Dec 17, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Linguistics, B.A.

120 hours (minimum)

Any student earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete a minimum of 39 hours at the 300+ level. These hours are generally completed by the Major Requirements. However, keep this hour requirement in mind as you choose your course work for the requirements in the major. See the complete description of College requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree .

Prior to graduation, a Linguistics major must complete the third and fourth semesters of a foreign language (or the equivalent). This requirement does not need to be satisfied before declaring the major or undertaking major course work.

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Catalog for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

LIN 495 - LINGUISTICS CAPSTONE Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3

College Requirements

I. Foreign Language

(completed by Premajor Requirements)

II. Disciplinary Requirements

a. Natural Science: 6

b. Social Science: 6

c. Humanities

(completed by Major Requirements)

III. Laboratory or Field Work: 1

IV. Race and Ethnicity Requirement: 0-3

V. Electives: 6

College Requirement hours: 19-22

Major Requirements

Major Core Requirements

LIN 221 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 300 - SPEECH SOUNDS Credit(s): 3
LIN 305 - WORDS & SENTENCES Credit(s): 3
LIN 495 - LINGUISTICS CAPSTONE Credit(s): 3

Major Core hours: 12

Other Course Work Required for the Major

To satisfy this requirement students must complete one course from each group listed below.

Group A - Phonetics and Phonology

LIN 500 - PHONETICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 515 - PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3

Group B - Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics

LIN 505 - LINGUISTIC MORPHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
LIN 509 - FORMAL SEMANTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 512 - SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3

Group C - Language, Culture, and Society

LIN 310 - AMERICAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
LIN 311 - APPALACHIAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
LIN 325 - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
LIN 331 - LANGUAGE IN U.S. SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
LIN 506 - SOCIOLINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 507 - LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
LIN 508 - DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3

Group D - Languages in Space and Time

LIN 518 - ADV HIS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3
LIN 519 - HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 529 - LANGUAGE CONTACT Credit(s): 3

Group E - Computational Linguistics

LIN 301 - COMPUTATION FOR LINGUISTS Credit(s): 3
LIN 510 - CORPUS LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 511 - COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3

9 Additional Hours

Students must complete an additional 9 credit hours of LIN prefix course work at the 200-level or above. Courses used to satisfy the group requirement may not be used to satisfy this requirement.

Additional Course Work

Students must complete 9 credit hours at the 200-level or above from the following prefixes. Other course prefixes may be used to satisfy this requirement with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. LIN prefix courses used to satisfy other requirements in the major may not be used to satisfy the additional course work requirement. AAS, AIS, ANT, APP, BIO, CHI, CLA, COM, CS, CSD, DST, ENG, FR, GEO, GER, GRK, GWS, HIS, HJS, ICT, INT, ISC, ITA, JOU, JPN, LAS, LAT, LIN, MA, MCL, PHI, PS, PSY, RUS, SOC, SPA, STA, TSL, WRD (9 credit hours)

Other Major hours: 33

Electives

Choose electives to lead to the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation - minimum of 9