Linguistics, Undergraduate Minor

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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, its development, and use. The interdisciplinary minor in linguistics provides a well-rounded training in linguistics by allowing students to take courses drawn from various departments across the campus, including Classical & Modern Languages and Literatures; English; Philosophy; Psychology; and Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work in the College of Arts & Sciences; the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Media & Communication; and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

The minor requires 18 hours of coursework, and of these, 9 are required and 9 are elective. Electives may be any three courses drawn from the following pool, provided that they are selected from at least two different departments, and that one of the courses is from English.

Contact: Dr. Aaron Braver, Department of English, 806.742.2501, aaron.braver@ttu.edu

Required:

ENGL 2370 - Introduction to Language 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ENGL 2371 - Language in a Multicultural America 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3371 - How Language Works 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3373 - How Syntax Works 3 Semester Credit Hours

Elective:

(Electives may be any three courses drawn from the following pool, provided that they are selected from at least two different departments, and that one of the courses is from English.)

ANTH 3316 - Anthropological Theory: Understanding Language and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 3301 - Communication Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 3332 - Intercultural Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 3334 - Gender and Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3372 - History of the English Language 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4300 - Individual Studies in English 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4371 - Language and Community 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4373 - Advanced Studies in Linguistics 3 Semester Credit Hours
FREN 4300 - Individual Problems in French 3 Semester Credit Hours
GERM 3305 - German Language Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
GRK 4300 - Individual Problems in Greek 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3312 - Development During Childhood 3 Semester Credit Hours
ITAL 4300 - Individual Problems in Italian 3 Semester Credit Hours
ITAL 4303 - Advanced Italian Conversation 3 Semester Credit Hours
JAPN 4300 - Individual Studies in Japanese 3 Semester Credit Hours
LING 4311 - Methods of Teaching Second and Foreign Languages 3 Semester Credit Hours
LING 4315 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics 3 Semester Credit Hours
LING 4327 - English as a Second Language: Language Use and Learning 3 Semester Credit Hours
LING 4332 - Child Language Acquisition 3 Semester Credit Hours
LING 4335 - Introduction to Linguistics for Second and Foreign Language Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
LING 4383 - Topics in Second Language and Bilingual Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
PORT 4300 - Individual Studies in Portuguese 3 Semester Credit Hours
RUSN 3305 - Studies in Advanced Russian 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 3305 - Intermediate Grammar: Oral and Written Spanish 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 3308 - How the Spanish Language Works: A course in Hispanic Linguistics 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 3318 - The Sounds of Spanish 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 3389 - Individual Studies in Spanish 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4303 - Advanced Oral Expression in Context 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4318 - Spanish in the United States 3 Semester Credit Hours
TURK 4300 - Individual Studies in Turkish 3 Semester Credit Hours
VIET 4300 - Individual Problems in Vietnamese 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHIL 2310 - Logic 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHIL 3330 - Philosophy of Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHIL 3340 - Minds, Brains, and Computers 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHIL 4310 - Advanced Logic 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHIL 4330 - Epistemology 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHIL 4331 - Philosophy of Language 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 4301 - Developmental Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours