Linguistics

Long-term scheduling


To help students plan their academic careers, we try to offer courses on a regular cycle. This is difficult and we cannot always offer courses when we, or our students, would most like them to appear. So, this listing should not be mistaken for a promise to offer any particular course in any given semester. Nevertheless, to the extent we can, we try to keep to the plan laid out below.

Offered every fall:

  • ASL 101, 102I, 201I, 202I
  • ASL 401
  • LIN 185J
  • LIN 201J
  • LIN 211
  • LIN 310
  • LIN 311
  • LIN 313
  • LIN 314
  • LIN 331
  • LIN 332
  • LIN 334

Offered every spring:

  • ASL 101, 102I, 201I, 202I
  • ASL 402
  • LIN 185J
  • LIN 212
  • LIN 213
  • LIN 305
  • LIN 312
  • LIN 333
  • LIN 422
  • LIN 435
  • LIN 490

Offered once a year, semester varies, sometimes summer:

  • ASL 301 or 302 or 303
  • LIN 203I
  • LIN 315

Offered once every two years in spring:

  • LIN 421

Offered every semester as independent learning options:

  • LIN 395
  • LIN 398
  • LIN 498

Offered irregularly, depending on demand:

  • LIN 405
  • LIN 425
  • LIN 426

Suggested four-year plan for General Linguistics and each Concentration:

There are many possible paths through the major. The listings below are suggestions that may or may not be appropriate for individual students. Courses do not have to be taken in the order shown here so long as the prerequisites for each course are met before it is taken.

See the departmental catalog listing for course prerequisites. Note especially that students must earn at least a 'B' in LIN 185J before enrolling in LIN 311, 312, 313, 314, or 315.

Note that many of the suggested semester schedules listed here do not make up a full course load. These semesters would need to be filled out with general education courses, electives, a minor, or possibly a second major.

General:

  • Fall 1: LIN 185J
  • Spring 1: LIN 312
  • Fall 2: LIN 311, LIN 313, Language 1
  • Spring 2: MAT 120D (or PSY 105D), Language 2, LIN 4xx (such as LIN 421 or 426)
  • Summer 3: LIN 315
  • Fall 3: LIN 314, LIN 2xx/3xx/4xx (such as LIN 201J or 310), Language 3
  • Spring 3: LIN 490, LIN 422, LIN 3xx/4xx (such as LIN 395, 398, or 426), Language 4
  • Fall 4: LIN 498 (thesis)

Speech and Language Science Concentration:
(Courses in italics are required by many grad schools, but not for the major)
  • Fall 1: LIN 185J
  • Spring 1: LIN 312, PSY 101J
  • Fall 2: LIN 201J, LIN 211, LIN 311, Language 1
  • Spring 2: LIN 212, Language 2, Biology
  • Fall 3: LIN 310, 313, Language 3, MAT 120D (or PSY 105D)
  • Spring 3: LIN 213, LIN 4xx (such as 421 or 422), Language 4
  • Summer 3: LIN 315
  • Fall 4: LIN 314, Physics
  • Spring 4: LIN 490

ASL/Interpreting Concentration:
(course in italics is required for Deaf Studies Minor)
  • Fall 1: LIN 185J, ASL 101
  • Spring 1: ASL 102I, LIN 203I
  • Fall 2: LIN 310, LIN 313, ASL 201I
  • Spring 2: LIN 305, LIN 422, ASL 202I
  • Fall 3: LIN 331, ASL 401, LIN 425 (if taking six credits of LIN 425)
  • Spring 3: LIN 333, ASL 402
  • Fall 4: LIN 332, LIN 334
  • Spring 4: LIN 435, ASL 301/302/303, LIN 425 (or 395, 405, 413, 498)

Updated 23 June '09