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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Linguistics B.A.
Sample Plan: Linguistics
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LING 3001 - Introduction to Linguistics : 4.0 cr : SOCS
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
LING 4201 - Syntax I : 3.0 cr
LING 4302W - Phonology I : 3.0 cr : WI
Language :5.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LING 3101W - Languages of the World : 3.0 cr : WI
LING 4202 - Syntax II : 3.0 cr
LING 5205 - Semantics : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
*LING 4303 can be taken in place of LING 4202.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ANTH 3005W - Language, Culture, and Power : 4.0 cr : SOCS, DSJ, WI
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LING 5461 - Conversation Analysis : 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
LING 4901W - Capstone Seminar in Linguistics : 3.0 cr : WI
LING 5206 - Linguistic Pragmatics : 3.0 cr
LING 5601 - Historical Linguistics : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr