Our undergraduate major has 6 broad learning objectives. These objectives aim to develop knowledge and skills that are applicable not only in linguistics, but in a wide range of intellectual contexts and professions.
Learning Objective 1: Ability to reason analytically about language
Learning Objective 2: Basic quantitative and computational competence in language research
Learning Objective 3: An understanding of linguistic theories and their relationship to language diversity
Learning Objective 4: An understanding of linguistic discrimination
Learning Objective 5: Ability to communicate about language
Learning Objective 6: Ability to work as an effective member of a team
The table below shows how these objectives are aligned with the courses offered in our department.
Course Number | Course Title | 1. Analytic reasoning | 2. Computational and quantitative | 3. Linguistic theories and language diversity | 4. Understanding linguistic discrimination | 5. Communicating about language | 6. Effectiveness in teamwork |
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101 | People and Their Language | x | x | x | x | x | x |
150 | Language Through Time | x | x | x | x | ||
197 | Language and Music | x | x | x | x | x | x |
201 | How Language Works: Introduction to Linguistic Theory | x | x | x | |||
350 | Syntax and Dialects of English (JYW) | x | x | x | x | x | |
370 | The Sounds of Englishes | x | x | x | x | x | x |
389 | Introduction to African American English | x | x | x | x | x | |
391 | Typology | x | x | x | x | ||
394 | Language and Cognition (IE) | x | x | x | x | x | |
401 | Introduction to Syntax | x | x | x | x | x | |
402 | Speech Sounds and Structure | x | x | x | x | ||
404 | Field Methods (IE) | x | x | x | x | ||
411 | Introduction to Language Acquisition | x | x | x | x | x | |
412 | Language Processing and the Brain (IE) | x | x | x | x | ||
414 | Introduction to Phonetics for Linguists | x | x | x | x | x | x |
492 | Comp. Linguistics | x | x | x | |||
495 | Morphology | x | x | x | |||
503 | Intermediate Syntax | x | |||||
505 | Historical Linguistics | x | x | x | x | ||
509 | Introduction to Computational Linguistics | x | x | x | |||
510 | Introduction to Semantics | x | x | x | x | ||
591 | Second Language Acquisition | x | x | x | x | x | |
592 | Speech Processing | x | x | x |