Majors, Minors and Concentrations Details
B.A. degree program in linguistics
HEGIS code 1505
NYS SED program code 02051
The Brooklyn College Linguistics Program, which draws its faculty from several language related departments, offers students training in understanding and analyzing language and covers the full scope of the field of linguistics through an interdisciplinary approach. We offer students a bachelor of arts degree or a minor in linguistics as well as a special double-major option.
Our students learn the phonetic and phonological sound systems of language and gain an understanding of morphology - how sounds are combined into meaningful words and inflections. They learn to appreciate syntax - how words are put together in utterances - and semantics - the meanings and nuances of language. They survey the variation in language use across individuals, regions, and societies by studying sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics. Students appreciate the development of language over time through historical linguistics. Our students learn about the complex interaction between the brain and language through psycholinguistics. Linguistics majors and minors also have the opportunity to apply linguistics to modern world problems, computer processing programs for language, and, in a senior seminar, their own interests.
Our graduates choose careers in law, education, speech pathology and audiology, computer science, publishing, English, English as a second language, linguistics, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and classical languages.
Program/Department Advisers
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| Patkowski, Mark | Professor | 718-951-5928 | 1420 N |
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e-mail for appointment |
Building codes:
A-Whitehead; B-Boylan; J-James;
N-Ingersoll; NE-Ingersoll Extension; R-Roosevelt; RE-Roosevelt Extension; WEB - West End Building
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Department requirements for major (31-36 credits)
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Students must complete parts 1 through 5.
1. Linguistics 2001 or Anthropology 2300.
2. Three of the following: Linguistics 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 4000.
3. Two of the following: Anthropology 3301, 3392, English 3520, 3521, 3524, Linguistics 3023, Philosophy 3203 or 3204, 3530, Psychology 3540, 3541, Speech 1113, 2231; plus any prerequisites of the courses.
4. Two of the following: Anthropology 3310, 3320, 3360; Computer Science 2210, 3110, 3130, 3410; English 3196, 3522, 3523; Philosophy 3123, 3220, 3420, 3422; Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 4410, 4420; Psychology 2600, 3530, 3580; Speech 1178, 1179; course in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures numbered 2021 or above, or Greek 4031 or above, or Latin 4131 or above, or Hebrew 3111 or above, or the equivalent; any unused courses from parts 2 and 3 above; plus any prerequisites of the courses.
Appropriate courses may be substituted for a total of not more than two courses in areas 3 and/or 4 with permission of the Linguistics Program director.
5. Linguistics 4001W, a capstone seminar to be taken in the senior year.
Note: When linguistics is a student's second major, up to three courses in parts 3 and 4 which are applicable toward the requirements of the student's first major may also be applied toward the requirements of the second major in linguistics.
