Minor Requirements

20-24 credits

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ANTH 111	CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY	4
ANTH/GLCS 106	INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (ALSO AS GLCS 106)	3
Select two of the following:		6-7
ANTH 341	LANGUAGE & CULTURE
EDUC 245	EDUCATIONAL LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FOR ESOL
GLSP 270	SPANISH IN THE US
Select one of the following:		4-5
RELS 200	NEW TESTAMENT GREEK
RELS 202	HEBREW I
RELS 204	SANSKRIT I
RELS 367	SCRIBES AND SCHOOLS: RECORDING ANCIENT WISDOM
Select one of the following:		4-5
GLCH 202	INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II
GLFR 202	FRENCH CULTURE & FREE EXPRESSION
GLJP 202	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II
GLSP 202	INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II
GLSP 370	SPANISH IN THE US
RELS 200	NEW TESTAMENT GREEK
RELS 202	HEBREW I
RELS 204	SANSKRIT I
RELS 367	SCRIBES AND SCHOOLS: RECORDING ANCIENT WISDOM
Total Credits		21-24

At least one course needs to be at 300- or 400-level. No more than 8 credits from the Linguistics minor may also count toward a student’s major. No more than 4 credits from the Linguistics minor may also count toward another minor. Because not every course listed is offered every year, students minoring in Linguistics must plan carefully in order to fulfill their requirements in a timely fashion.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students completing a minor in Linguistics will:

• Learn to describe with some precision the sounds and forms of language as well as the rules that govern language
• Explore the social contexts in which human thought is given meaning through language and language is in turn influenced by those social contexts
• Understand how modern languages have evolved from their ancient forebearers
• Learn how language expresses systems of human interaction, including patterns of migration and settlement history
• Study how humans acquire language and what mechanisms can impair that acquisition
• Assess the viability of endangered languages and the development of pidgins and creoles
• Compare standard written English with its spoken analogues in slang and dialect