Linguistics Minor

The minor requires a minimum of 15 units. Not open to students majoring in Linguistics or ASLD.

Requirements

LING 170 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 units)

Take an additional four LING courses (12 units), including at least 9 upper-division units. One linguistics course (3 units) from another department may be substituted, with advisor permission.

LING 100 - The Nature of Language (3 units)
LING 101 - Introduction to the World’s Languages (3 units)
LING 210 - Acquiring Academic/Technical Vocabulary (3 units)
LING 301 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units)
LING 310 - Morphology of English (3 units)
LING 325 - Modern English Grammar (3 units)
LING 329 - Introduction to Language Acquisition (3 units)
LING 339 - Linguistics for Crosscultural Academic Development [in Secondary School Settings] (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) /ANTH 413 - Language and Culture (3 units)
LING 420 - Phonology (3 units)
LING 421 - Syntax (3 units)
LING 422 - Discourse Analysis (3 units)
LING 423 - Semantics (3 units) / ENGL 423 - Semantics (3 units)
LING 424 - Laboratory Phonetics (3 units)
LING 425 - Education Across Cultures (3 units)
/ANTH 421 - Education Across Cultures (3 units)
LING 426 - History of the English Language (3 units) / ENGL 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)
/ANTH 475 - Language and Gender in Cross‑Cultural Perspective (3 units) / WGSS 475 - 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)
SLP 329 - Language Acquisition: From Birth Through Adolescence (3 units)

Note:

Electives may also be selected from an approved list of linguistics-related classes from other departments. See the undergraduate advisor for details.