Linguistics Courses. 30 hours.
Supporting Course Work. 6 to 8 hours of Western civilization, plus
14 hours chosen in consultation with an adviser.
The Department of Linguistics offers undergraduate instruction of two
types.
1. General linguistics courses have two purposes: they are intended
to prepare students for various careers in which the scientific study
of language is of significance; they are, furthermore, the basis for
continued professional training toward the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
this field.
2. Non-Western language courses are offered regularly in Arabic,
Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, and various African languages
(Bamana, Lingala, Swahili, Wolof, and Zulu). One language, Hebrew, may
be taken as an option of the major (see The Hebrew option below).
Linguistics Courses. 30 hours, including LING
200, LING
210, LING
225, LING
300, LING
301, and LING
302. The remaining core courses are to be selected from among
other 200- and 300-level courses. Students are expected to take two
courses in each of two special areas of linguistics, such as
psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, mathematical
and computational linguistics, non-Western language structure, and
area linguistics (African, Classics, Far Eastern, Germanic,
Indo-European, Romance, Semitic, Slavic, South Asian). Advanced course
work includes LING
290 and LING
291, and 300-level linguistics courses.
Supporting Course Work. 14 hours, in linguistically
relevant courses chosen in consultation with an adviser. These may
come from any of the following disciplines: anthropology; classics;
computer science; English; English as an international language;
French; Germanic; philosophy; psychology; Slavic; Spanish, Italian,
and Portuguese; speech and hearing science; and speech
communication. In addition, students are strongly encouraged to take
two years of a second foreign language in addition to the language
used to satisfy the college foreign language requirement. This second
language may be either a Western or non-Western language.
Western Civilization. 6 hours of western civilization (HIST
110 or HIST
111 and HIST
112 or HIST
113, or C LIT
141 and C LIT
142).
Departmental Distinction: Students are strongly encouraged to
fulfill the requirements for completing their program with
departmental distinction. Candidates for the degree with distinction
must register their candidacy with their adviser no later than the
beginning of the second semester of their junior year. They must
achieve a grade-point average of at least 4.4 (A = 5.0) for the
required 30 hours in linguistics, including at least 4 hours of credit
for Honors Individual Study (LING
291). For graduation with high or highest distinction, students
must satisfy the same minimum requirements, plus submit a senior
honors thesis to the Department of Linguistics by the first day of the
month preceding the month of graduation.
This option provides the student with a broad knowledge of the Hebrew
language, both modern and biblical, as well as with introductory
training in general linguistics.
Hebrew Language Courses. 30 hours, including LING
200 and one other course in linguistics; see footnote 1 HEBR
305, HEBR
306, HEBR
307, and HEBR
308; and 8 hours of biblical Hebrew, chosen from HEBR
205, HEBR
206, HEBR
210, HEBR
311. All substitutions must be approved by the coordinator of the
option.
Supporting Course Work. 14 hours, which should constitute a
coherent program complementing the major in Hebrew language and
linguistics. Possible supporting courses include Jewish culture and
society, biblical literature, anthropology, classics, and additional
languages. The program of supporting course work will be planned by
the student in conjunction with the Hebrew language coordinator.
Western Civilization. 6 hours of Western civilization (HIST
110 or HIST
111 and HIST
112 or HIST
113 or C LIT
141 and C LIT
142).
Departmental Distinction. Students are strongly encourage
to fulfill the requirements for completing their program with
departmental distinction. Candidates for the degree with distinction
must register their candidacy with their advisers no later than the
beginning of the second semester of the junior year. They must achieve
a grade-point average of at least 4.4 (A = 5.0) for the required 30
hours in linguistics, including at least 4 hours of credit for Honors
Individual Study (LING
291). For graduation with high or highest distinction, the student
must satisfy the same minimum requirements, plus submit a senior
honors thesis to the Department of Linguistics by the first day of the
month preceding the month of graduation.
Footnotes: 1. A revision in requirements was pending at time of publication. Students should consult with the departmental adviser.
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