Applied Linguistics B.A.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the general University requirements for the B.A. degree, majors must complete an adviser-approved program to include the following:

REQUIRED COURSES 28 credits

300-level courses

400-level courses

ADVISER APPROVED ELECTIVES 24 credits

Students should meet with the departmental undergraduate adviser to determine which options are most appropriate for them. Students interested in general applied linguistics should choose from Ling 232, Ling 233, Ling 332U, Ling 334U, Ling 409, Ling 414, Ling 416, Ling 417, Ling 418, Ling 419, Ling 433, Ling 437, Ling 445, Ling 470, Ling 472, Ling 476, Ling 480, Ling 481,Ling 482, and Ling 490. Students interested in theoretical or structural linguistics should choose from Ling 232,  Ling 233, Ling 411, Ling 412, Ling 414, Ling 416, Ling 417, Ling 418, Ling 420, Ling 433, Ling 445, Ling 476, Ling 480, Ling 482, and Ling 490. Students interested in language use in the classroom should choose from Ling 409, Ling 416, Ling 438, Ling 439, Ling 470, Ling 471, Ling 472, Ling 473, Ling 475, Ling 476, Ling 480, Ling 481, and Ling 490. Ling 410 requires prior adviser approval.

At least 16 of the 24 elective credits are required to be from PSU Linguistics courses. Approved elective options from other departments include WLL 399, WLL 438, RUS 325 (complete any of the final project options that are approved for the Russian Flagship program), CS 311, CS 358, Jpn 494, Fr 325, Span 312, Span 325, Span 395, Span 494, Span 495, Span 497, Span 498, SpHr 471, SpHr 487. For other courses not taken in PSU Linguistics to count toward the major, students must get approval from the chair or the departmental undergraduate adviser.

Students planning to complete the TESL certificate concurrently with the BA or to enter the MA TESOL program after the BA should work with an adviser to carefully plan their program.

TYPOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FROM ENGLISH / LANGUAGE STRUCTURE REQUIREMENT 4 credits

1. Take 1 term of a single language that is typologically different from English (choose from: Arabic, ASL, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Turkish, or Vietnamese).
2. Take 1 class that focuses on language structure across languages:

All courses used to satisfy the department major requirements must be graded C- or above. Courses taken pass/no pass are not acceptable toward fulfilling department major requirements. By the end of the first quarter of admission to the program, students must consult with the adviser to select the appropriate courses. On completion, the entire program must also be approved by the undergraduate adviser.