Catalog Course Descriptions
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Linguistics Courses
Undergraduate
LING 100: Human Language (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 306: General Linguistics (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 307: English Grammar (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 450: Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 475: Computers and Language (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 480: RS: First Language Acquisition (3 Credits)
Required Prerequisites: (LING 306C or 306XS).
C Requires minimum grade of C.
XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 485: Semantics and Pragmatics (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 486: Syntax I (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 489: Morphology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 490: Generative Phonology (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 496: Special Topics in Linguistics (3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
LING 499: Independent Study (1-3 Credits)
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Graduate
LING 507: Field Work in Applied Linguistics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 520: Introduction to Linguistics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 521: Applied Linguistics: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 522: English Grammar and Pedagogy (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 523: English Pronunciation and Pedagogy (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 525: Practicum in ESL (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
LING 534: Historical Studies of the English Language (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 570: Computational and Quantitative Methods (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 580: First Language Acquisition (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 581: Psycholinguistics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 582: Second Language Acquisition (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 625: Practicum in TESOL (3 Credits)
Required Prerequisites: LING 521B- or 521XS.
B- Requires minimum grade of B-.
XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
LING 650: Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 673: Linguistic Field Methods (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 675: Computational Linguistics I (3 Credits)
Required Prerequisites: (LING 570B- or 570XS).
B- Requires minimum grade of B-.
XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 685: Typology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 686: Special Topics in Linguistics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 687: Syntax I (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 688: Semantics and Pragmatics I (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 689: Morphology (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 690: Phonology I (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 692: Phonology II (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 693: Phonetics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 770: Research Methods (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 775: Computational Linguistics II (3 Credits)
Required Prerequisites: (LING 675B- or 675XS).
B- Requires minimum grade of B-.
XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate or Non-Degree.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 782: Second Language Acquisition II (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 785: Semantics and Pragmatics (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 786: Syntax I (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 787: Syntax II (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 788: Semantics and Pragmatics II (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 790: Phonology II (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 798: Directed Reading and Research (1-3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Graduate Special scale.
LING 799: Thesis (1-6 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Non-Degree level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
LING 882: Seminar in Language Acquisition (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 886: Advanced Syntax Seminar (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 887: Advanced Syntax Seminar (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 890: Advanced Phonology Seminar (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 895: Advanced Seminar in Linguistics (3 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy or Graduate.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 897: Independent study (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 898: Advanced Qualifying Seminar (3 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
LING 998: Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (1-6 Credits)
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
LING 999: Doctoral Dissertation (1-12 Credits)
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.