Minors

English Minor

The English Minor requires the successful completion of 15 semester hours apart from ENG 190 and the JINS course, in one or across several strands of the major depending on the student ’s interests or career plans. Coursework must total 15 or more hours completed with at least a 2.0 GPA, with at least half of the coursework completed at the 300-level or higher, and may include one English course also counted in the Aesthetic Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. Students interested in the minor in English may consult with the Department Chair or simply file the Change of Major form to include the added minor. 
 

Linguistics Minor

• LING 323 Modern Grammar
• LING 324 Topics in Sociolinguistics**
• LING 406 Language & Learning
• ENG 412 Practicum: Teaching ESL
• LING 413 Advanced Linguistics*
• LING 414 Language and the Mind
• ENG 417 History of the English Language
• ENG 419 Linguistics and Literary Criticism

• LING 505 Discourse Analysis

• ENG 508 Old English

(**May be elected for credit more than once, under different topics)

Linguistics courses that are language-specific (e.g., FREN 425 Phonology and Advanced Grammar, RUSS 320 Introduction to Old Church Slavic, SPAN 364 Spanish Phonetics/A Linguistic Approach, SPAN 380 Spanish Applied Linguistics, SPAN 456 History of the Spanish Language) may count toward the 15 hours, but only ONE such course can be double counted towards a foreign language major or minor and linguistics minor.

In addition to the language-specific linguistics courses above, with committee approval, up to 2 semesters of foreign language courses may count toward the 15 hours if not taken to fulfill any other requirement.