Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics
Undergraduate students can pursue the study of language and linguistics by earning an interdisciplinary minor in linguistics composed of courses covering four main areas. Students take 18 hours worth of courses drawn from a variety of departments on campus. All minors must take one introduction to linguistics (from Group A below), plus five additional courses covering these three areas: courses dealing intensively with a single language or restricted group of languages, courses dealing with applied uses of linguistics and historical linguistics, and courses relating linguistics to other fields.
We encourage students to work with a faculty member in linguistics to develop an appropriate degree plan for the minor.
Requirements
Students must take three hours from Group A (introductory courses); it is the only group in which students may take only one course. Students take three hours each from Group B, C, and D. Group B courses are largely grouped as courses that focus intensively on a single language or restricted group of languages. Group C courses deal with applied uses of linguistics and historical linguistics, and Group D courses relate linguistics to other fields. The remaining six hours can come from any group except A.
Courses by Groupings
Group A
ANTH 3305 Anthropological Linguistics
ENGL 3371 Linguistic Science
LING 4335 Introduction to Linguistics for Second and Foreign Language Education
Group B
ASL 3312 Introduction to Deaf Culture and Linguistics
ENGL 3373 Modern English Syntax
FREN 4302 Advanced Grammar and Composition
GERM 4301 Grammar
LAT 4302 Latin Composition
SPAN 4303 Advanced Conversation
SPAN 4305 Advanced Grammar
Group C
EDBL 3337 Content Area Development for English as a Second Language Populations
ENGL 3372 History of the English Language
ENGL 4373 Studies in Linguistics
LING 4311 Methods of Teaching Second and Foreign Languages
Group D
ANTH 3351 Language and Culture
COMS 3332 Intercultural Communication
EDBL 3334 Dual Language and Cognitive Development in Bilingual Programs
EDLL 3352 Language and Literacy Acquisition
ENGL 2371 Language in a Multicultural America
ENGL 4371 Language and Community
ENGL 4300 Individual Studies in English (when pertaining to linguistics topics)
PHIL 4310 Advanced Logic
PHIL 4331 Philosophy of Language
PSY 4324 Cognition
PSY 4343 Language and Literacy Research and Applications
Catalog Update
The courses above represent updates made for the 2008-9 academic year catalog. Students who entered before that year and started a minor degree plan may wish to consult with previous catalogs, as some departments have deleted or changed numbering for courses that previously satisfied the minor.
For more information on the linguistics minor, please contact Dr. Min-Joo Kim at min-joo.kim@ttu.edu.