Minor Advisor
Linguistics Undergraduate Advisor
Dr. Liz McCullough
mccullough.136@osu.edu
614-688-3109
106 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue
There are a number of different subfields of linguistics, with connections to other disciplines in such diverse areas as the study of various languages and cultures in the humanities; psychology, anthropology, and other social sciences; physics, biology, and other natural sciences; and computer science and engineering. The linguistics faculty offers courses in most of these subfields, making the curriculum particularly diverse. A number of special linguistics minors have been developed designed for students with a major in a related field. For majors not listed below, contact the linguistics undergraduate advisors noted above for recommended courses.
Each linguistics minor requires five linguistics courses (15 credit hours). However, if one of these five courses is considered to be part of the student's major, then only four additional linguistics courses are required. Required courses include an introductory linguistics course followed by a 4000-level core linguistics course. This leaves three additional courses to be chosen in consultation with the undergraduate linguistics advisor. Linguistics GE courses may overlap with GE requirements.
Suggested Minor Curriculum
1. One Introductory level courses (3 credits)
LING 2000 or LING 2000H Introduction to Language in the Humanities
2. One Core Course (3 credits)
LING 4100 Phonetics
LING 4200 Syntax
LING 4300 Phonology
LING 4350 Morphology
LING 4400 Linguistic Meaning
3. Three Electives (9 credits) Some suggested courses include:
LING 2051 Analyzing the Sounds of Language (honors available)
LING H2052 Theories of Linguistics: Scientific Method for Abstractions and Unobservables
LING 3901 Language Evolution & Change
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex and Gender in American Culture (honors available)
LING 2367.02 Language and Advertising
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
LING 3801 Codes and Code Breaking
LING 3802 Language and Computers (honors available)
LING 5701 Psycholinguistics
LING 5702 Psycholinguistics II
LING 5651 Languages in Contact
Suggested Courses for Specific Subfields
African-American and African Studies
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
LING 4601 Language and the Black Experience
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex & Gender in American Culture (honors available)
LING 3603 Language, Race and Ethnicity
LING 4550 Introduction to Field Methods
LING 5501 An Introduction to African-American English
LING 5601 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LING 5651 Languages in Contact
Anthropology
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex & Gender in American Culture (honors available)
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
LING 4550 Introduction to Field Methods
LING 5601 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
CIS and Engineering
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
LING 3802 Language and Computers (honors available)
LING 3801 Codes and Code-Breaking
For those interested in syntactic processing:
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
LING 5001 Formal Foundations of Linguistics (or equivalent in another department)
LING 5801 Computational Linguistics I
LING 5802 Computational Linguistics II
For those interested in voice recognition or speech production:
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
LING 5101 Introduction to Phonetic Theory
LING 5102 Laboratory Phonology
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
Education Teaching and Learning (TESOL & Second Language Acquisition)
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex & Gender in American Culture (honors available)
Foreign Languages
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
Core - LING 4300 Phonology
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US.
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
Greek and Latin, Classics
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
LING 4350 Morphology
LING 5350 Morphological Theory
SANSKRIT 5902 Elementary Sanskrit
SANSKRIT 5903 Intermediate Sanskrit
LING 5904 Vedic Sanskrit
LING 7903 Topics in Indo-European
International Business
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
LING 2367.02 Language and Advertising
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex & Gender in American Culture (honors available)
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
International Studies
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex & Gender in American Culture (honors available)
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 4550 Introduction to Field Methods
LING 5651 Languages in Contact
LING 5601 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Neuroscience
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
Ling 3701H Language and the Mind
Ling 3802H Language and Computers
LING 5701 Psycholinguistics I
LING 5702 Psycholinguistics II
LING 5612 Introduction to Cognitive Science
LING 7890.07 Seminar in Psycholinguistics
Philosophy
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
LING 2001 Language and Formal Reasoning
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
LING 5612 Introduction to Cognitive Science
LING 5001 Formal Foundations for Linguistics (or equivalent offered in Philosophy)
LING 5002 Algebraic Linguistics
LING 5401 Semantic Theory I
LING 5402 Semantic Theory II
LING 5701 Psycholinguistics I
Psychology
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
LING 5701 Psycholinguistics I
LING 5612 Introduction to Cognitive Science
Speech and Hearing Science
Particular interest in sound:
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
LING 2051 Analyzing the Sounds of Language (honors available)
LING 5101 Phonetic Theory
Particular interest in language and culture:
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
LING 3601 Language, Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 4601 (and 4601-Service Learning) Language and the Black Experience
Particular interest in language disorders:
Core - LING 4200 Syntax
LING 3701 Language and Mind
LING 5701 Psycholinguistics I
Women's Studies
Core - LING 4100 Phonetics
Core - LING 4400 Language and Meaning
LING 2367.01 Language, Sex and Gender in American Culture (honors available)
LING 2367.02 Language and Advertising
LING 3602 Language and Social Identity in the US (honors available)
LING 3603 Language Across Cultures
LING 3701 Language and Mind (honors available)
