Linguistics Minor

Phone: 843.953.8066

Elizabeth A. Martínez-Gibson, Director

This interdisciplinary minor in Linguistics is designed to examine the structure, historical evolution and socio-cultural roles of language through exposure to a variety of courses about language and linguistics from different disciplinary perspectives. Such exposure should convey the importance of language/linguistics and its study for a variety of career choices and contribute to students’ understanding of human interaction, from the levels of the interpersonal to that of the global community.

Requirements

Credit Hours: 18

Students will take the following selection of courses for a total of eighteen (18) credits:

Introduction course (3 credit hours):

LING 125 Introduction to Linguistics (3)

One course from “Structural Linguistics” (3 credit hours):

NOTE:

Any new, additional, or special topics courses in the area of structural linguistics will be considered for inclusion toward this requirement on an individual basis.

Two courses from “Languages and Society” (6 credit hours):

ANTH 205 Language and Culture (3)
ANTH 387 Linguistic Anthropology Internship (1-6)
COMM 215 Communication, Identity and Community (4)
COMM 380 Studies in Communication (1-3) (when appropriate to the area of language and linguistics)
ENGL 309 English Language: Grammar and History (3)
ENGL 312 History of English Language (3)
LING 260 Indigenous Languages of the Americas (3)
LING 290 Special Topics in Linguistics (3) (depending on course topic)
LING 490 Special Topics (3) (depending on course topic)
PSYC 358 Nonverbal Communication (3)
PSYC 378 Psychology of Language (3)
SPAN 446 History of the Spanish Language (3)
SPAN 447 Spanish Dialectology (3)
SPAN 448 Spanish Sociolinguistics (3)

NOTE:

Any new, additional, or special topics courses in the areas of socio- or psycholinguistics will be considered for inclusion toward this requirement on an individual basis.

Electives (6 credit hours):

LING 101 Introduction to Language (3)
LING 498 Independent Study (1-3)
LING 499 Bachelor’s Essay (6)
Any course listed above in the areas of “Structural Linguistics” or “Language and Society” may be taken as electives. An Independent Study or Bachelor’s Essay in another program on a linguistic topic may also be taken upon approval by the Linguistics Program director.

NOTE:

Courses transferred to the College that count for requirements in different departments, must contain one-third linguistic content (similar to those courses taught here), to satisfy the minor requirement.