Major

Major in Linguistics

General Requirements

  1. LING 11501 Introduction to language and linguistics
  2. LING 23502 Linguistic analysisA
  3. LING 34123, 4 Language and cultureA, B
  4. LING 34222 PhonologyA, C
  5. LING 34502 SyntaxA, C
  6. PSYC 3464 Psychology of languageD

Laboratory Requirement

  1. PSYC 11015 Foundations of psychology
  2. PSYC 23202 Statistics in psychological researchD
  3. One of the following labs:
    • PSYC 46104 Lab in psycholinguisticsB, E, F
    • PSYC 46124 Lab in cognitionB, E, F
    • PSYC 4992 Directed studyK

Elective major courses: 3 courses from the following list, not already completed

LING 3402 African-American English
LING 3428 African languages
LING 3430 Applied linguisticsA
LING 3432 Romance linguistics
LING 3434 BilingualismA
LING 3436 Structure of Spanish
LING 3438 Structure of French
LING 3442SociolinguisticsA, B
LING 3444 Linguistics in educationA
LING 3448 Issues in linguisticsA
LING 3452SemanticsA, H
LING 3454 History of English
LING 3456 Language and genderA
LING 3458 Topics in linguisticsA
LING 46544, 6Seminar in linguisticsC, I
LING 4992 Directed studyK

PHIL 12158 Symbolic Logic
PHIL 4540 Philosophy of languageB, J
DEAF 2700 Linguistics of ASLA, B
LANG 3438 Structure of FrenchA
PSYC 3466 CognitionD
PSYC 4520 Language and the brainF
PSYC 4522 Psychology of readingF
PSYC 4524 Cognitive developmentG
PSYC 46104 Lab in psycholinguisticsB, E, F
PSYC 46124 Lab in cognitionB, E, F
PSYC 46584, 6 Seminar in psycholinguisticsE, F
PSYC 46604, 6 Seminar in cognitionE, F

Seminar: Take at least one seminar (LING 4654 or PSYC 4658)

Language Requirement: 2 courses in the language of your choice

Experiential Education: LING 49967 Experiential education or a semester of Study Abroad (not a dialogue)


1 Fulfills the NU Core Arts/Humanities, Lev. 1
2 Fulfills the NU Core Math/Analytical Thinking, Lev. 2
3 Fulfills the NU Core Comparative Study of Cultures
4 Fulfills the NU Core Writing Intensive in the Major
5 Fulfills the NU Core Social Science, Lev. 1
6 Fulfills the NU Core Capstone
7 Fulfills the NU Core Experiential Learning
8 Fulfills the NU Core Math/Analytical Thinking, Lev. 1

A Prerequisite: LING 1150
B Prerequisite: ENGL 1111
C Prerequisite: LING 2350
D Prerequisite: PSYC 1101
E Prerequisite: PSYC 2320
F Prerequisite: PSYC 3464 or PSYC 3466
G Prerequisite: PSYC 3404 or PSYC 3466
H Prerequisite: Core Math/Analytical, Lev. 1
I Prerequisite: two 3000-level LING courses
J Prerequisite: PHIL 1115 and PHIL 1215
K Prerequisite: with prior approval

  • Linguistics Program
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    Northeastern University
    360 Huntington Avenue
    Boston, MA 02115
    617-373-4553
    linguistics@neu.edu