2012-2013 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Applied Linguistics Minor
The applied linguistics minor is designed to provide systematic study of language and applied issues in language teaching, language learning, and language use. The minor is an excellent disciplinary complement to such fields as African/African American Studies, anthropology, classics, communications, computing and information systems, English, education, modern language, philosophy, psychology, and writing. The minor requires a minimum of 21 hours: 9 hours in the foundation and 12 hours in 300-level and 400-level electives (*2 exceptions). Three electives must be taken from English electives (see below) and one elective must be taken from cross-departmental electives (see below).
Requirements for a Minor in Applied Linguistics Credits: 21
Foundation Courses (required) Credits: 9
- ENG 261 - Foundations of Language Study Credits: 3
- ENG 363 - Applied Linguistics Credits: 3
- ENG 364 - Sociolinguistics Credits: 3
Electives Credits: 12
The minor requires four electives. Three electives must be chosen from the English electives (below). The fourth elective must be chosen from the Cross-departmental electives (below), or be an elective approved by an English linguistics advisor.
English Electives Credits: 9
- ENG 362 - History of the English Language Credits: 3
- ENG 365 - Teaching English as a Second Language Credits: 3
- ENG 366 - English Grammar and Usage Credits: 3
- ENG 392 - Language and Power Credits: 3
- ENG 461 - Language and Gender Credits: 3
- ENG 467 - Language Disorders and English Literacy Credits: 3
- ENG 390 - Topics in Language and Rhetoric Credits: 3
Cross-departmental electives Credits: 3
- AAA 350 - African American Identity and Communication Credits: 3
- * ANT 207 - Language and Culture Credits: 3
- CLA 410 - Literary Translation: Theory and Practice Credits: 3
- CIS 343 - Structure of Programming Languages Credits: 3
- CIS 365 - Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3
- CIS 461 - Compiler Design and Construction Credits: 3
- FRE 305 - French Phonetics Credits: 3
- FRE 355 - Introduction to French Linguistics Credits: 3
- GER 321 - Phonetics Credits: 3
- GER 322 - Introduction to German Linguistics Credits: 3
- GER 421 - History of the German Language Credits: 3
- * PHI 203 - Intermediate Logic Credits: 3
- PSY 305 - Infant and Early Childhood Development Credits: 3
- PSY 357 - Psychology of Language Credits: 3
- PSY 365 - Cognition Credits: 3
- SPA 308 - Spanish Phonetics Credits: 3
- SPA 309 - Advanced Spanish Grammar Credits: 3
- SPA 327 - The History of the Spanish Language Credits: 3
- SPA 329 - Sociolinguistics of Spanish Credits: 3
- S PA 335 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics Credits: 3