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Linguistics Dept. UC Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Linguistics Major
Language Studies Major
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| Language Studies Degrees and Requirements Home Successful completion of the language studies major leads to a BA degree in language studies. The department also offers a minor in language studies. Requirements for the completion of each program may be found below.
To graduate with a BA in language studies, students must complete three course components: the language component, the linguistics component, and the elective component. Each component is discussed further below. In addition, students must also satisfy the senior exit requirement. The Language Component: Students must demonstrate a high level of competence in their language of emphasis. Seven languages are currently available for intensive study:
Students whose language of emphasis is Japanese or Chinese must reach a level of competence equivalent to three years of college study (through Level 6 plus an additional three courses). For all other languages, students must achieve a level of competence equivalent to two years of college study, and pass at least one course which has level 6 as a prerequisite.. Students who come to the program with some competence in one of the languages that they wish to study may opt out of the lower levels and move directly to a higher level of instruction. For most languages, students must take a placement exam to accomplish this. Placement exams are administered at the start of each quarter. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes for the quarter in which they would like to take the exam, or else contact the Language Program (239 Cowell, 459-2054). The Linguistics Component: Students must complete six linguistics courses. The following courses are required for all language studies majors:
In addition, students complete two upper division elective courses, which in the usual case will be chosen from the list below:
The Elective Component: Finally, Language Studies majors take 5 upper division courses in Linguistics or in the social, historical, political, cultural, or literary context of the primary language. It is sometimes possible to use courses taken while on EAP to satisfy elective requirements. Senior Exit Requirement: All students at UCSC must satisfy a Senior Exit Requirement in order to graduate. Language Studies majors can satisfy the senior exit requirement in one of two ways. Option 1: Successful completion of a capstone course. Students designate one appropriate upper division course as their capstone course. In addition to fulfilling the normal requirements for the capstone course, such students (who must be seniors, and have completed LING 52/55 and 101) concurrently enroll in LING 190 (Senior Research, two credits, enrollment limited to 10) and under the guidance of the instructor of the capstone course produce a research paper. Option 2: Senior thesis supervised by a faculty member. The proposal for a senior thesis must be submitted for departmental approval at least one year prior to the quarter of graduation. Students must have done very good to excellent work in courses in the major to be approved for this option, and should begin talking with the relevant faculty member well in advance. To work on the thesis, Students enroll in LING 195 (Senior Thesis) with the faculty advisor as instructor. The minor in language studies requires competence in a primary language equivalent to two years of college study. As is the case with the language studies major, students may demonstrate competence by placing out. For the linguistics component, five courses are required: Introduction to Linguistics (LING 50), Syntax I or Syntactic Structures (LING 52 or 55), Phonology I (LING 101), and two upper division courses. In addition, three upper-division elective/context courses are required.
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