Linguistics, B.A.

Core (22 units)

• Take one of the following two courses:

• ANTH 170 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 units)

• or

• LING 170 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 units)

• Take all of the following:

• LING 101 - Introduction to the World’s Languages (3 units)
• LING 300 - Professional Development for Linguists (1 unit)
• LING 325 - Modern English Grammar (3 units)
• LING 329 - Introduction to Language Acquisition (3 units)
• LING 420 - Phonology (3 units)
• LING 421 - Syntax (3 units)

Electives

Take 7 additional LING courses (21 units) at the 300 or 400 level, excluding LING 339. ASLD 306 may also be used towards this requirement. Students may substitute up to 6 units of relevant upper-division coursework from other departments, with permission of the Linguistics Undergraduate Advisor. 

• ASLD 306 - American Sign Language Linguistics (3 units)
• LING 301 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units)
• LING 310 - Morphology of English (3 units)
• LING 360 - The Languages of Africa (3 units)
• LING 363 - Implications of Human Language (3 units)
• LING 375 - Spanish in the US (3 units)
• LING 379 - Sociolinguistics (3 units)
• LING 401 - Corpus Linguistics (3 units)
• LING 413 - Language and Culture (3 units)
• LING 422 - Discourse Analysis (3 units)
• LING 423 - Semantics (3 units)
• LING 424 - Laboratory Phonetics (3 units)
• LING 425 - Education Across Cultures (3 units)
• LING 426 - History of the English Language (3 units)
• LING 438 - Psycholinguistics (3 units)
• LING 450 - Teaching Second Language Listening and Speaking (3 units)
• LING 460 - Teaching Second Language Composition (3 units)
• LING 470 - Language and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 units)
• LING 472 - Language and Social Justice (3 units)
• LING 477 - Language Socialization (3 units)
• LING 486 - Second Language Teaching Methods (3 units)
• LING 490 - Selected Topics in Linguistics (1‑3 units)
• LING 499 - Directed Studies in Linguistics (1-6 units)

Language Requirement

Students must complete a fourth semester-level course, or demonstrate equivalent proficiency, in a language other than English. Alternatively, a student may complete two second semester level courses in two different languages, including at least one language from outside the Indo-European family. A list of applicable courses may be obtained from the undergraduate advisor. This may require 0-16 units of coursework, depending on the language studied and the student’s initial placement level. Students with prior language experience can pass all or part of the language requirement by examination or other evidence.