Semester Requirements
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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 |