Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language

Linguistics is the study of human language—seeking to define its nature, to establish its relationship to human thought, to discover what distinguishes human language from other forms of communication (human and nonhuman), to understand how children develop a language and acquire additional ones, to understand the ways in which languages may differ from one another and to describe how human beings use language in context to engage in all the other “human” activities.

A Linguistics Certificate complements various careers including: language program developer, director or coordinator, language teacher, foreign service worker, language consultant, materials design and developer, computer programmer, writer, journalist, and editor.

1. Required Core Courses (12 units)

Note: LING 404 or LING 506 can be taken as an elective if not taken to fulfill the core requirements.

2. Electives (6 units)

Choose two electives:

LING 403 Introduction to Morphology (3)
LING 404 Syntax (3)
LING 411 Introduction to Historical Linguistics (3)
LING 427 Languages in Contact (3)
LING 447 Bilingualism in the U.S. (3)
LING 455 Computational Linguistics (3)
LING 495A-Z Selected Topics in Linguistics (3)
LING 503 Seminar in Cognitive Linguistics (3)
LING 505 Seminar in Discourse Analysis (3)
LING 506 Foundational Concepts of Phonetics and Phonology (3)
LING 517 Foundational Concepts of Language Development and Acquisition (3)
LING 566 Research Methods for Linguistics (3)
LING 590A-Z Selected Topics in Linguistics/TESL (3)

Total Units for the Certificate: 18