Minor in Linguistics and Global Communication
15 credits
This program introduces students to the scientific study of human language, its structure, its diversity, and its communicative properties. The program focuses on understanding how languages change, how they are used by communities, and how they are acquired.
Required Courses
| ENG 220 | Language and Society | 3 |
| ENG 320 | Introduction to Linguistic Science | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Concentraion 1: Linguistics
6 credits from
| CH 337 | Chinese Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 322 | Language and Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| ENG 323 | Discourse Structure and Strategies | 3 |
| ENG 328 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| ENG 332 | Linguistic Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| ENG 400 | Special Topics in English | 3 |
| FR 337 | Phonetics | 3 |
| GER 337 | Phonetics | 3 |
| SP 337 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonology: Theory and Application | 3 |
| SP 340 | Survey in Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAA 260 | Speech Acoustics | 3 |
| SPAA 270 | Language Development | 3 |
Concentration 2: Global Communication
| ENG 322 | Language and Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
6 credits from
Total Credit Hours: 15
Four semesters or the equivalent in one or more modern or classical languages other than a student’s native language are recommended for Concentration 1: Linguistics. Two semesters or the equivalent in one or more modern or classical languages other than a student’s native language are recommended for Concentration 2: Global Communication.