The Departmental Honors program requires 16 credits of honors coursework, the completion of which enables you to graduate "With Honors." You do not have to be enrolled in the University Honors program (32 credits) to undertake the Departmental Honors program (a 16-credits); however, Departmental Honors can be undertaken as part of the University Honors program.
Departmental Honors students must maintain an overall 3.20 grade point average and a 3.20 average in the major. Required honors coursework is as follows; the Honors Course Designation Form must be completed for all courses except the honors thesis.
- One course in the sounds of language with honors designation (603H Phonetics or 604H Phonology)
- One course in sentence structure or meaning with honors designation (606H Syntax or 607H Semantics)
- One additional 700 or 800 level course in linguistics with honors designation chosen in coordination with the linguistics honors program coordinator
- LING 695H (Senior Honors, 4 credits). Students will write a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member of the Linguistics program or, with approval from the linguistics department coordinator, a faculty member from another department or program. Students are advised to enroll in a 700-level course, or to complete an INCO 590 or 790 or other research experience related to the thesis project in the semester preceding the work on the thesis project.
Honors Courses
- ENGL 715, Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language
- ENGL 716, Curriculum and Materials in English as a Second Language
- ENGL 718, English Linguistics and Literature
- ENGL 719, Sociolinguistics Survey
- ENGL 727, World Englishes
- ENGL 752, History of the English Language
- ENGL 779, Linguistic Field Methods
- LLC 791, Methods of Foreign Language Teaching
- LING 790, Special Topics in Linguistic Theory
- PHIL 550H, Logic (Honors) (Note on Gen. Ed. requirements)*
- PHIL 745, Philosophy of Language
- PSYC 712, Psychology of Language
- RUSS 733, History and Development of Russian
- SPAN 733, History of the Spanish Language
*If PHIL 550H is used to satisfy the Honors requirement in Linguistics, then it may not be used to satisfy a General Education requirement.
Students who want to take these courses as honors courses will inform the instructor at the beginning of the semester, and will do additional work beyond that required for non-honors students.
