Linguistic Studies

Minor

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Requirements for the Minor (24 Credits)

I. Required Courses (8 credits)

• LING 10/Language, Communication, and Culture (4)
• LING 150/Independent Study in Linguistic Studies (4)

II. Supervised experiential fieldwork (4 credits)

• INTR 50 or other research in theoretical and/or applied linguistics, or language teaching, developed in consultation with a member of the Linguistic Studies committee. This requirement may be fulfilled by a 4-credit project or two 2-credit projects.

III. At least eight (8) credits from the following:

• LING 105/ENGL 38/History and Structure of the English Language (4)
• LING 120/Linguistic Theory and Method (4)
• PHIL 151/Symbolic Logic (same as MATH 151) (4)
• PHIL 152/Philosophy of Language (4)
• SOC 110/Sociology of Mass Communications (4)

IV. At least eight (8) credits from the following:

• ANTH 16/Folklore (4)
• ARTHST 146/Contemporary Theory and Criticism (4)
• CSCI 105/Computability (same as MATH 105) (4)
• CSCI 107/Programming Languages (4)
• CSCI 126/Artificial Intelligence (4)
• ENGL 121/Comparative Critical Theory and Practice (4)
• FILM 15/The Art of Film (4)
• FREN 120/Class, Ethnicity, and Culture (4)
• *FREN 130A/B/Advanced Composition and Stylistics I, II (2, 2)
• *GERM 60/German Grammar and Idiom (4)
• PHIL 118/Theory of Knowledge (4)
• *SPAN 127/Stylistics and the Art of Translation (4)
• *SPAN 128/Topics in Spanish Linguistics (as appropriate) (4 credit)

*Courses are taught in language of course prefix.

Additional courses offered irregularly may also be applicable. Consult the Linguistic Studies course listing published each semester.

Courses

Courses Offered

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LING 101 - Formerly 10 - Language, Communication, and Culture (4)

An introduction to the role of language and its various forms of transmission in the construction of individual and cultural identity. Topics include language and gender, language and ethnicity, language and social structures.
Recommended: ANTH 4 as a concurrent or prior course. Offered annually.
Fulfills: BSS

LING 201 - Formerly 50 - Topics in the Study of Language (2)

The discipline of linguistics is concerned with language in all of the different ways it functions. When the material and approaches of any academic field are applied to language, that application is within the purview of linguistics. This course will expose students to some of the many areas in which language can be the topic, chosen from the following: philosophy, sociology, neurophysiology, cognitive and developmental psychology, foreign languages, evolutionary and cultural anthropology. It will draw on the expertise of professors from a variety of departments, each 'visiting scholar,' so to speak, presenting material from his or her own field as it intersects with the study of language.
Offering to be determined.

LING 220 - Formerly 105 - History and Structure of the English Language (4)

A study of the development of English from Anglo-Saxon to its present status as a global language. Examines the historical development of theories attempting to explain English, its styles, dialects, and literatures. Recommended: LING 101 - Formerly 10 - .

Fulfills: BH

LING 302 - Formerly 120 - Linguistic Theory and Method (4)

A study of descriptive and prescriptive approaches to language. Synchronic and diachronic linguistics. Phonetics and phonemics. Morphology, syntagmology, and semantics.
Recommended: LING 10 or 105 as a prior course. Offering to be determined.

LING 300 - Formerly 150 - Independent Study in Linguistic Studies (2-4)

Experiential fieldwork or other research in theoretical, applied linguistics, or language teaching, developed in consultation with a member of the linguistic studies faculty. Open only to linguistic studies minors.
Course may be repeated. Offering to be determined.

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ENGL 321 - Formerly 121 - Comparative Critical Theory and Practice (2-4)

May focus on one or compare two contemporary or historical approaches to literature, such as close reading, psychoanalytic, philosophical, new historicist, feminist, Marxist, structuralist, deconstructive, or reader-response criticism.
Course may be repeated. Enrollment priority: given to English majors and minors. Prerequisite: Either ENGL 20A/B OR ENGL 21A/B Offered in alternate spring semesters.

FILM 101 - Formerly 15 - The Art of Film (4)

An introduction to the basic expressive elements of film art. Extensive screenings illustrate such elements as shot composition, editing, camera movement, color, lighting, and directorial style. Readings in film theory and criticism.

Fulfills: BA

FREN 306 - Formerly 130A - Advanced Composition and Stylistics I (2)

This advanced course in stylistics enables students to refine their writing skills and learn to write in a variety of styles. Review of advanced grammatical problems, basic principles of stylistic analysis, editing, and some translation from English to French.
Prerequisite: , 101, or 102. Offering to be determined.

FREN 306 - Formerly 130B - Advanced Composition and Stylistics II (2)

This advanced course in stylistics enables students to refine their writing skills and learn to write in a variety of styles. Review of advanced grammatical problems, basic principles of stylistic analysis, editing, and some translation from English to French.
Prerequisite: , 101, or 102. Offering to be determined.

INTC 200 - Formerly INTR 50 - Internship project (2-4)

Requirements are 140 hours of satisfactory performance for an approved four-credit internship project and 70 hours for a two-credit internship projcet, a reflective journal, job supervisor evaluations, and an interpretive paper graded by a faculty evaluator. To qualify for internship credit, a student must have completed at least eight credits in a department or program to which the internship experience is being related. At most eight credits in internship may be counted toward the B.A. degree.
Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. Course may be repeated. Signature of instructor required for registration.

PHIL 318 - Formerly 118 - Theory of Knowledge (4)

A critical examination of the following topics: the problems of perception, of memory, and of necessary truth; the justification of empirical knowledge; and the issue between rationalism and empiricism. The readings are taken from primary sources, both classical and contemporary.
Offered fall semester in even-numbered years.
Fulfills: WI, BH

PHIL 351 - Formerly 151 - Symbolic Logic (4)

An introduction to the propositional and predicate calculus, notions of proof, model, consistency, and truth; the Deduction, Compactness, and First Incompleteness Theorems and philosophical ramifications. Meets: 150 minutes weekly.

PHIL 352 - Formerly 152 - Philosophy of Language (4)

A seminar on problems of meaning, truth, and reference. Discussions focus on some of the following topics: the nature of names and descriptions, identity statements and their analysis, necessary truths, the semantic theory of truth, the thesis of the interdeterminacy of translation, and the problem of propositional attitudes. Readings include selections from Frege, Russell, Strawson, Quine, Tarski, Austin, Searle, Wittgenstein, and Kripke.
Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years.
Fulfills: WI, BH

SOC 309 - Formerly 110 - Sociology of Mass Communications (4)

An overview of how the mass media and American cultural, political and economic institutions mutually affect each other. Systems of mass communication examined include books, the Internet, magazines, movies, newspapers, and television. Two topics to be emphasized are: 1) the production, control, and consumption of various forms of information in the mass media; 2) comparative analyses of the uses of mass media in different countries.
Prerequisite: SOC 101 - Formerly 1 - or permission of instructor Offered fall semester. Same as:

SPAN 382 - Formerly 128 - Selected Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics (2-4)

The study of a topic or topics in Spanish language and linguistics not covered by the current offerings of the Spanish department. In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits.
Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Offered in Spanish. Maybe repeated for credit as topics changes. Prerequisite: Required courses from the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence, placement or special permission.