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Linguistics B.A.

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College of Liberal Arts (TCLA)202 - Bachelor of Arts
Completion requirement
Earn at least 4 credits from the following:
  • 0104501
    OR
    0135711
    OR
    0162631
Completion requirement

Honors students may take LING 5201 in place of 4201; 5202 in place of 4202; 5302 in place of 4302W; and 5303 in place of 4303.

Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
  • 8024581
    OR
    0104541
  • 8069771
    OR
    8071191
    OR
    0104561
    OR
    0104711
  • 8024591
    OR
    0104691
  • 0104581
Completion requirement

Students must take at least 15 credits of Electives.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete course(s) and earn up to 4 credit(s) from the following:
  • 0133051
  • 8185161
  • 8176701
  • 8271951
  • LING 19xx - Freshman Seminar

AND
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 0135721
  • 0104631
  • 8278671
  • 0133061
    OR
    7939971
  • 8176711
  • 8069771
    OR
    0104561
  • 8071191
    OR
    0104711
  • 0104601
  • 0104611
  • 0110831
  • 8197501
  • 7921571
  • 7921581
  • 8281071
  • 0112441
  • 0112471
  • 0112491
AND
Complete course(s) and earn up to 6 credit(s) from the following:
  • 8266491
  • 7914891
    OR
    7922211
  • 7922111
  • 0087171
  • 0087271
  • 0023641
  • 8277711
  • 8082661
  • 0090491
  • 0063611
    OR
    8191991
  • 0063091
  • 0063101
  • 0063111
  • 0065161
  • 0000661
  • 0065871
  • 0074751
  • 0081351
  • 0081371
  • 0081381
  • 0076641
  • 0076931
  • 0078141
  • 0081391
Completion requirement

The capstone in Linguistics consists of a 15-25 page research paper. Students typically expand and revise work done in a previous course. The previous work could be a term paper, squib, group project, or in some cases an oral presentation. Students taking LING 4901W must complete the course with at least an S grade.

Students who double major and choose to complete the capstone requirement in their other major may waive the Linguistics BA capstone, and they do not need to replace the 3 credits.

Fulfill ANY of the following requirements:
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 0112501
OR

Students seeking honors in Linguistics should take LING 3052V to fulfill the Linguistics capstone. Note: LING 3093 is a prerequisite for LING 3052V. LING 3093 counts towards the elective requirement.

Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 0135731
Completion requirements

Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.

Complete up to 1 course(s) and earn credit(s) from the following:
  • 0087171
  • 0135731
  • 0104631
  • 8024591
  • 0112501
Completion requirements
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