Take 1 lower division linguistics course: Ling 3, Ling 5, Ling 55AC, or any other lower division linguistics course Upper division courses (Ling 100, 4 binned courses, upper division electives) must total at least 30 units.īinned courses and Linguistics 100 must be taken at UC Berkeleyįor information regarding residence requirements and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements tab.Bin 5: Meaning: 106 (Metaphor), 121 (Formal Semantics), 123 (Pragmatics)Ĥ) Upper Division Electives: 10-13 units of upper division electivesĪt most 5 units of electives can be taken outside of the linguistics department.Morphosyntax: 115 (Morphology), 120 (Syntax) Phonetics and Phonology: 110 (Phonetics), 111 (Phonology)
Sociolinguistics and Historical Linguistics: 130 (Comparative and Historical Linguistics), 150 (Sociolinguistics) or 150A (Concepts, Theories and Methodologies of Sociolinguistics) Language and Mind: 105 (Cognitive Linguistics), 108 (Psycholinguistics), 109 (Bilingualism), C142 (Language and Thought) Students must earn a C or better in Linguistics 100 to declare the majorģ) Upper Division Course Bins: 4 courses from 4 different upper division course bins (of the five bins below)
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 must be maintained in both upper and lower division courses used to fulfill the major requirements.Įffective Fall 2022, the new major requirements consist of the following four components:ġ) 1 Lower Division linguistics course: Ling 3, Ling 5, Ling 55AC, or any other lower division linguistics course.No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs, with the exception of minors offered outside of the College of Letters & Science.Linguistics 100 must be completed with a grade of "C" or better to declare. All courses taken to fulfill the major requirements below must be taken for letter graded credit.In addition to the University, campus, and college requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements specific to their major program. A minor in Linguistics gives students official recognition for having completed a Linguistics sub-specialization. Many students not majoring in Linguistics find it useful to take several courses in linguistics during their undergraduate careers to complement their major work. As evidence of this work, students must submit an acceptable thesis summarizing critically the material they have covered and are invited to give a brief synopsis of their research at the undergraduate honors colloquium held in early May each year. Under the direction of a faculty member, students carry out an approved program of independent study in which they attain a reasonable mastery of an appropriate linguistic topic. This consists of 2-4 units of LINGUIS H195A and LINGUIS H195B units per semester for at least two semesters. With the approval of the major advisor, a student with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher, both overall and in the major, may apply for admission to the honors program. Most students who petition for the Linguistics major do so in their junior year. To declare the Linguistics major, students must first complete Linguistics 100 with a grade of "C" or better and then submit the Petition to Declare a Major. psycholinguistics), and how language is used in society (sociolinguistics). The undergraduate major in Linguistics introduces students to sounds and their patterns (phonetics and phonology), word structure (morphology), sentence structure (syntax), meaning (semantics), how languages evolve over time (comparative and historical linguistics), the relation of language and cognition (e.g. It addresses features that all languages have in common, the ways in which languages may differ from one another, and the ways in which languages change over time. Linguistics is the general study of language.
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