Because Linguistics is a small department, students may need to take some of their electives in other departments. Over the years, electives have often been in departments such as AAS, ARMN, CHS, CD, COMS, EED, ENGL, EPC, PHIL, PSY, SED, and SOC. Examples of suitable electives for the M.A. in Linguistics are given below. There may be others.
When you find a course that is language- or linguistics-related and that interests you, email the Graduate Advisor to request approval of your choice.
Preapproved Electives for the M.A. in Linguistics
400 level:
- AAS 450 Asian American Child and the Schools
- ARMN 440 Armenian American Child
- ARMN 496S Seminar in Armenian Culture
- CD 442 Speech Science
- CHS 482 Language of the Barrio
- COMS 430 Rhetorical Criticism
- COMS 431 Persuasion
- COMS 444 Political Rhetoric
- COMS 450 Communication Research Methodology
- COMS 454 Communication and Technology
- ENGL 405 Language Differences and Language Change
- LING 407 Language Varieties
- LING 411 Introduction to Historical Linguistics
- LING 427 Languages in Contact (if not used as a prerequisite)
- LING 430 A Linguistic Introduction to Cognitive Science
- LING 441 Sociolinguistics (if not used as a prerequisite)
- LING 447 Bilingualism in the U.S.
- PHIL 445 Philosophy of Language
- PSY 462 Development of Language and Thought in the Young Child
- SOC 411 Sociology of Education
- SPAN 400 Structure of the Spanish Language
- SPAN 401 Language and Culture
500-600 level:
- EED 570 ESL Instructions in Bilingual and Multilingual Classrooms
- EED 577 Language Arts and ESL Instruction
- EED 610 Research Methods in Elementary Education
- EED 626 Literacy Instruction for English Learners
- EED 675 Bilingual/Multilingual Teaching Strategies
- ENGL 595G Genre Theories
- ENGL 595 TLL Gender and Language
- ENGL 612 Stylistics
- EPC 600 Educational Statistics for Research and Measurement
- LING 502 Seminar in Second Language Acquisition
- LING 503 Seminar in Cognitive Linguistics (if LING 505 counts as required)
- LING 505 Seminar in Discourse Analysis (if LING 503 counts as required)
- LING 515 Survey of Applied Linguistics
- LING 520 Issues in ESL Reading and Writing
- LING 521 Issues in ESL Listening and Speaking
- LING 525 English Structures for ESL/EFL Teaching
- LING 530 Introduction to TESL
- LING 566 Research Methods for Linguistics
- LING 568 TESL Testing and Assessment
- LING 578 English for Specific Purposes
- LING 589 Introduction to Celtic Languages
- SED 514 Computers in the Instructional Program
- SED 529 Teaching English Learners
- SED 587 Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults