Contact
Director
Amanda Brown
323C H.B. Crouse
abrown08@syr.edu
Undergraduate Advisor
Jaklin Kornfilt
305 H.B. Crouse Hall
kornfilt@syr.edu
Faculty
Core LIN faculty: Amanda Brown, Christopher R. Green, Gerald R. Greenberg, Rania Habib, Jaklin Kornfilt, Kenji Oda, Adam Roth Singerman, Maria Emma Ticio Quesada
Select affiliated faculty: Janice Dowell, Kevan Edwards, Stephanie McMillan, Jonathan Preston, Michael Rieppel, Ellyn Riley, Sylvia Sierra, Victoria Tumanova, Robert Van Gulick
Program Description
Linguistics is the study of the nature and use of language and provides insight into the workings of the human mind. The major ties together studies in many areas, such as anthropology, child and family studies, computer science, English and other languages, geography, literary criticism, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, speech communication, speech pathology, and linguistics proper.
Major Requirements
Linguistic studies majors and prospective majors must consult the director of the program before registration.
Students must fulfill the following language requirements:
- the Liberal Arts Core Language Skills requirement in one language; and
- successfully complete at least 6 credits in an additional language (other than English) that is structurally significantly different from the language used to fulfill the Liberal Arts Core requirement. The following pairs of languages cannot be used to fulfill this requirement: Korean/Japanese, Russian/Polish, Arabic/Hebrew. No pair of languages from the following group may be used to fulfill this requirement: Spanish/Portuguese/Italian/French/Latin.
In addition, students successfully complete three core courses
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| LIN 301 | Introductory Linguistic Analysis | 3 |
| LIN 431 | Phonological Analysis | 3 |
| LIN 441 | Syntactic Analysis | 3 |
Major requirements also include the successful completion of at least 18 credits of additional work, of which at least 9 credits are in courses numbered 300 or above. The 18 credits must be in approved linguistic studies courses, chosen from at least three of the following groups:
Psychology and Biology of Language
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| COG 301 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3 |
| CSD 212 | Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders | 3 |
| CSD 315 | Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms | 3 |
| CSD 316 | Introduction to Applied Phonetics | 3 |
| CSD 345 | Speech Science | 3 |
| CSD 409 | Cognitive Neuroscience of Speech and Language | 3 |
| CSD 422 | Development of Speech and Language | 3 |
| LIN 201 | The Nature and Study of Language | 3 |
| LIN 341 | Linguistics at Work Practicum | 3 |
| LIN 371 | Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism | 3 |
| LIN 375 | Forensic Linguistics | 3 |
| LIN 392 | Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
Language in Culture and Society
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| CRS 384 | Discourse and Society | 3 |
| CRS 430 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| LIN 202 | Diversity of World Languages | 3 |
| LIN 208 | Indigenous Languages: Their Past, Present, and Future | 3 |
| LIN 341 | Linguistics at Work Practicum | 3 |
| LIN 373 | Language Variation and Change | 3 |
| LIN 374 | Topics in Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| LIN 381 | Global Communication Through World Englishes | 3 |
Logic and Language
History and Structure of Language
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| LIN 201 | The Nature and Study of Language | 3 |
| LIN 202 | Diversity of World Languages | 3 |
| LIN 251 | English Words | 3 |
| LIN 303 | Language Universals and Typology | 3 |
| LIN 305 | Linguistic Structure of English | 3 |
| LIN 307 | Structure of Japanese | 3 |
| LIN 312 | Meaning and Communication | 3 |
| LIN 326 | Structure of Standard Arabic | 3 |
| LIN 341 | Linguistics at Work Practicum | 3 |
| LIN 406 | Field Methods in Linguistics | 3 |
| LIN 411 | Semantics of Human Languages | 3 |
| LIN 451 | Morphological Analysis | 3 |
| LIN 461 | Introduction to Historical Linguistics | 3 |
| SPA 435 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| SPA 436 | The Structure of Spanish | 3 |
| SPA 437 | Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
Language Pedagogy
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| LIN 321 | Introduction to Methodology of Teaching Languages: English/Foreign Language Teaching | 3 |
| LIN 422 | Advanced Methods of Teaching Languages: English/Foreign Language Teaching | 3 |
College of Arts and Sciences Requirements
For all Arts and Sciences|Maxwell students, successful completion of a bachelor’s degree in this major requires a minimum of 120 credits, 96 of which must be Arts and Sciences|Maxwell credits, completion of the Liberal Arts Core requirements, and the requirements for this major (30 credits) that are listed above.
Dual Enrollments:
Students dually enrolled in Newhouse* and Arts and Sciences|Maxwell will complete a minimum of 122 credits, with at least 90 credits in Arts and Sciences|Maxwell coursework and an Arts and Sciences|Maxwell major.
*Students dually enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences|Maxwell as first year students must complete the Liberal Arts Core. Students who transfer to the dual program after their first year as singly enrolled students in the Newhouse School will satisfy general requirements for the dual degree program by completing the Newhouse Core Requirements.
Undergraduate University Requirements
The following requirements and experiences apply to all Syracuse University Undergraduate matriculated degree programs.
