Linguistics Concentration

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Chair(s):

Brigittine French

Faculty:

Timothy Arner
John Fennell
Cynthia Hansen
John Stone
Carmen Valentín

The linguistics concentration focuses on the systematic and scientific study of language. Core courses in the Departments of Psychology, Philosophy, English, and Anthropology offer various perspectives on different aspects of language and its uses. Some knowledge of a nonnative language is required. Each student will complete a 4-credit interdisciplinary research project, or a 2-credit Independent Study in Linguistics, which are expected to build on some past work in the student’s program.

Concentration requirements - 24 credits to be taken as follows:

1. 4 credits:

LIN 114 - Introduction to General Linguistics 4 credits

2. Three 4-credit core courses chosen from the following:

ANT 260 - Language, Culture, and Society 4 credits *
CSC 205 - Computational Linguistics 4 credits *
ENG 230 - English Historical Linguistics 4 credits *
PHI 256 - Philosophy of Language and Cognition 4 credits
PSY 355 - Psychology of Language 4 credits *

3. Elective courses (4 credits):

a fourth core course; any 4-credit 300-level language course, not in translation; any second semester, or higher, 4- or 5-credit language course in a second nonnative language; or the following, provided permission is obtained from the instructor and the concentration chair:

ANT 205 - Human Evolution 4 credits
CSC 341 - Automata, Formal Languages, and Computational Complexity 4 credits
PHI 102 - Symbolic Logic 4 credits
PHI 235 - 20th-Century Continental Philosophy 4 credits
PHI 257 - Philosophy of Science 4 credits
PSY 260 - Cognitive Psychology 4 credits
SOC 248 - Self and Society 4 credits
Special topics and independent studies

4. One of the following:

LIN 499 - Senior Research Project: Mentored Advanced Project 4 credits
or
LIN 397 - Independent Study 2 credits

Language Competence

Competence in a nonnative language, as certified by the relevant department (equivalent to, for example, LAT 222 , FRN 222 , GRM 222 , SPN 217 , RUS 222 )