Linguistics (B.A.)
At-a-Glance

Minimum hours required for major: 33

Minimum hours required for minor: 18

Special requirement: In order to earn a B.A. in Linguistics, a student must maintain an overall grade-point average of 2.5 or better, and a grade-point average of 3.0 or better in courses applied to the major.

Advising information: Freshmen and sophomores who are interested in majoring or minoring in Linguistics are advised to take LIN 260 Language, Society, and Culture (3 credits), which counts toward the social sciences graduation requirement and as a Linguistics elective. This course is cross-listed as ANT 260 and ENG 260. Students interested in majoring in Linguistics should contact the Interdisciplinary Programs office, Rhodes Tower 1644, (216) 687-3914.

Foreign language requirement: The college's foreign language requirement may be satisfied by taking a two-semester sequence of LIN 318 Language Analysis (4 credits each, cross-listed as ENG 318 or MLA 310) and offered as Sanskrit, Old English, Old Norse, Mayan, or other languages. These count as core courses in the Linguistics major and minor.

Career information:

Students preparing to teach English as a Second Language are advised to take courses in phonetics and phonology, English grammar, applied linguistics, teaching ESL, and ESL internship. For preprofessional and general liberal-arts majors, linguistics contributes to analytical and research skills that enhance a professional résumé. Opportunities are varied and include linguistic analysis of primary texts, the study of language diversity in social and educational contexts, field experiences, and internships. The Linguistics major is drawn from courses in anthropology, communication, education, English, modern languages, philosophy, psychology, and speech and hearing. Some students have found it advantageous to take a double major, combining linguistics with one of these fields.

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Major-Field Requirements

To earn a major in Linguistics, students must take at least 33 credits distributed among at least 9 courses. The number of credits in each course varies from 2 to 4. Course requirements are defined as follows:

  1. Introductory course (one of the following):
  2. Linguistic core courses (4 courses from the following list):
  3. Electives in language and linguistics (four courses or more as needed to bring the total number of credits to 33; at least three electives must be upper-division courses). Electives may include any courses from the core list, and courses from the following:

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Linguistics Minor

The minor in Linguistics requires at least 18 credits, with courses distributed as follows:

  1. Introductory course: ANT 304, ENG 311/LIN 311 or MLA 325
  2. Two Linguistic core courses (from Section 2 above)
  3. Two or more elective courses (from Sections 2 and 3 above)

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