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The English Minor
The English minor is designed for the student who desires a general study of English through literature, linguistics, and writing. It is also designed for those seeking minor certification in English. The minor is 21 hours; those seeking English as a teachable minor must complete 27 hours.
Requirements
Total: 21 hours
For students seeking certification in English
Total: 27 hours
The Applied Linguistics Minor
The Applied Linguistics minor is designed to provide systematic study of language and applied issues in language teaching, language learning, and language use. The minor is an excellent disciplinary complement to such fields as African/African American Studies, Anthropology, Classics, Communications, Computing and Information Systems, English, Education, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Psychology, and Writing. The minor requires a minimum of 21 hours: 9 hours in the foundation and 12 hours in electives. Three electives must be taken from English electives and one elective must be taken from Cross-departmental electives.
Requirements for a Minor in Applied Linguistics
Credits: 21
Foundation Courses (required) (9 hours)
ENG 261 Study of Modern English (prerequisite for all other ENG courses)
ENG 363 Applied Linguistics
ENG 364 Sociolinguistics
Electives (12 hours)
The minor requires four electives. Three electives must be chosen from the English electives. The fourth elective must be chosen from the Cross-departmental electives, or be an elective approved by an English linguistics advisor.
English electives (9 hours)
ENG 362 History of the English Language
ENG 365 Teaching English as a Second Language
ENG 366 English Grammar and Usage
ENG 392 Language and Power
ENG 461 Language and Gender
ENG 467 Language Disorders and English Literacy
ENG 390 Special Topics in Language and Rhetoric
Cross-departmental electives (3 hours)
AAA 350 African American Identity and Communication
ANT 207 Language and Culture
CLA 410 Literary Translation: Theory and Practice
CS 343 Structure of Programming Languages
CS 365 Artificial Intelligence
CS 461 Compiler Design and Construction
FRE 305 French Phonetics
FRE 355 Introduction to French Linguistics
GER 321 German Phonetics
GER 322 Intro. to German Linguistics
GER 421 History of the German Language
HNR 313 Language in the Cognitive Sciences
PHI 203 Intermediate Logic
PSY 305 Infant and Early Childhood Development
PSY 357 Psychology of Language
SPA 308 Spanish Phonetics
SPA 309 Advanced Spanish Grammar
SPA 327 History of the Spanish Language
SPA 329 Sociolinguistics of Spanish
SPA 335 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics |
