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Language Science Minor

Semester Requirements

College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu

The language science is the study and analysis of human language. The minor is directly applicable to students interested in the field of computing and media, human-computer interaction, brain and cognition, language acquisition, human health, interpreting, relevant branches of engineering, and policy studies. Students can complete the minor requirements irrespective of their skills in languages other than English. Some courses in the minor include core linguistic principles, technology of language, psychology of language, and language in culture and society. Electives allow students to customize the minor to their interests.

Course
Required Courses
ENGL-310 Introduction to Language Science
Plus one of the following
   ENGL-371    Language, Dialects, and Identity
   ENGL-351    Language Technology
   MLXX-449    Special Topics: Psycholinguistics
Electives
Choose three of the following
       A beginning ASL or foreign language course
   ENGL-371    Language, Dialects, and Identity
   ENGL-351    Language Technology
   MLXX-449    Special Topics: Psycholinguistics
   ENGL-470    Evolving English Language
   ENGL-482    Language and Brain
   PHIL-414    Philosophy of Language
   PSYC-331    Language and Thought
   MLAS-596    Linguistics of American Sign Language
   MLJP-351    Languages in Japanese Society
   MLJP-451    Structure of the Japanese Language