Semester Requirements
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The language science minor prepares students in the interdisciplinary scientific study and analysis of human language. The minor is directly applicable to students interested in 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.
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