CONTACT:
Tim Gauthier
Chair, Social Science Studies Committe
Director of Interdisciplinary Studies Program
University of Nevada LasVegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455027
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5027
Campus Office: CBC B515
Tel. (702) 895-0356
Fax. (702) 895-4097
Email: tim.gauthier@unlv.edu

THE LINGUISTIC STUDIES MAJOR AT UNLV:
Admission to the Major:
GPA: 2.50
English Composition .........6 credits
ENG 101 and 102
Literature Requirement..................3 credits
ENG 231 or 232
Constitutions Requirement....................3-6 credits
Mathematics Requirement.....................3 credits
Distribution Requirement (Humanities & Fine Arts)

Life & Physical Sciences & Analytical Thinking ............9-10 credits

PHIL 102, and two courses from life & physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.Social Science.......................9 credits
Multicultural & International Requirements 
(see Note 1)......................................................................................6 credits

Degree Requirements:

Foreign Language/Foreign Culture.........6 credits

Humanities................................................................................6 credits

Fine Arts.......................................................................................6 credits
Linguistic Studies Major 
Requirements...........................36 credits
Group 1: LIN 101
Group 2: ANT 106, or ENG 211, or FOL 311
Group 3: Six credit hours in one or two foreign languages
Group 4: Select eight courses from the following list: ANTH 370, ANTH 421, ANTH435, ANTH 489, ENG 210, ENG 211, ENG 410AENG 411A, ENG 411B, ENG 412C, ENG 414A, ENG 414B, ENG 415C, ENG 416A, ENG 420A, FOL 414, FOL 499, FRE 312, SPA 312, SPA 493, PHI 425, PHI 456 
Electives: .........................................23-35 credits 
TOTAL: ............................................124 credits 
Notes:
1) Three credits of Multicultural coursework and three credits of International coursework are required. Courses approved as satisfying these requirements may also satisfy a Social Science, Humanities & Fine Arts, or the Foreign Language requirement.

THE LINGUISTIC STUDIES MINOR AT UNLV:
Degree Requirements:
Linguistic Studies Minor: 18 credits.
Complete the following with the approval of the Program Chair:
Group 1: LIN 101; 
Group 2: one of the following: ANT 106, ENG 211 or FOL 311; 
Group 3: six credit hours in one or two foreign languages approved by the advisor; and six additional credits from approved courses.

LINKS IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES:
The Linguist List
European Network of Excellence in Human Language Technologies