human cognition and social interaction, and how languages change over time.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Students must meet with the director of undergraduate studies to declare a minor in linguistics.
Students may earn a BA or a minor in linguistics, but not both.
Foundation Course
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
LING 3001 - Introduction to Linguistics
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
·
LING 3001H - Honors: Introduction to Linguistics
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
·
LING 5001 - Introduction to Linguistics
(4.0 cr)
Core Courses
Take exactly 2 course(s) totaling 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
Syntax
Honors students may take LING 5201 in place of 4201.
·
LING 4201 - Syntax I
(3.0 cr)
or
LING 5201 - Syntactic Theory I
(3.0 cr)
·
Phonology
Honors students may take LING 5302 in place of 4302W.
·
LING 4302W - Phonology I
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
LING 5302 - Phonological Theory I
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
Lower-division
Take at most 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
LING 1701 - Language and Society
[DSJ]
(4.0 cr)
·
LING 1705W - World Englishes: The Linguistics of English-based varieties around the globe
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
LING 1800 - Topics in Linguistics
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
LING 19xx - Freshman Seminar
·
Upper-division
Take 2 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
LING 3093 - Directed Studies for Honors Thesis
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 3101W - Languages of the World
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 3900 - Topics in Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5105 - Field Methods in Linguistics I
(4.0 cr)
·
LING 5106 - Field Methods in Linguistics II
(4.0 cr)
·
LING 5205 - Semantics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5206 - Linguistic Pragmatics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5207 - Advanced Semantics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5461 - Conversation Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5462 - Field Research in Spoken Language
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5801 - Introduction to Computational Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5900 - Topics in Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 5993 - Directed Study
(1.0-3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 3001/3001H/5001 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 3001/3001H/5001 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 3001/3001H/5001 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4201/Ling 5201 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4201/Ling 5201 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4302W/Ling 5302 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4302W/Ling 5302 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 20.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 15.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 5105/Ling 8105 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Comm 5461/Ling 5461 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Comm 5462/Ling 5462 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -3.0 [max 10.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 3601/5601 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 3601/5601 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4202/Ling 5202 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4202/Ling 5202 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4303/Ling 5303 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4303/Ling 5303 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |