The Department of English offers a minor in Linguistics to NC State students, except English majors in the Linguistics and Rhetoric and Professional Writing concentrations. The minor is designed to investigate the structure and function of language as a cognitive and behavioral science. Five courses in designated areas of linguistics are required in the minor. Among students likely to be attracted to this minor are those who expect to pursue graduate study in linguistics, those interested in world languages or English as a second language, and those interested in communication sciences. No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Students can apply for admission to any university minor program in MyPack Portal. Admission will be based on the student’s academic record, and in most cases no longer requires departmental review. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from their degree program. Students can monitor their progress toward completing the minor by viewing their Minor Degree Audit online, anytime, in MyPack Portal. 

Questions regarding unmet course requirements on your Minor Degree Audit (indicated by a red ‘X’) should be directed to the Minor Coordinator.

Contact Person

For more information, including program contact information, visit the Department of English website.

SIS Code:  16LIM

Plan Requirements

• Completion of 15 credit hours of designated courses, all at the 200 level or above.
• At least 3 courses must be above the 200 level.
• Must also complete the study of a foreign language through the 201 level.
• Must have an overall GPA of 2.0 in the minor and may count no course lower than a ‘C-‘.
• At least 9 hours must be taken in residency at NC State.
• Transfer credits must be evaluated by the coordinator of the minor, regardless of their disposition by any other office of the University.
• A maximum of two (2) courses may be used (double-counted) towards both departmental major requirements and minor requirements.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Area I
ENG 210	Introduction to Language and Linguistics	3
Area II
Select one of the following:		3
ENG 315	Phonetics
ENG 298	Special Projects in English
ENG 324	Modern English Syntax
ENG 325	Spoken and Written Traditions of American English Dialects
ENG 326	History of the English Language
ENG 327	Language and Gender
ENG 328	Language and Writing
ENG 329	Language in Globalization
FLS 333	The Sounds of Spanish
Area III
Select one of the following:		3
ANT 254	Language and Culture
ENG 335	Language Development
FL 424/524	Linguistics for Teachers of Multilingual Learners
PHI 331	Philosophy of Language
PHI 425	Introduction to Cognitive Science
SOC 207	Language and Society
Area IV
Select two of the following:		6
ENG 298	Special Projects in English (where relevant)
ENG 315	Phonetics
ENG 324	Modern English Syntax
ENG 325	Spoken and Written Traditions of American English Dialects
ENG 326	History of the English Language
ENG 327	Language and Gender
ENG 328	Language and Writing
ENG 329	Language in Globalization
ENG 338	Speech Science
ENG 491	Honors in English (where relevant)
ENG 494	Special Topics in Linguistics
ENG 498	Special Topics in English (where relevant)
FL 508	Second Language Acquisition Research: Interlanguage Development
FLF 502	Variety in Language: French
FLS 333	The Sounds of Spanish
FLS 402	Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
FLS 405	Spanish-English Comparative Grammar
FLS 502	Linguistic Structure of Spanish
FLS 503	Spanish Applied Linguistics
FLS 504	Spanish Language Change and Variation
FLS 509	Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
FLS 515	History of Spanish Language
Total Hours		15