The Undergraduate LINGUISTICS PROGRAM
Director, Professor Esther Torrego Esther.torrego@umb.edu
Requirements Courses Board Links Homepage	Students in the Linguistics Program must complete seven courses (twenty-one credit hours): An introductory course: SPAN G-200 “Boston Speaks; SPAN Span 314 “Language Arts”; SPAN 420 “Comparative Syntax” or ANTH 281 (Structure of Human Language) or ANTH 285 (Language and Culture). A course on speech sounds: SPAN 313, LING 230, or an Independent Study A course of grammar from as cognitive perspective: LING 310 (Transformational Syntax) The linguistics junior- or senior-year independent study: LING 478-479 (Independent Study) A sequence of three advanced courses: Students select three advanced courses in areas of special interest, for example: ANTH 385 (The Ethnography of Speaking) ENGL 341 (Language and Literature) ENGL 342 (History of the English Language) LING 351 (Comparative History and Romance Languages) PHIL 360 (Bertrand Russell) PHIL 440 (Logic and Language) PSYCH 241 (Infancy and Childhood Development) PSYCH 346 (Language Development) PSYCH 356 (Psychology of Language and Thought) SPAN 412: Spanish Semantics: Words and their Meaning SPAN 420: Comparative Syntax: Spanish-English SPAN 411 (History of the Spanish Language) SPAN 412 (Spanish Semantics) or an advanced course in the grammar or history of a language, or an advanced course in computer language, or a tutorial or independent study in linguistics. Foreign Language Linguistics students are required to achieve intermediate standing in a second language or in sign language, or in an artificial language (logic, computer languages). Transfer Credit Policy The linguistics faculty is happy to recommend that transfer students receive credit for university-level courses in linguistics taken at other institutions. It considers each request for transfer credit on its own merits. Students should be prepared to provide course descriptions, syllabi, and transcripts. For further information, please consult the program director. Pass/Fail Option No more than one course taken on the pass/fail option may be counted toward program requirements.
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