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May 14, 2025
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Linguistics BA - Japanese Language and Linguistics Concentration
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Speaking. Signing. Understanding. It’s all part of linguistics, a program designed for people who love words and languages -and want to use science to study how we communicate with each other. For example, are you curious why “the small brown dog” sounds right, but “the brown small dog” sounds wrong? Find out at UB, where you can also choose to specialize in some of the world’s most widely spoken languages, like Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Visit the Linguistics academic program page for more information about the academic experience, who you will learn from, opportunities outside of class and what you can do with this degree.
Visit the Linguistics department page for contact information, a brief overview of the department and the curricular options
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Japanese Language and Linguistics Core (15-33 credits)*
*Credit range is contingent upon demonstrated language proficiency. Students are required to complete coursework or demonstrate proficiency through JPN 202 . Two Linguistics Courses (6 credits)
- One any level LIN course (3 credits)
- One 300/400 level LIN course (3 credits)
Five Language Specialization courses (15 credits minimum)
Notes
UB Seminar courses cannot count towards major requirements. *Students are required to complete the first 4 language courses unless waived by the Department based on placement results or demonstrated proficiency. Total Credits Required for Major: 36-54
Additional Degree Requirements Include:
- Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
- Elective courses as needed to complete the 120 credit hour total
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 120
Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This should not be used for financial aid purposes. Academic Requirements
Minimum GPA of 2.000 in the major. Program Honors
Students who wish to be considered for Honors must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher within the major and complete LIN 497 for three credits as one of their elective options with a grade of B or higher where they will work with a faculty advisor on a major research paper or project. Students must also meet the remaining criteria outlined in the Academic Honors policy. Students who successfully complete the honors program and meet the criteria will have the appropriate notation on their official transcript. Curricular Plan
A Curricular Plan provides a roadmap for completing this academic program and the UB Curriculum on time. Your actual plan may vary depending on point of entry to the university, course placement and/or waivers based on standardized test scores, earned alternative credit and/or college transfer credit. Third Year Spring
- LIN 410LEC - Morphology Credits: 3
- Specialization Language Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
Fourth Year Fall
- Specialization Language Elective Credits: 3
- Specialization Language Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
Total Credits Required: 120
Note: Some classes may count toward both a major and UB Curriculum requirement. Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will: - demonstrate a beginner-level understanding of the basic concepts associated with phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics and also apply basic analytical methods from each of these domains to analyze linguistic data.
- demonstrate an intermediate-level understanding of key concepts in the study of sound systems and methods of phonetic and phonological analysis. Students will apply these methods and concepts to produce and transcribe speech sounds and analyze sound systems.
- demonstrate an intermediate-level understanding of key concepts in the study of word and sentence structure and methods of morphological and syntactic analysis. Students will apply these methods and concepts to analyze word and sentence structure.
- identify ways that different kinds of meaning are encoded linguistically and apply multiple methods for analyzing meaning from a major subfield of linguistics such as semantics, sociolinguistics, or linguistic anthropology.
- will apply tools from several domains of linguistic analysis to understand and analyze the linguistic patterns of a specific language.
(HEGIS: 15.05 LINGUISTICS, CIP: 16.0102 Linguistics) |
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