English Program with a Specialization in Linguistics (BA)

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Requirements. Thirty-six credits, including at least 18 at or above the 300 level, as follows:

A. Foundation for analyzing literature and language (12 credits).
ENG 200 /LIN 200 , ENG 244 /LIN 244 , ENG 241 , LIN 346 .

B. Language change in English (6 credits).

History of English. ENG 447 /LIN 447 .
Literature before 1800. One from: ENG 301 /WGS 301 , ENG 303 , ENG 310 , ENG 312 , ENG 315 , ENG 316 , ENG 317 , ENG 319 , ENG 326 , ENG 327 , ENG 329 , ENG 330 , ENG 364 .

C. Language and society (6 credits).

Language and variation. One from: COM 284 /LIN 284 /WGS 284 , ANT 290 /LIN 290 , ANT 335 /LIN 335 , ENG 341 /LIN 341 , ENG 409 /LIN 409 .
Ethnic, global or women’s literature. One from: AFA 206 /CPL 206 /ENG 209 , ENG 213 , AFA 215 /ENG 215 , ENG 228 /WGS 228 , ENG 301 /WGS 301 , ENG 307 /MES 307 , ENG 337 /WGS 337 , ENG 374 , ENG 375 .

D. Linguistics electives (6 credits).

Psycholinguistics. One from: ENG 308 /LIN 308 , ENG 351 /LIN 351 , LIN 421 , PSY 333 .
One additional LIN course.

E. Writing elective (3 credits). One from: ENG 252 , ENG 260 , ENG 296 , ENG 298 , ENG 305 , ENG 309 /THE 390 , ENG 336 , COM 338 /ENG 338 , ENG 340 , ENG 342 , ENG 345 , ENG 354 , ENG 363 .

F. Senior seminar (3 credits). ENG 400 .

G. Completion of an Individual Major Portfolio. Consult the Department for portfolio guidelines.

H. All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts degree, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements.

Minimum Credits For the Degree. 120 credits