{"id":53,"date":"2017-09-28T21:16:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T21:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-linguistics\/majorsminors\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:10:10","slug":"majorsminors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/majorsminors\/","title":{"rendered":"Majors & Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\n Linguistics Major <\/a> | \n\n Linguistics Minor <\/a> \n\n<\/p>\n\n

General Distribution Requirement<\/h3>

All linguistics courses count toward the general distribution requirement in social science except for\u00a0LING 236<\/a>, LING 309<\/a>, LING 311<\/a>, LING 375<\/a>, LING 376<\/a>, LING 377<\/a>, and LING 488<\/a>, which count toward humanities.<\/p>

General Education Requirements<\/h3>

Courses that meet the general education requirements in writing, quantitative thinking, internationalism and U.S. identities and differences\u00a0will be posted on the Registrar's web page in advance of registration for each semester.<\/p>

Additional information regarding the general distribution requirement and the general education requirements can be found in the graduation requirements\u00a0section of this catalog.<\/p>

Honors Program<\/h3>

The linguistics department participates in the honors program. Eligibility requirements, application procedures and specific project expectations for the department are available from either the department office or the Academic Programs and Advising Office.<\/p>

Topics Courses<\/h3>

LING 194<\/a>, LING 294<\/a>, LING 394<\/a>, LING 494<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

Past offerings include: Morphology; Time and Space in Language; The Human Voice; Southeast Asian Linguistic Typology; Computational Methods in Linguistics. To be announced at registration.<\/p>

Independent Study<\/h3>

The department offers independent study options in the form of independent projects, preceptorships, and Honors independent projects. For more information contact the department and review the Curriculum\u00a0section of the catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n

Linguistics Major<\/h2>\n \n

Major Requirements<\/h3>
  1. Required courses:\n\tLING 100 - Introduction to Linguistics<\/a> \n\tLING 104 - Sounds of the World's Languages<\/a> \n\tLING 200 - Syntax<\/a> \n\tLING 205 - Phonology<\/a> \n\tLING 300 - Linguistic Analysis<\/a> \n\t <\/li>\n\t
  2. Language courses: Any two language courses beyond the college-wide four-semester graduation requirement.\n\t <\/li>\n\t
  3. Three elective courses chosen from the following list. One course may be taken in an outside discipline as it relates to language, to be chosen from the list below (see \"Outside Discipline\" list) or determined in consultation with a departmental faculty member.\n\t\u200bLING 175 - Sociolinguistics<\/a> \n\tLING 201 - Historical Linguistics<\/a> \n\tLING 206 - Endangered\/Minority Languages<\/a> \n\tLING 208 - The Human Voice<\/a> \n\tLING 220 - Language and Music<\/a> \n\tLING 225 - 100 Words for Snow: Language and Nature<\/a> \n\tLING 280 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology<\/a> \n\tLING 304 - Experimental Phonetics<\/a> \n\tLING 194 - Topics Course<\/a> \n\tLING 294 - Topics Course<\/a> \n\tLING 394 - Topics Course<\/a> \n\tLING 494 - Topics Course<\/a> \n\tOutside discipline courses\n\tCOMP 123 - Core Concepts in Computer Science<\/a>\n\tCOMP 484 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence<\/a>\n\tJAPA 488 - Translating Japanese Literature: Theory and Practice<\/a> \n\tSPAN 309 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics<\/a>\n\tSPAN 332 - Spanish in the United States<\/a>\n\tSPAN 373 - Translation: Theory\/Practice<\/a>\n\tSPAN 376 - Spanish Dialectology<\/a>\n\tPHIL 111 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic<\/a>\n\tPHIL 311 - Philosophy of Language<\/a>\n\tPSYC 242 - Cognitive Psychology<\/a>\n\tPSYC 378 - Psychology of Language<\/a> \n\t <\/li>\n\t
  4. Capstone course:\n\tLING 401 - Field Methods<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>

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    Linguistics Minor<\/h2>\n \n

    Minor Requirements<\/h3>

    The minor in linguistics consists of five courses, with the following stipulations:<\/p>