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2026-2027 Course Catalog
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2026-2027 Course Catalog

Source: https://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/las/minors/linguistics/ Parent: https://catalog.illinois.edu/degree-programs/undergraduate_index/

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics

The Linguistics Minor is designed for students who seek a basic familiarity with the field and is especially suited for students with majors in foreign language and other language-related fields such as anthropology, computer science, English, psychology, communication, and for anyone interested in the nature of language.

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | LING 100 | Intro to Language Science | 3 | | Select two of the following: | | 6 | | LING 301 | Elements of Syntax | | | LING 302 | Elements of Phonology | | | LING 307 | Elmnts Semantics & Pragmatics | | | Nine additional hours of linguistics courses, including at least six hours chosen from the following: | | 9 | | LING 301 | Elements of Syntax (if not chosen for the second requirement above) | | | LING 302 | Elements of Phonology (if not chosen for the second requirement above) | | | LING 307 | Elmnts Semantics & Pragmatics (if not chosen for the second requirement above) | | | LING 210 | Language History | | | LING 225 | Language, Mind, and Brain | | | LING 250 | American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US | | | LING 400 | Intro to Linguistic Structure | | | LING 401 | Intro to General Phonetics | | | LING 406 | Introduction to Computational Linguistics | |

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics

  1. Analyze the phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic systems of language.
  2. Compare how these systems vary across languages and change over time.
  3. Formulate hypotheses about how languages are processed, how they are learned, and how they express social identity.
  4. Apply linguistics to solve practical problems like how to teach languages effectively or how to implement language technologies.
  5. Describe linguistic analyses and defend them using reproducible empirical evidence.

for the Undergraduate Minor in Linguistics

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