2024-2025 Binghamton University Academic Guide
Linguistics
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Linguistics - the scientific study of language - is inherently interdisciplinary. With respect to the administrative and curricular divisions of Harpur College at Binghamton University, the field of linguistics is, in fact, fully interdivisional. The subject matter of linguistics includes topics from all three divisions: humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics.
The major and minor programs in linguistics provide a foundation in the principles of linguistic theory and method, as well as a wide variety of cross-disciplinary and sub-disciplinary offerings.
Linguistics as Preparation for Graduate and Professional Studies
Undergraduate study in linguistics serves as an excellent preparation for graduate and professional study in many fields, including law, anthropology, education and counseling, and language pathology, as well as linguistics itself. Students planning to pursue graduate or professional study in any of these areas are strongly advised to keep these plans in mind as they select courses. Students with an interest in graduate work in linguistics, for example, are well advised to study at least two languages other than English; one, a language of scholarship and the other, a non-Western language. Students considering professional training in applied and clinical areas such as language teaching, speech/language pathology and audiology, deaf education or counseling are urged to consult appropriate pre-professional information sources early in their undergraduate career, preferably not later than the beginning of the sophomore year.
Honors in Linguistics
The award of honors in linguistics is based upon completion of an acceptable honors thesis. To be considered for honors, a student must have at least a B+ average in linguistics courses, must secure the approval of a faculty member who agrees to serve as the honors thesis supervisor and a second faculty member who will serve as a reader, and must submit a written request to the program director for approval no later than the end of the semester preceding the student’s final semester. Up to four credits may be obtained for the thesis by registering for LING 498. LING 498 may not be used, however, toward fulfillment of the minimum course requirements for the major. By the last day of classes in the student’s final semester, each honors thesis supervisor must submit written confirmation that an acceptable thesis has been completed or is certain to be completed by the end of the semester.
Programs
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