LING-BA - Linguistics (BA)
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Program Overview
The mission of the undergraduate program in Linguistics is to provide students with basic knowledge in the principal areas of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics) and the skills to do more advanced work in these subfields. Courses in the major also involve interdisciplinary work with connections to other programs, including anthropology, communication, computer science, education, foreign languages, psychology, and symbolic systems. The program prepares students for further study in graduate or professional schools and careers in business, government agencies, social services, and teaching.
Please note: Unit requirement has changed as of autumn quarter 2022-23. You may follow the old requirements if you declared before autumn quarter 2022-23.
Minimum Units in the Program
Minimum University Units
- 2133701
(to be taken no later than Autumn Quarter, junior year; must be taken before Linguist197A)
- 2133681
(to be taken Winter Quarter, senior year)
- 1208071
OR 1208072 - 1206711
- 2169601
OR 2169611
- 2011661
OR 2011662 - 1206861
- 1207251
- 1207101
- 1207061
- 2124031
OR 2124032 - 1209311
- 1408382
- 2183662
- 2085112
OR 2085113 - 2054182
OR 2054183 - 2091511
- 1209042
Select at least one course each from two of the previous four areas
Must be taken for 3-4 units each; students should verify that they meet any prerequisites before enrolling.
A minimum of 60 units of course work; at least 36 of these units must be in Linguistics.
Of the 60 units required for the major, no more than 12 may be below the 100-level and a maximum of 3 courses, totaling no more than 8 units, may be taken on a credit/no credit basis(CR/NC).
All required courses must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.
Note, any course taken between Spring 2020 and Summer 2021 in which the student received a final grade of "S" or "CR" counts toward undergraduate degree requirements that otherwise require a letter grade.
- 2169601
Students must inform the instructor at the beginning of the quarter that they are using this course to satisfy the WIM requirement.
- 2133681
Students who wish to undertake a more intensive program of study, including independent research, should pursue departmental honors. Students should apply for honors by the end of spring quarter of their junior year. As part of the application, the student must write a research proposal describing the honors project, which the project advisor must approve. Approval for honors depends on the number of courses in the major a student has taken for a letter grade by the start of the third quarter of the junior year. For students who have completed at least 28 units for a letter grade fulfilling major requirements, only those maintaining a grade point average of 3.3 (B+) or better in these courses are eligible for honors. Students who have taken fewer than 28 units in the major for a letter grade must receive an endorsement from both a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics who will supervise or co-supervise the honors project and a second Department of Linguistics faculty member who can attest to the student’s qualifications for carrying out honors research.
Honors students complete 70 units, including the 60 units for the major, plus ten additional units of Independent Study and Honors Research. In addition, they must complete an honors thesis based on research conducted with a project advisor, who must be a member of the Linguistics faculty, and a second faculty reader, who may, with the approval of the Linguistics Director of Undergraduate Studies, be a member of another department. In the autumn quarter of the senior year, honors students enroll in course Independent Study to work closely with one of their advisors on the research project. In winter and spring quarters, honors students enroll in course Honors Research with the student’s project advisor for close supervision of the honors thesis. The thesis must be submitted in its final and acceptable form by May 15. The thesis topic is presented orally at a department Honors Colloquium late in spring quarter.
- 1207931
- 1207921