Linguistics, BS (Boston)

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Introduction to College

INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern

Introduction to Experiential Learning

EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Linguistic Foundations

One of:
- LING 1150 — Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 1449 — English Now and Then
LING 2350 — Linguistic Analysis
LING 3412 — Language and Culture

Linguistic Structure

From the catalog
Complete four of the following:

Choose 16 semester hours from:
- LING 3420 — Phonetics
- LING 3422 — Phonology
- LING 3424 — Morphology
- LING 3450 — Syntax
- LING 3452 — Semantics

Language in Context

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Complete one of the following:

One of:
- LING 3442 — Sociolinguistics
- LING 3456 — Language and Gender

Language Change

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- LING 3454 — History of English
- LING 3460 — Historical Linguistics

Research Experience

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
With prior linguistics program approval, one of the following experiences can be used to fulfill the research experience:

One of:
- LING 3150 — Field Linguistics
- LING 4891 — Research Seminar in Linguistics
- All of:
  - LING 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
  - LING 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
- LING 4991 — Directed Study Research

Linguistics Seminar

From the catalog
Complete at least one seminar (LING 4654 may be repeated with different topics):

LING 4654 — Seminar in Linguistics

Linguistics Electives

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Complete six electives from the following that have not already been taken to fulfill other major requirements:
LING 3000 to LING 4999
Up to two electives may come from the following list:

Choose 24 semester hours from:
- DEAF 2700 — ASL Linguistics
- PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
- PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
- PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics
- PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
- PSYC 4674 — Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYC 4676 — Seminar in Developmental Psychology

Language Requirement

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete two courses in the same language with a grade of C or higher. Proficiency at elementary level 2 or higher is required.

Writing Requirements

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
One of:
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

Please visit the Linguistics Courses page within this catalog to review the list of courses in the LING 3000–LING 4999 range.

Possible equivalents for this program beyond the above — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under linguistics-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.