The Linguistics Minor in CAS

Six Linguistics courses

Courses in linguistic theory

The minor normally includes the following three courses.

• CAS LX 502 Semantics

• CAS LX 510 Phonetics

• CAS LX 522 Syntax (offered in the fall)

Electives

Two electives to be chosen, in consultation with an adviser, from a wide variety of course offerings in the following areas:

• Logic and the philosophy of language

• Language, culture, and society

• Language acquisition

• Neurological aspects of language

• Linguistic theory

The minor consists of a total of six courses, which normally include those listed below. Students may include up to three transfer courses from other colleges, universities, or non-Boston University study abroad programs and must take a minimum of three courses on the Charles River Campus.

CAS general requirements and the Linguistics Minor

If your major is in the Social Sciences or Natural Sciences, then a Linguistics Minor will automatically satisfy all of your Humanities Divisional Studies requirements.

• That means that a minor in linguistics may replace up to 4 required Humanities courses.

For students who entered the College of Arts and Sciences in September 1995 or after:

• If your major is in the Natural Sciences, you may use the linguistics minor to replace up to 4 Humanities courses toward the 6 courses required in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
• If your major is in the Social Sciences, the linguistics minor may replace both of your required Humanities Divisional Studies courses.