Undergraduate Study in Linguistics

• Minor in Linguistics
• Minor in Cognitive Science
• Individualized Major in Cognitive and Linguistic Science
• Individualized Major in Pre-Speech Pathology and Communication Disorders

The minor in linguistics is designed to provide students in Computer Science, Education, Foreign Languages, Psychology, and other departments with a basic grounding in the scientific study of human language. The minor requires 18 credits, distributed as follows:

1. LING 101 Introduction to Linguistics
2. One of the following:
   • LING 407 Introduction to Phonology
   • LING 409 Syntax I
   • LING 477 Structure of English
   • LING 491 Semantics I
3. Any four additional LING courses, two of which must be at the 300-level or above.

Substitutions for the above courses may be made with the approval of the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Department of Linguistics.

A grade of "C" or better is required in all courses.

Cognitive Science studies the computational and representational structure of the mind by combining linguistics, philosophy, computer science (especially artificial intelligence), and psychology. Courses for the minor in cognitive science focus on three areas:

1. broad foundational issues in linguistics, psychology, and computing;
2. narrower issues in mental representation, computation, theoretical linguistics, and epistemology;
3. problems in cognition, data processing, and language and formal representation that are related to students' particular interests.

The minor is administered through the Dept. of Linguistics. It requires 18 credits, distributed as follows (most of these courses have prerequisites, as listed):

1. All the following:
   • CIS 105 General Computer Science
     or CIS 180 Introduction to Computer Science I (prereq: CIS 105 or programming experience)
   • LIN 101 Introduction to Linguistics
   • PSY 201 General Psychology

2. One of the following:
   • CIS 480 Computers and the Mind
   • LIN 409 Syntax I (prereq: LIN 101)
   • LIN 491 Semantics (prereq: LIN 101)
   • PSY 340 Cognition (prereq: PSY 201)

3. Two of the following:
   
   • CIS 220 Data Structures (prereq: CIS 181)
   • CIS 681 Artificial Intelligence (prereq: CIS 220 & 310)
   • EDS 462 Language Acquisition
   • LIN 610 Syntax II (prereq: LIN 409)
   • PHL 205 Logic
   • PSY 310 Sensation & Perception (prereq: PSY 309)
   • PSY 314 Brain & Behavior

NOTE: The Cognitive Science Minor is currently undergoing revisions. LING 270 Intro. to Cognitive Science currently is not listed as a required course but is strongly recommended.

Individualized Major in Cognitive and Linguistic Science

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