Linguistics- Bachelor of Arts
For information, contact the Department of English, english@miamioh.edu, 513-529-5221.
The English department offers four majors: creative writing, literature, linguistics, and professional writing. These concentrations lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Linguistics is the study of language. Linguists look at how people use language and try to find the rules that govern that use.
Program Requirements
(36 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| LIN 201 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| LIN 202 | American Dialects, Culture, and Identity | 3 |
| LIN 210 | Special Topics in Language Awareness | 3 |
| LIN 301 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| or LIN 302 | Structure of Modern English | |
| LIN 460 | Capstone in Linguistics | 3 |
| Tracks | 12 | |
| Select one of the following three tracks: | ||
| Applied Linguistics | ||
| Second Language Acquisition | ||
| Structure of Modern English | ||
| Selected Topics in Linguistics | ||
| Theories of Language Development | ||
| Clinical Phonetics and Articulation Disorders | ||
| Senior Seminar in Communication Disorders (Variable topics as applicable; permission of instructor required) | ||
| Second Language Acquisition: Spanish | ||
| Educational Strategies for Non-Majors | ||
| Language Teaching and Learning I | ||
| Language Teaching and Learning II | ||
| Foreign Languages and Linguistics | ||
At least two of the courses must be in the same foreign language. Foreign language literature or culture courses taught in English translation do not count toward this track. | ||
Courses taken at the 200 level or above in the following languages may count toward this track: Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, and Russian. | ||
Courses taken at the 300 level or above in the following languages may count toward this track: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. | ||
| Sociocultural Linguistics | ||
| Global Cultural Diversity | ||
| Language and Culture | ||
| Language and Power | ||
| Language and Culture in Native North America | ||
| Global Media Ethnography | ||
| Doctors, Clinics, and Epidemics | ||
| Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies | ||
| Conversation and Current Events in France | ||
| Linguistic Perspectives on Contemporary German | ||
| Special Topics in Language Awareness | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Selected Topics in Linguistics | ||
| Language and Society: Past and Present | ||
| An international language in a multicultural world | ||
| History of the Spanish Language | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Electives | 9 | |
| Choose from among the unused courses in the pre-approved tracks, and/or from the list of electives below. | ||
| Asian/Asian American Studies | ||
| Global Cultural Diversity | ||
| Language and Culture | ||
| Global Media Ethnography | ||
| Travelers, Migrants, and Refugees: Transnational Migration and Diasporic Communities | ||
| Language and Power | ||
| Language and Culture in Native North America | ||
| Doctors, Clinics, and Epidemics | ||
| Ethnographic Field Methods | ||
| Personal Computer Concepts and Applications | ||
| Computers, Computer Science, and Society | ||
| Fundamentals of Problem Solving and Programming | ||
| Data Abstraction and Data Structures | ||
| Automata, Formal Languages, and Computability | ||
| Compiler Design | ||
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Professional Communication & Digital Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing: Short Fiction and Poetry | ||
| Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Medieval Literature | ||
| Visual Rhetoric | ||
| Writing for Global Audiences | ||
| Critical Analysis of French Culture | ||
| Culture & Interpretation | ||
| Texts in Context | ||
| Conversation and Current Events in France | ||
| Gender, Sexuality, & Creativity | ||
| German Language Through the Media | ||
| Linguistic Perspectives on Contemporary German | ||
| Introduction to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | ||
| Culture, Society and Politics in Perspective | ||
| Introduction to Translating Japanese Media | ||
| Special Topics in Language Awareness | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Structure of Modern English | ||
| Selected Topics in Linguistics | ||
| Introduction to Mathematical Logic | ||
| Formal Logic | ||
| Symbolic Logic | ||
| Survey of Perception, Action, and Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Theories of Language Development | ||
| Clinical Phonetics and Articulation Disorders | ||
| Modern Communication and Culture | ||
| Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | ||
| Language and Society: Past and Present | ||
| An international language in a multicultural world | ||
| Selected Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Culture | ||
| Spanish Phonology and Syntax | ||
| Language Variation in Spanish | ||
| History of the Spanish Language | ||
| Second Language Acquisition: Spanish | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |