UNLV LINGUISTIC STUDIES PROGRAM

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS AT UNLV

LINGUISTIC STUDIES PROGRAM

CONTACT
PROGRAM INFORMATION
THE LINGUISTIC STUDIES MAJOR
THE LINGUISTIC STUDIES MINOR
PARTICIPATING FACULTY

UNLV COURSES IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
PROFESSIONAL ADVISING
LINKS IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS WEBSITE

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

PROGRAM INFORMATION:
There are 6,000 languages spoken in the world today, and linguists have examined them all. The Linguistic Studies major at UNLV is an interdisciplinary program that provides an integrated study of human language and communication. The degree offers the opportunity to study the structure of languages, their development in the past, differences between their dialects, as well as the distribution of language families and linguistic types throughout the world. Students in the degree program in Linguistic Studies benefit from the program's interdisciplinarity in that they analyze language as a social, cultural, and psychological act. Linguistics includes phonetics, phonology, pragmatics, semantics, and morphology, historical linguistics, applied linguistics (teaching, translation), psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics.

FALL 2009 COURSES IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES:

See Class Schedule Fall 2009
for full listing of courses that may be applied toward the completion of the

Linguistic Studies degree.

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.

PARTICIPATING FACULTY:

Deborah Arteaga , Associate Professor, Foreign Languages
David Beisecker, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Norma Engberg, Associate Professor, English
Gary Palmer, Professor, Anthropology & Ethnic Studies
Philip Rusche, Assistant Professor, English

UNLV COURSES IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES:
Dr. George Urioste, Chair of the Linguistic Studies committee, and the staff at Wilson Advising Center advise each student in Linguistic Studies in the selection and planning of coursework for the Major or Minor.
See UNLV's online Class Schedule for current course offerings.
See the online Undergraduate Catalog for full course descriptions.
Listing of Courses in Linguistic Studies:
Linguistic Studies:
LIN 101: Language & Conceptualization
Anthropology:
ANT 106: Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics
ANT 370: Origins of Language
ANT 434: Legends, Myths, & Customs: Folklore & Culture
ANT 436 / HIS 474: Latin American Ethnohistory
ANT 470: Language & Culture
ANT 471: Selected Topics in Linguistics
ANT 448: Ethnological Method & Theory
ANT 471: Selected Topics in Linguistics
English:
ENG 210: Introduction to Semantics
ENG 211: Linguistics
ENG 411A: Linguistics for English Majors

ENG 411B: Principles of Modern Grammar
ENG 414B: Development of American English
ENG 414A: History of the English Language
ENG 415B: Old English I
ENG 415C: Old English II
ENG 420A: Survey of Literary Criticism
Foreign Languages:
FOL 311: Introduction to Linguistics
FOL 414: Romance Linguistics
FOL 416: Comparative Linguistics: Languages of the World
FOL 499: Applications of Linguistics to the Teaching of Languages
FRE 312: French Phonetics
GER 311: Introduction to German Linguistics
GER 312: German Phonetics
SPAN 312: Spanish Phonetics & Phonology
SPAN 496: Spanish Dialectology
Philosophy:
PHI 109: Introduction to Formal Logic
PHI 421: Symbolic Logic
PHI 425: Philosophy of Language
PHI 456: Philosophy of Culture
Psychology:
PSY 416: Cognitive Psychology
PSY 417: Psycholinguistics

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

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
The Linguistic Studies degree at UNLV offers its majors and minors a strong skill-set in critical and analytical thinking, as well as giving students a basis for future careers in language and linguistics pedagogy, translation, and speech technology. The degree also prepares students for further study in graduate school at the doctoral level in a number of fields (e.g., anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, literature, law, and library science).
Contact:
UNLV Career Services
Tel. (702) 895-3495

PROFESSIONAL ADVISING:
Lea Sexton, Director
Wilson Advising Center
Appointments: Tel. (702) 895-1997
Fax. (702) 895-1999
Campus Office:
Wright Hall Building B Room 131
Website: http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Liberal_Arts/WAC/

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