Undergraduate Program
Requirements
Undergraduate Program in Linguistics
The Linguistics department offers several options for majoring and minoring in Linguistics, as well as innovative general education courses. A Linguistics major can focus purely on linguistics theory, or combine Linguistics with another field or language. There are six interdisciplinary majors in which the study of Linguistics forms a significant part of the curriculum. These are a combination of Linguistics and Anthropology, Chinese, German, Japanese, Philosophy, and Psychology. It is also possible to major in linguistics alone or to minor in Linguistics. The joint majors are currently under review. Please contact both departments before considering any of these majors to determine current availability of course offerings.
If you are interested in discussing majoring or minoring in Linguistics, or have questions about any undergraduate Linguistics courses, please make an appointment with the Undergraduate Advisor, or stop by during office hours.
Choosing an interesting minor or acquiring a certificate of specialization helps with life after graduation. Here is the link for the minors and certificates that are offered at UMass.
Some choices of minors that might be interesting in combination with linguistics:
Certificates and Letters
African Studies (Five College), Asian and Asian American Studies, Criminal Justice, International Relations, Interpreter's Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies (Five College), Native American Indian Studies, Public Policy and Administration, Social Research and Analysis.
Minors
Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Arabic Language, Chinese, Computer Science, English, Food Science, French and Francophone Studies, German, Greek, Hebrew, Information Technology, Italian Studies, Japanese, Judaic Studies, Latin, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Middle Eastern Studies, Modern European Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Portuguese, Psychology, Russian and East European Studies, Science, Sociology, Spanish.
Letters of Specialization
Criminal Justice (Sociology), Developmental Disabilities and Human Services (Psychology), Marketing Information Technology (Marketing), Social Reseach and Analysis (Sociology).
Other Nonmajor Programs
Several departments regularly offer courses at the elementary and intermediate levels in other languages (Danish, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Yiddish).