Courses in Linguistics
3320 Descriptive Linguistics (3-0). An introduction to the scientific study of language. Includes the nature and description of language, its sounds and grammar.3330 Applied Linguistics (3-0). Linguistic principles and techniques as related to the teaching of language and language development; a survey of contrastive analysis of grammar and language performance.
* 4310 General Linguistics (3-0). A study of general linguistics; a survey of phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic analysis and of historical and comparative linguistics.
* 4340 Psycholinguistics (3-0). A study of the acquisition and development of language in children and the relationship between language and thought. This course includes a survey of theories and research in psycholinguistics.
* 4381 Special Topics (3-0). Selected topics in Linguistics. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Linguistics 3320 or 4310, or consent of department head
* 4391 Research. A specialized course which may be directed reading or research for advanced students or those seeking professional certification.
* May be taken for graduate credit by graduate students with permission of the Dean of the Graduate School..