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What is linguistics?
Linguistics Minor Advisory Board:
In its simplest sense, linguistics is the study of
human language. It is a broad, interdisciplinary
field, with exciting applications in disciplines
ranging from advertising, law, and literature -- to
education, speech pathology, and neuroscience
-- to artificial intelligence, politics, and language
teaching and learning.
Jessica Bentley-Sassaman
Department of Exceptionalities
Kim Cardimona
Department of Audiology & Speech Pathology
Nathalie Cornelius
Department of Languages & Cultures
Angelo Costanzo
Department of English
What do linguists study?
• The structure of spoken, signed, and written
language(s)
• How languages vary and change
• How children and adults acquire language
• The connections between language, culture,
society, and identity
• How to help individuals with communication
disorders
• How to recognize and respond to linguistic
prejudice and profiling
• The interaction between technology and
human language
Amy Covill
Department of Psychology
Patricia Dórame-Holoviak
Department of Languages & Cultures
Mykola Polyuha
Department of Languages & Cultures
Ted Roggenbuck
Department of English
Shelley Scarpino
Department of Audiology & Speech Pathology
Pamela Smith
Department of Audiology & Speech Pathology
Luke Springman
Department of Languages & Cultures
Career opportunities for linguists:
• Education (TESOL, foreign language
instruction, educational research, teacher
training, etc.)
• Speech-language pathology
• Translation/Interpreting
• Computer science (natural language
processing, machine translation, artificial
intelligence, etc.)
• Writing/Editing/Publishing
• Marketing/Advertising
For more on linguistics-related careers, visit:
www.linguisticsociety.org/content/why-major-linguistics
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Contact us!
Dr. Angelo Costanzo
Director, Linguistics Minor
office: Bakeless 106B
phone: 570-389-4738
email: [email protected]
@BloomULing
Visit us online!
www.bloomu.edu/linguistics
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Bloomsburg University
Linguistics
Minor
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Linguistics Minor Requirements:
Two UPPER-DIVISION courses
Get Involved!
(6 credits)
• 6 courses (18 units)
• Must include courses with at least three different
prefixes
One CORE course
(3 credits)
ENGLISH 311: Structure of English LANGCULT 400: Comparative Language Studies:
History and Linguistics
Two LOWER-DIVISION courses
(6 credits)
AUDSLP 415:
Basics of Language and
Communication
AUDSLP 460:
Psycholinguistics
ENGLISH 306: Theory and Practice of Writing
ENGLISH 311: Structure of English*
ENGLISH 312: History of the English Language
ENGLISH 412: Topics in Linguistics
History and Linguistics*
PHIL 418:
Philosophy of Mind/Brain
PSYCH 406:
Psychology Seminar,
TOPIC: Advanced Language Study
SPANISH 305: Applied Phonetics & Pronunciation
* When not selected as the required core course
Introduction to Communication
Disorders
AUDSLP 220:
Phonetics
AUDSLP 240:
Normal Language Acquisition
COMMSTUD 205: Understanding Social Influence
COMMSTUD 220: Intercultural Communications
One ELECTIVE
(3 credits)
Any additional lower-division or
upper-division course from the course lists
COMPSCI 121: Java Programming OR
COMPSCI 123: Visual Basic 1
FRENCH 205:
French Phonetics
FRENCH 206:
Structure of the French Language
ENGLISH 111: Language and Social Interaction
ENGLISH 212: English Grammar and Usage
GERMAN 205: Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation
LANGCULT 200: Comparative Cultural Studies
SPANISH 206: Structure of the Spanish Language
BULL is an undergraduate association for
students interested in language and linguistics.
Along with guest lectures and film showings,
BULL organizes TongueFest, an annual event
celebrating linguistic diversity.
LANGCULT 400: Comparative Language Studies:
ASLTERP 225: Linguistics of ASL
AUDSLP 152:
Bloomsburg University Linguistics League
(BULL):
Students may petition other relevant courses
(e.g., topics courses, independent study) to count
toward the linguistics minor. The petitions will be
reviewed by the executive committee.
Some study abroad courses may also count
toward the minor. We encourage students to
take advantage of study abroad opportunities.
Research Opportunities:
Central and northeastern PA dialects are yet to
be explored in depth by linguists. Therefore,
there are numerous opportunities for
researchers to contribute to our knowledge of
variation in this area.
Linguistics research projects at BU have focused
on …
• Central PA dialectology
• Language and ethnicity in the PA Coal Region
• Increasing the role of linguistic variation in the
high school English classroom
• Language, gender, and sexuality in rural PA
communities
• and much more!
Students are encouraged to collaborate on
research projects with faculty members, develop
their own projects, apply for research funding,
and share their findings at on- and off-campus
events.
For more information, visit:
www.bloomu.edu/global-education
Any 200-level foreign language course
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