UNM Department of Linguistics

BA in Linguistics: Concentration in Signed Language Studies

The B.A. in Linguistics with a Concentration in Signed Language Studies allows undergraduate students interested in American Sign Language (ASL) to focus on the linguistic study of signed languages.

Requirements

The B.A. in Linguistics with a Concentration in Signed Language Studies requires 36 hours (24 in required courses, 12 in approved electives) and four semesters of American Sign Language in fulfillment of the undergraduate foreign language requirement.

Required courses are:

• SIGN 305 Signed Language Linguistics (prerequisite LING 101 or permission of instructor)
• LING 322 Grammatical Analysis
• SIGN 352 Language and Culture in the Deaf Community
• SIGN 355 Deaf History and Literature
• LING 367 Psychology of Language
• LING 412 Morphology
• LING 425 Semantic Analysis or LING 429 Discourse Analysis
• LING 331 Language in Society or LING 359 Language and Culture

For more information contact Dr. Phyllis Wilcox