Degree Requirements

Major in Linguistics -- B.A. Degree

1. Complete the general university requirements.
2. Complete the B.A. degree requirements.
3. Complete the following program (major) requirements:
   1. Complete the following background-related requirements:²
      

      Foreign or Native language (4 semesters or equivalent) and a second language (2 semesters).³ (12-16 credits)

      LING 101 -- Nature of Language (3 credits)

   2. Complete the following:¹
      

      LING 318 -- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (3 credits)

      LING 320 -- Introduction to Syntax and Morphology (3 credits)

      LING 420 -- Semantics (3 credits)
      or
      LING 430 -- Historical Linguistics (3 credits)

      ENG 318 -- Modern English Grammar (3 credits)

      LING 482 -- Seminar in Linguistics (3 credits)

   3. Complete 6 of the following:¹
      

      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 340W -- Aspects of Bilingualism (3 credits)

      LING 410O -- Theory and Methods of Second Language Teaching (3 credits)

      LING 420 -- Semantics (3 credits)

      LING 431 -- Field Methods in Descriptive Linguistics (3 credits)

      LING 450O -- Language, Policy and Planning (3 credits)

4. Minimum credits required (120 credits)

Minor in Linguistics

1. Complete LING electives.⁴ (15 credits)
2. Minimum credits required (15 credits)

¹ Student must earn a "C" grade or better in each course.

²Where appropriate, these courses may be counted toward fulfillment of core requirements or B.A. degree requirements, but not both.

³It is recommended that at least one of the languages be other than an Indo-European language.

⁴Three of these credits may be from related courses in other departments listed in the linguistics major under 3c.