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Linguistics Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

LIN 210Introduction to Linguistics

3
Three additional courses selected from the list below

9-10
Study of one foreign language at least through the 220-level
Study of a second foreign language at least through the 120-level

If the first foreign language is French or Spanish, it is recommended but not required that the second foreign language should be an ancient or non-Romance language, such as Chinese, German, Greek, Japanese, or Latin. Native fluency in a language other than English may satisfy the requirement of a second foreign language studied through the 120-level. Students who have studied a foreign language in high school and have received a grade of 4 or 5 on the AP subject test, or who have taken the placement test at Centre and been placed at the 210-level or higher, may satisfy the requirement of a second foreign language studied through the 120-level with either of those test scores.

A capstone experience

A project consisting of one of the following, subject to approval by the linguistics minor committee: an academic internship, an independent study, or a linguistics focus in the junior or senior project of the major, with a product presented at the annual RICE symposium or other venue for student presentations. This capstone need not be a separate course. It may be fulfilled by courses in the student’s major provided the course is not used to fulfill the five-course requirement above.

Courses Fulfilling Minor Requirements:

ANT 347Language, Culture, and Power

3
ASL 110American Sign Language

3
CSC 270Data Structures

4
CSC 374Theory of Computation

3
ENG 215History of the English Language

3
ENG 313Chaucer

3
FRE 306French Phonetics

3
LIN 211/CLA 347Indo-European Linguistics and Poetic Traditions

3
PHI 211The Structure of Good Reasoning

3
PHI 212Symbolic Logic

3
PHI 34220th-Century Analytic Philosophy

3
POL 337Media and Politics

3
PSY 300Cognition

3
SPA 255Hispanic Linguistics

3
SPA 290History of the Spanish Language

3
CLA 212Medical Terms: Greek & Latin Roots

3

NOTES:

  1. Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
  2. Some of the courses listed above have prerequisites, and several courses are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two or three years. Students interested in the minor are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to plan their preparation for the minor and to discuss course offering schedules.