LING-BA - Linguistics (BA)

The mission of the undergraduate program in Linguistics is to provide students with basic knowledge in the principal areas of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics) and the skills to do more advanced work in these subfields. Courses in the major also involve interdisciplinary work with connections to other programs including anthropology, communication, computer science, education, foreign languages, psychology, and symbolic systems. The program provides students with excellent preparation for further study in graduate or professional schools as well as careers in business, government agencies, social services, and teaching.

Please note: Unit requirement has changed as of Autumn Quarter 2022-23. If you declared before Autumn Quarter 2022-23, you may follow the old requirements.

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The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department's undergraduate program. By the end of the program, students are expected to be able to:

1. formulate theoretically interesting and tractable research questions;

2. find and collect information relevant to answering their research questions;

3. bring linguistic theory to bear in analyzing and evaluating information;

4. articulate the questions and outcomes of the process described in 1-3; and

5. engage with peers in an intellectual community around linguistic issues.