Linguistics might appeal as a major to students who love learning languages, students aiming to combine sciences and humanities, or students who simply want to understand more about how language works.

Honors students majoring in Linguistics follow a course of study that is more challenging than the regular major, including a higher credit hour minimum, a research seminar, and an area-depth requirement involving graduate level coursework. While writing a research thesis is not required, this course of study prepares students to write a research thesis and/or apply to graduate school.

Descriptions of our undergraduate courses are available, as are recommendations for how to sequence major courses. Additionally, our lists of courses organized by linguistic subfield and course suggestions by area of interest can help in choosing elective coursework.

Linguistics often appeals to students with numerous academic interests. The moderate size of the Linguistics major enables students to double major or to complete multiple minors to explore a variety of disciplines.