Proposed Certificate Requirements

The certificate requires 15 hours at or above the 200 level that are passed with a C or better with an overall average of 2.5 GPA or higher. Courses cannot be taken pass/fail. As part of the certificate, students must take one class in each of the following four categories: Foundations of Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language and Society, and Language Structure and Use. Students may then choose to fulfill their remaining credit requirements through general electives listed below or any additional courses from the core categories. Classes that fulfill these requirements are listed below.

Division of Course Names

15 total hours. 1 course required from each of the four core components: Foundations of Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language and Society, and Language Structure and Use.

Foundations in Linguistics

• ENGL 430 - The Structure of English Credits: 3
• MLANG 600 - Principles of Linguistics: Language Structure and Language Use Credits: 3
• SPAN 580 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics Credits: 3

• Additional options

  • ANTH 220 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Credits: 3
  • GRMN 528 Introductory Topics in German Language and Linguistics Credits: 3

Historical Linguistics

• ENGL 490 - Development of the English Language Credits: 3
• GRMN 728 - History of the German Language Credits: 3
• SPAN 776 - History of the Spanish Language Credits: 3

Language and Society

• ENGL 476 - American English Credits: 3
• ENGL 757 - Studies in Language and Linguistics Credits: 3

• Additional options

• ANTH 328 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology Credits: 3
• ANTH 525 - Language and Culture Credits: 3
• EDCI 731 - ESL/Dual Language Linguistics Credits: 3
• ENGL 603 - Topics in Linguistics Credits: 1-3

Language Structure and Use

• GRMN 528 - Introductory Topics in German Language and Linguistics Credits: 3
• SPAN 670 - Advanced Spanish Grammar Credits: 3

• Additional Options

• CSD 347 - Introduction to Phonetics Credits: 3
• CSD 515 - Laboratory in Acoustic Phonetics Credits: 1
• PHILO 320 - Symbolic Logic I Credits: 3
• PHILO 625 - The Philosophy of Language Credits: 3

Electives/Ancillary Courses with Linguistics Content

• ANTH 528 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology Credits: 1-4
• ANTH 720 - Field Methods in Linguistics Credits: 3
• CSD 442 - Developmental Psycholinguistics Credits: 3
• CSD 446 - Disorders of Articulation and Phonology Credits: 4
• ENGL 435 - Linguistics for Teachers of English Credits: 3
• MLANG 770 - Theories of 2nd Language Acquisition Credits: 3
• MLANG 779 - Seminar in Modern Languages Credits: 1

Total hours required: 15