Linguistics - Interdisciplinary Language Studies Option, B.A.

Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements

A B.A. with a major in linguistics requires 36-46 units completed, depending on which option, the General Education requirement, specific course/skill requirements, and electives and remaining degree requirements totaling at least the 120 units required for a B.A.

In each option, students receive a basic grounding in the nature and structure of human language. The option in Interdisciplinary Language Studies supplements the core foundation with extensive study in one or more languages other than English, and can thus prepare students for work in translating and interpreting, among other careers where extensive knowledge of language is required.

Major Requirements (44-47 units)

Core Requirements (24 units)

LING 100 - General Linguistics Units: 3
LING 139 - General Phonetics Units: 3
LING 142 - Phonology Units: 3
LING 143 - Syntax Units: 3
LING 148 - Sociolinguistics Units: 3
LING 151 - Languages of the World Units: 3
LING 156 - Semantics Units: 3
LING 165 - Language Acquisition Units: 3

Interdisciplinary Language Studies Option (20-23 units)

LING 154 - Field Linguistics Units: 3

Choose Plan A or Plan B

A. Depth Plan in One Language

(Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Chinese, or Hmong)

See advising notes 4 and 5.

Required for Spanish:

SPAN 130
SPAN 137
SPAN 139 - Spanish of the Southwest Units: 3
Electives approved by the advisor Units: 9

Required for French:

FREN 103
FREN 132 - French Phonology and Structural Analysis Units: 3
Electives approved by the advisor Units: 9

B. Breadth Plan lower-division and/or upper-division courses in various languages

(American Sign Language, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Sanskrit, Spanish.) See advising notes 4 and 5.

General Education Requirements (48 units)

Other Requirements (9 units)

American Government and Institutions (PLSI 2 ), Multicultural and International (MI), and Upper-division writing

Total Units: 120*

* Sufficient elective units to meet required total units (varies) (See Degree Requirements); may be used toward a double major or minor

* G.E. and MI courses can be double-counted with major requirements. Language IB Courses could fulfill GE Area C2. See advisor for details.

Advising Notes

CR/NC grading is not permitted in the linguistics major.
See advisor for list of approved electives.
Students who have studied a language in high school or community college, or who by culture and experience have a certain level of proficiency, must consult with an advisor in the language to determine their placement in lower- or upper-division coursework.
Students must fulfill the unit requirement by taking language courses in a minimum of two languages. Students must maintain a B average in the languages taken.
Literature courses in the language may be used with permission of advisor. Except for LING 120 and LING 121 , courses taught in English do not count toward the required courses for Plan A or Plan B.