Academics

Linguistics Major

The Linguistics major provides students the opportunity for closer study of how language works and its connections with related fields such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology; the linguistics major also leads to graduate study and careers in linguistics and teaching English as a second language.

You can find the requirements for the BA in Linguistics here.

Linguistics Minor

The linguistics minor provides students the opportunity to enroll in linguistics courses to enhance their major in anthropology, psychology, sociology, political science, international business, and language.

You can find the requirements for the Linguistics Minor here.

Spring 2024 Registration Tips for Linguistics Majors and Minors

If you haven’t taken LING 305 yet, take it in Spring 2024! (if you need a permission number, email us!)

Graduating in 2024? Make sure you register for LING 481 and LING 498 in Spring 2024!

If you haven’t started working on your language requirements, sign up for a language!

New Courses and Equivalencies

You’ll likely notice that we have a few new courses being offered in 2023-2024 academic year. That’s because students who begin the major in Fall 2023 will have slightly different requirements. If you’d like to take these new courses (and we highly recommend that you do!), we can have them count toward your old requirements. The following table is a list of the new courses and the courses or requirements they can be substituted for: