Linguistics Curriculum
CONSIDERING A LINGUISTICS MINOR?
SJU offers a Minor in Linguistics that requires LIN 101 and any additional 5 courses listed below. Several of these courses are cross-listed with courses in other departments and can also fulfill GEP requirements or requirements in those departments. Several courses fulfill other GEP and university-level requirements. LIN classes are taught in English; SPA classes are taught in Spanish.
Note: If you have taken some of these courses for a major or minor in one of the language programs (e.g., Spanish), you may “double-dip” up to 3 times (i.e., 3 SPA courses can count for a major or minor in Spanish as well as for a Linguistics minor):
Taught in English:
LIN 150 First-Year Seminars in Linguistics: (GEP First-Year Seminar)
Language, Linguistics, and the Real World
Language, Communication, and Culture
LIN 220 Logic (*PHL)
LIN 240 Symbolic Logic (*PHL)
LIN 301 Teaching Languages at Home and Abroad
LIN 317 Sociolinguistics (*SOC) (GER/GEP Social Sciences; GEP Diversity)
LIN 340 "Can you Hear Me Now?": Communication in Social Contexts (GER/GEP Social
Science)
LIN 381 History of the English Language (*ENG)
LIN 401 Bilingualism and Language Diversity (GEP Diversity)
LIN 470 Topics in Linguistics (check listings)
LIN 474 Language and Thought (*PHL)
LIN 475 Language and Meaning (*PHL)
LIN 490/491 Linguistics Internship
LIN 493/494 Independent Research in Linguistics
LIN 496/497 Course(s) Taken Abroad/Transfer Course(s)
*Course is cross-listed with the department listed.
Taught in Spanish:
SPA 342 Advanced Spanish GrammarSPA 380 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPA 460 A Linguistic Approach to Oral Communication: Analysis and Practice
SPA 461 Methods for Teaching Spanish
SPA 466 Spanish Dialectology
SPA 467 Language Contact and Politics in the U.S. (GEP Diversity)
SPA 468 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPA 480 Topics in Spanish Linguistics
Taught in French, German or Italian:
XXX 490 Directed Readings (check with faculty)
Who should I talk to about a minor in Linguistics?
Dr. Jennifer Ewald, BE 330B, *1864, jewald@sju.edu
Dr. Elaine Shenk, BE 330A, *1849, eshenk@sju.edu
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