Multiple Languages/Areas

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN STUDYING
MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE?
OR MAYBE LINGUISTICS OR TESL PLUS A LANGUAGE?

Our Language Studies Program lets you do just that!

LANGUAGE STUDIES MINOR (18 hours)

Core Requirement: LLL 200 Intro. to Language and Culture for Students of LLL--3 hrs.;

3 hours in a second language or linguistics course --may be at the 100 level. 

12 more hours from within the Department to include at least 6 semester hours at the 300/400 level. 

 A minimum 2.5 GPA in all LLL coursework must be maintained.  No coursework below the 200-level may be counted toward the minor.

To See How To Declare a Minor, click here.

LANGUAGE STUDIES MAJOR (31 hours)

Required Core LLL Courses: LLL 200 Intro. to Language and Culture for Students of LLL--3 hrs.;
LLL 400 Senior Seminar for Students of LLL - 1 hr. (or LLL 402)

3 hours in a second language or linguistics course --may be at the 100 level. 

18 hours at the 300/400-level course work from within the department

 6 hours of more course work from within the Department or approved cognate course work from another Department.*

 *Up to two 100-level courses may be counted if in a second or third language or linguistic area.  Cognate and culture courses in English may be counted only if the student has completed the equivalent of a 100-level course in the same language or linguistic area.

An applied experience component within the 31 hours.  May consist of:

·         minimum 6 credit hours of appropriate study abroad  OR

·         under rare circumstances, a minimum of 3 semester hours in LLL 409 in an approved internship

The applied experience requirement may be waived for second majors.

M.A. in LLL, Cross-Linguistic Option (32 hours)

 Research: LLL 607—3 hrs. "Research Methods in Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics"

 Core: LLL 600—2 hrs. "Current Issues in Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics"

 Electives: at least 27 additional hours from graduate courses in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, 12 hours of which must be at the 600-level.

 Other Requirement: Demonstrated proficiency in a non-native language.

 Culminating Experience: Successful completion of written and oral comprehensive examinations, or with special permission a master's thesis (Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 699—6 hrs, which counts toward the 32 hours of the master's degree).

No more than 9 hours of transfer credit will be accepted for the M.A. program. A minimum of 23 hours must be taken within the department.

Link to Graduate Course Descriptions