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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Linguistics Minor

Program: Minor
Department of Human Services
School of Education

Neff Hall 130 ~ 260-481-6424

Linguistics is the study of the characteristics of language. Accordingly, linguistics courses are valuable preparation for the study of and careers related to anthropology, communication, education, TESOL, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, international languages, psychology, sociology, marketing, law, healthcare, and speech and audiology. Students who are interested in the linguistics minor and want to teach English abroad might be interested in adding the TENL/TESOL certification.  

Declaring this Minor:

  • Declare this minor within the Department of Human Services at 260-481-6424

Program Requirements:

  • The catalog term for the minor will match that of your major degree program
  • At least 6 credits must be earned as resident credit at the 2000+ level or above
  • You must earn a grade of C- or higher for all courses required in the minor
  • A minor is not awarded if requirements are not completed by the time your major degree is certified for graduation

To earn the minor in Linguistics, you must fulfill the following requirements in addition to those noted above:

Core Requirements (12 credits)

Additional Course: 3 Credits

Choose one additional course from the following:

Total Credits: 15

Student Responsibility

You are responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all graduation requirements specified for each selected program. Thus, it is essential that you develop a thorough understanding of the required courses, academic policies, and procedures governing your academic career. If you cannot complete all program requirements by your stated graduation date but fail to remove those from your plan of study, the Registrar’s Office in consultation with your academic advisor will remove unmet pursuits from your plan of study. Changing curricular records during the graduation term of application may affect state or federal financial aid awards. All requests for exceptions to specific requirements must be made in writing and may be granted only by written approval from the appropriate chair or dean.