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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Linguistics Minor


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Course Requirements


Notes


UB Seminar courses cannot count towards minor requirements.

Total Credits Required for Minor: 18


Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.

Academic Requirements


  • Minimum GPA of 2.000 overall.
  • Minimum GPA of 2.500 in LIN 205   and LIN 207  

Learning Outcomes


Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:

  • Core concepts: Students will comprehend the core concepts of linguistics, as well as the basic literature that assumes such concepts.
  • Cognitive/social aspects of language: Students will achieve an awareness of language in its broader cognitive and social context.
  • Language diversity awareness: Students will develop an awareness of linguistic diversity and variability.
  • Critical thinking: Students will master the ability to construct arguments for choosing between alternative analyses of linguistic phenomena and to identify relevant data bearing on the analyses.
  • Problem solving: Students will be able to analyze linguistic data from English or other languages and to construct descriptions of particular linguistic phenomena in particular languages.
  • Communication skills: Students will attain the skills necessary to prepare written and oral presentations on linguistic topics.

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