Linguistics

College of Liberal Arts
Linguistics Program
(907) 474-6884
www.uaf.edu/linguist/

B.A. Degree

Minimum Requirements for Degree: 120 credits

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Linguistics is the study of language and covers a variety of subjects from theories of grammar and how we produce language to applications of linguistic knowledge in areas such as language teaching. The undergraduate degree program seeks to give an overview of the discipline to raise students’ awareness of the many aspects of that uniquely human phenomenon, language.

Major—B.A. Degree

1. Complete the general university requirements.
2. Complete the B.A. degree requirements.
3. Complete the following program (major) requirements:
   a. Complete the following background-related requirements:**
   
   Foreign or Native language (4 semesters or equivalent) and a second language (2 semesters).*** 12-16 credits
   
   LING 101—Nature of Language 3 credits
   
   b. Complete the following:*
   
   ENGL 318—Modern English Grammar 3 credits
   
   LING 318—Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology 3 credits
   
   LING 320—Introduction to Morphology 3 credits
   
   LING 430—Historical Linguistics (3)
   or LING 420—Semantics (3) 3 credits
   
   LING 482—Seminar in Linguistics 3 credits
   
   c. Complete 6 of the following:*
   
   ANL 251—Introduction to Athabascan Linguistics 3 credits
   
   ANL 315—Alaska Native Languages: Eskimo-Aleut 3 credits
   
   ANL 316—Alaska Native Languages: Indian Languages 3 credits
   
   ANS 320W—Language and Culture: Applications of Alaska 3 credits
   
   ANTH/WMS 308W,O—Language and Gender 3 credits
   
   COMM 320—Communication and Language 3 credits
   
   ENGL 462—Applied English Linguistics 3 credits
   
   ENGL 472—History of the English Language 3 credits
   
   LING 216—Languages of the World 3 credits
   
   LING/ED 303W,O—Language Acquisition 3 credits
   
   LING 402—Second Language Acquisition 3 credits
   
   LING 410O—Theory and Methods of Second Language Teaching 3 credits
   
   LING 420—Semantics 3 credits
   
   LING 430—Historical Linguistics 3 credits
   
   LING 431—Field Methods in Descriptive Linguistics 3 credits
   
   LING 440W—Aspects of Bilingualism 3 credits
   
   LING 450O—Language, Policy and Planning 3 credits
   
4. Minimum credits required 120

Minor

1. Complete LING electives.**** 15 credits
2. Minimum credits required 15

* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
**Where appropriate, these courses may be counted toward fulfillment of core requirements or B.A. degree requirements, but not both.
*** It is recommended that at least one of the languages be other than an Indo-European language.
**** Three of these credits may be from related courses in other departments listed in the linguistics major under 3c.