The Linguistics Minor program is designed for students who are interested in understanding how language works and how it relates to culture and society. 

In this program, students will have the opportunity to take courses across a range of fields, including linguistic anthropology, philosophy, English, and ASL, as well as electives from several additional departments.

The Interdisciplinary Linguistics Minor requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of course work to include a minimum of 9 credit hours of upper-division (3000+) courses. Students must achieve a grade of C- or better in all courses completed for the minor.

For more information, please contact Dr. Rebecca Wood or see the advising sheet.

All minors must complete the following required course:

Minors must complete 9 additional hours of core coursework from the following list:

• ANTH 3810 - Language, Culture, and Society
• ANTH 3820 - Native American Languages and Cultures
• ASL 4000 - Contrastive Linguistic Analysis: ASL/English
• ENGL 3110 - Advanced Grammar
• ENGL 4850 - History of the English Language
• PHIL 4490 - Philosophy of Language

Finally, minors must complete 6 hours of elective courses from the following list.

• ANTH 4800 - Advanced Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
• ANTH 9400 - Independent Study in Anthropology
• COMM 3280 - Intercultural and Global Communication
• GRK 1100 - Beginning Koine Greek I
• HIST 3000 - Special Topics: Special Topics in History of Indo-European Languages & Cultures
• LAT 1010 - Beginning Latin I
• LAT 1020 - Beginning Latin II
• PHIL 3420 - Symbolic Logic I
• PHIL 4420 - Symbolic Logic II

For more information, please visit the Academic Catalog.