{"id":1443,"date":"2024-10-11T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T17:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/?page_id=1443"},"modified":"2024-10-11T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T20:09:11","slug":"undergraduate-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/academic-programs\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Courses in Linguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Undergraduate Courses<\/h2>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">110<\/span><\/span> Say What' Accents, Dialects, and Society<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\">Fall and Spring<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-I\">The Individual in Community<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-2\">Research and Information Literacy<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-E\">Social Inquiry I<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Exploration of how variation in accents and dialects interacts with various aspects of society and human life. Students examine how dialect variation arises, how it can be described, and how it interacts with literature, film, humor, and music. Cannot be taken for credit by students who have previously taken, or are currently taking, CAS LX 250 or a higher-level linguistics course. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, The Individual in Community, Research and Information Literacy.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">120<\/span><\/span> Language and Music<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\"><\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-B\">Aesthetic Exploration<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-2\">Research and Information Literacy<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-D\">Scientific Inquiry I<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Is the co-occurrence of music and language in human societies coincidental or inevitable? This course examines this question by defining what language and music are, exploring their structural similarities and differences, and surveying global diversity in musical and linguistic expression. Carries humanities divisional studies credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Scientific Inquiry I, Research and Information Literacy.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">208<\/span><\/span> The Language of Our Ancestors: Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\"><\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        \n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Panorama of ancient and medieval Indo-European languages and cultures. English, Irish, Hindi, Russian, Armenian, and Farsi languages are all related and belong to Indo-European family: they descended from a common ancestor, Proto-Indo-European. This protolanguage can be reconstructed using historical-comparative method.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">235<\/span><\/span> Language in the Contemporary World: Language, Society, and the Law<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\"><\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-K\">Ethical Reasoning<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-N\">Oral and\/or Signed Communication<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-3\">Teamwork\/Collaboration<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Exploration of the role of human language in society, focusing on language in legal settings. Addresses governmental policy on language; language crimes such as perjury, solicitation, and bribery; the meaning of consent; and the linguistics of legal interpretation. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Oral and\/or Signed Communication, Teamwork\/Collaboration.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">250<\/span><\/span> Introduction to Linguistics<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\">Fall and Spring<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-1\">Critical Thinking<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-J\">Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-D\">Scientific Inquiry I<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Properties that languages share and how languages differ with respect to structure (sound system, word formation, syntax), expression of meaning, acquisition, variation, and change; cultural and artistic uses of language; comparison of oral, written, and signed languages. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Scientific Inquiry I, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">301<\/span><\/span> Phonetics and Phonology: Introduction to Sound Systems<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\">Fall<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        <div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-1\">Critical Thinking<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-G\">Quantitative Reasoning I<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-F\">Scientific Inquiry II<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLX 250 or consent of instructor -  Introduction to the nature and patterning of sounds in human language. Presents articulatory and acoustic phonetics, and basic phonological analysis, focusing on cross-language typology and comparison. Hands-on development of practical skills, including IPA transcription, field techniques, and digital speech analysis. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: , Critical Thinking, Quantitative Reasoning 1, Scientific Inquiry 2.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">311<\/span><\/span> Morphology: Introduction to the Structures and Shapes of Words<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\"><\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        \n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLX250) or consent of instructor. - Morphology, the study of the internal structure and the shapes of words across languages, straddles the boundary between syntax and phonology. This course covers the major empirical and theoretical issues in the study of morphology, emphasizing links to other components of grammar. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Also offered as GRS LX 611. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course entitled \"Morphology\" that was previously numbered CAS LX 521.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">317<\/span><\/span> \"Having\" and \"Being\" across Languages<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\"><\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        \n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLX 250, or consent of instructor. - Languages differ startlingly in how they express the apparently basic concepts of \"possession\" and \"essence\". Students explore this variety and its implications, addressing fundamental questions about linguistic relativism, language universals, and the relationship between structure and meaning.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">321<\/span><\/span> Syntax: Introduction to Sentential Structure<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\">Fall and Spring<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        \n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLX 250, or consent of instructor; Undergraduate Corequisites: CASLX 322. (Students must also register for required co-req CASLX 322). Introduction to syntax as an object of inquiry. Students build an increasingly sophisticated model of syntactic knowledge to account for data from English and other languages, constructing and evaluating alternative hypotheses about how sentence structure works.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><aside class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<div class=\"cf-course-card\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"cf-course-title\"><span class=\"cf-course-id\"><span class=\"cf-course-college\">CAS<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-dept\">LX<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-number\">327<\/span><\/span> Focus<\/h3>\n\t\t<p class=\"meta cf-course-info\"><span class=\"cf-course-credits\">4 credits.<\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-offered\"><\/span> <span class=\"cf-course-prereqs\"><\/span><\/p>\n        \n\t\t<p class=\"cf-course-description\">Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLX250) or consent of instructor. - Exploration of focus in natural language, integrating syntax, phonology, semantics, morphology, and pragmatics in pursuit of general understanding of the cross-linguistic diversity of focus phenomena and the ways in which different linguistic processes cooperate to express focus. Also offered as GRS LX 627. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS LX 518.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/aside><div class=\"paging\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span> &middot; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/academic-programs\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-courses\/2\/\">2<\/a><\/span> &middot; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/academic-programs\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-courses\/3\/\">3<\/a><\/span> &middot; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/academic-programs\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-courses\/4\/\">4<\/a><\/span> &middot; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/academic-programs\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-courses\/5\/\">5<\/a><\/span> &middot; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/academic-programs\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-courses\/6\/\">6<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduate Courses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18548,"featured_media":0,"parent":64,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/landing.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1443\/revisions\/1481"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}