Linguistics Minor

Course Requirements

Lower-Division Courses

LING 50	Introduction to Linguistics	5
LING 53	Semantics I	5

Upper-Division Courses

At least two of the following level one courses

LING 100	Sounds of the World's Languages: Phonetics I	5
LING 101	Phonology I	5
LING 111	Syntactic Structures	5
LING 112	Syntax I	5
LING 171	Psycholinguistics I	5

And three upper-division elective courses in linguistics

Upper-division linguistics electives for the minor include any upper-division course offered by the Linguistics Department, with one exception: Students may not apply both LING 111 and LING 112 to the minor. There is no foreign language/mathematics competency requirement for the minor. The minor requires a total of 25 upper-division credits.

Course Substitution Policy

Students may petition the department to have elective courses offered through other institutions or other University of California programs applied toward the minor requirements. At most two such courses can be applied toward the minor. These courses must be upper-division and clearly fit into a coherent program of study in linguistics. A list of approved courses from other UC Santa Cruz departments is available in the Course Substitution Policy section of the Linguistics B.A. program statement. A list of approved outside courses being offered in the current or upcoming term may be found on the department website.