General Education courses

All undergraduate students at UMass must fulfill General Education (GenEd) requirements. There are a number of GenEd courses in linguistics or related to linguistics offered by the Linguistics department as well as by other departments.

Undergraduate Program Resources

The linguistics department offers several options for majoring and minoring in linguistics. To declare a major or minor, see the Majors and Requirements page. For general questions about the undergraduate program, e-mail the Undergraduate Program Director at this e-mail address. Email our Minors Advisor for questions about the minor.

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GenEd courses offered by the Linguistics department

  • LINGUIST 101: People and their Language (DU, SB), offered every semester in-person and also available on-line
  • LINGUIST 150: Language through Time (HS), offered approximately every 1-2 years
  • LINGUIST 201: How Language Works: Intro to Linguistic Theory (R2), offered every semester in-person and also available on-line. This is also the foundation course for our major.
     

GenEd courses related to linguistics offered by other departments

There are also a number of GenEd courses offered by other departments that relate to linguistics, listed below.

  • ANTHRO 105: Language, Culture and Communication (DG, SB)
  • PHYS 114: Theory of Sound with Applications to Speech and Hearing Science (PS)
  • SLHS 100: Intro to Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (DU/SB)
  • SPANISH 382: Spanish in the US (DU/SB). Note: course readings are in Spanish.
  • SPANISH 471: Linguistic Varieties and Pluralism (DG/SB). Prereq: SPANISH 240/246