Linguistics Minor
Director
Amanda Brown
323C HB Crouse
abrown08@syr.edu
Undergraduate Advisor
Christopher R. Green
330 HB Crouse
cgreen10@syr.edu
Sample Minor Requirements
Consult the Course Catalog for specific requirements.
Students must complete 18 credits, 12 of which must be at the 300 level or above.
Required Courses
- LIN 301 - Introductory Linguistic Analysis
AND
- LIN 431 - Phonological Analysis
OR
- LIN 441 - Syntactic Analysis
Additional Coursework
Of the remaining 12 credits, 6 must be in courses numbered at the 300 level or above. Choose from the following:
- Any undergraduate-level LIN course
- COG 301 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
- CRS 430 - Intercultural Communication
- PHI 251 - Logic
- SPA 435 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
- SPA 436 - The Structure of Spanish
- SPA 437 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
Core LIN faculty in minor, Linguistic Studies: Tej K. Bhatia, Amanda Brown, Christopher R. Green, Gerald R. Greenberg, Rania Habib, Jaklin Kornfilt, Kenji Oda, Adam Roth Singerman, M. Emma Ticio Quesada
Select affiliated faculty in minor, Linguistic Studies: Michael Rieppel, Sylvia Sierra, Robert Van Gulick