Linguistics Program
Linguistics at Richmond is an interdisciplinary program that studies the system of language as a medium of cognition and perception and as a social institution; it enables students to view human culture through the lens of human language. It focuses on such issues as phonetics; word formation; historical linguistics; syntax; semantics; cultural assumptions coded in texts; variation based on region, gender, class, race/ethnicity; how language determines cultural and social categories; and the relationship between language and thought. The linguistics minor combines the study of phenomena from such disciplines as anthropology, modern and ancient literatures and cultures, psychology, and rhetoric and communication.
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers a minor in linguistics. The minor requires LLC 350: Introductory Linguistics, one full-year of a non-Indo-European language, one 300 or higher level course in a language other than English, and four units of electives chosen from the available course list.
The Linguistics Minor
Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00.
6 units, including
LLC 203 Introductory Linguistics
Five units of elective chosen from the following:
ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyANTH 211 Field Methods in EthnographyANTH 290 Cultural TheoryANTH 300 Sexuality and Gender Across Cultures
CLSC 105 Introduction to SyntaxCLSC 201 Classical Elements in the English Language
CMSC 150 Introduction to Computing
CMSC 221 Data Structures with LabEDUC 324 Reading Foundations for Early Literacy InstructionENGL 381 Modern Grammar
ENGL 390 Literary TranslationFREN 415 Traduction
FYS 100 Language, Race, and Ethnicity
FYS 100 The Power and Prejudice of Language
LAIS 411 Bilingualism in US, Latin America, and Spain
LAIS 412 The Sounds of SpanishLLC 198 Teaching English as a Second Language through Literature and FilmLLC 352 Language, Race, and EthnicityLLC 362 History of the Romance LanguagesLLC 410 Teaching of a Modern Second Language
MATH 289 Introduction to Data Science
MATH 389 Statistical Learning
PHIL 251 Elementary Symbolic LogicPSYC 333 Cognitive SciencePSYC 341 Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 349 Psycholinguistics with LabRHCS 103 Rhetorical TheoryRHCS 104 Interpreting Rhetorical TextsUp to three units in a language other than English.
These cannot all be in the same language. You may apply one unit at the advanced (300 or 400) level, and this may be in addition to any of the courses listed above. You may also apply up to two units in a language other than the language of the advanced level course. These may be at any level.
Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the minor. Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted. Coursework in phonetics, syntax, morphology and other related topics taken during study abroad may fulfill some minor requirements. Study abroad in consultation with advisor is strongly encouraged.
