Linguistics Minor

Linguistics Minor Program Information

The goal of the Linguistics minor is to provide students with a distinct structured way of obtaining a foundation in the field, hence making them competitive for graduate study in linguistics and for graduate study and/or employment in fields where linguistics is a valued area, such as computer science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and communications.

Courses are designed to provide students with a better understanding of the structure, history and use of language. Students graduating with a linguistic minor will be able to, among other things, explain the core concepts of the field, explain and apply the traditional methods of linguistic analysis in the core fields, identify features common to all human languages and identify social and political issues in which knowledge of linguistics is salient.

To learn more about the linguistics minor, please contact Professor Yousif Elhindi elhindi@etsu.edu or (423) 439-5996.

Linguistics Minor: 18 credits

Linguistics Required Courses: 12 credits

• ENGL 3100 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits)
• ENGL 4117 - Grammar and Usage (3 credits)
• ENGL 4120 - Descriptive Linguistics (3 credits)
• ENGL 4130 - Sociopsychology of Language (3 credits)

Advisor-Approved Electives: 6 credits

Choose two (2) from the following:

• ENGL 3200 - History of the English Language (3 credits)
• ENGL 4137 - Dialectology (3 credits)
• CDIS 4017 - Introduction to Speech Science (4 credits)
• CDIS 4027 - Introduction to Audiology (4 credits)
• CDIS 4037 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Systems (3 credits)
• CDIS 4060 - Language Development (3 credits)
• FREN 4017 - Advanced French Grammar (3 credits)
• GERM 4167 - Advanced German Grammar (3 credits)
• SPAN 3213 - The Sounds of Spanish (3 credits)
• SPAN 4017 - The Structure of Spanish (3 credits)
• COMM 2330 - Communication Theory (3 credits)
• COMM 3310 - Intrapersonal Communication Processes (3 credits)

• 
  Note: Other electives may be substituted if approved by the minor advisor.

Minor Requirement

A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 18 credits of which at least 9 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.