Linguistics Program

Students at UNCG may major or minor in Linguistics through the University’s Special Programs in Liberal Studies. Linguistics majors and minors undertake the formal study of language in several disciplines of the social sciences and humanities, and are prepared for graduate work in many fields as well as for further study for careers in teaching, especially in language arts, foreign languages, and communication studies. Linguistics serves especially well as a second major for majors in Anthropology, Classical Studies, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Communication Studies, English, French, German, or Spanish. Linguistics majors who double major in English, Classical Studies with a concentration in Latin, French, German, Spanish, or Professions in Deafness may also pursue Standard Professional I teacher licensure in those areas.

The Linguistics concentration gives students a broad-based grounding in the modern, empirical study of sound, form, structure, and meaning in language, as well as in the ways that language interacts with society and culture. The Applied Linguistics concentration gives students a firm grounding in linguistics as a preparation for teaching English as a second language, for teaching in multilingual contexts, for clinical work or research in communications sciences and disorders, and for teaching deaf or hard of hearing students.