Support the ProgramLinguistics at Miami University
Minor Requirements (18 semester hours)
Linguists look at how people use language and try to find the rules that govern that use. A minor in linguistics is useful for students majoring in foreign languages, English, sociology, anthropology, psychology, mathematics, communication, philosophy, or computer science.
A minimum 2.0 g.p.a. is required for all courses in the minor.
When initiating the minor, students must register with the Linguistics advisor, Prof. John M. Jeep (jeepjm@MiamiOH.edu), GREAL, 166 Irvin Hall, and meet with an advisor at least once a year until they complete the minor.
This minor does not satisfy the Thematic Sequence requirement of the Miami Plan for English Majors.
[View course descriptions (The Miami Bulletin, 2012-2013).]
Required Introductory Course (4 semester hours)
- Introduction to Linguistics
(ENG 303, 4 hrs)
This requirement also can be met by taking these major courses:
- Introduction to Linguistics
(GER 309, 4 hrs) - Introduction to Linguistics
(SPN 303, 4 hrs) - Introduction to Linguistics
(ATH 309, 4 hrs)
Required Courses (6 semester hours)
- Advanced Linguistics
(ENG 405, 3 hrs) - Discourse Analysis: Speech Acts in Context
(ENG 406, 3 hrs)
Additional Courses (at least 8 semester hours)
- Language and Culture
(ATH 265, 3 hrs) - Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology
(ATH 465, 3 hrs) - Intercultural Communication
(COM 337, 3 hrs) - History of the English Language
(ENG 301, 4 hrs) - Structure of Modern English
(ENG 302, 4 hrs) - Selected Topics in Linguistics
(ENG 410, 3 hrs) - Conversation and Current Events in France
(FRE 341, 3 hrs) - Introduction to Formal Systems and Mathematical Logic
(MTH 483, 3 hrs) - Symbolic Logic
(PHL 373, 4 hrs) - Psychology of Language and Thought
(PSY 374, 3 hrs) - Spanish Phonology and Syntax
(SPN 443, 3 hrs) - History of the Spanish Language
(SPN 445, 3 hrs)