General Catalog 2021-22

Required: Linguistics 20; two of the following: Anthropology 4, Philosophy 31, Psychology 10 (or 100A); completion of the equivalent to the sixth level of one foreign language or the equivalent to the third level of two different foreign languages.

Students who complete an advanced upper-division language course are considered to have completed the equivalent of whatever courses are requisite to that advanced language course (e.g., if students complete German 152, they have automatically satisfied the requirement of the sixth level of work in German).

Transfer applicants to the Linguistics major with 90 or more units must complete as many of the following introductory courses as possible prior to admission to UCLA: one introduction to linguistics course, two courses from symbolic logic, introductory psychology or psychological statistics, or cultural anthropology, and two years of one foreign language or one year of two different foreign languages.

Refer to the UCLA transfer admission guide for up-to-date information regarding transfer selection for admission.

Required: Eleven upper-division or graduate courses including Linguistics 103, 120A, 120B, 120C; two courses from 104, 110, 130, or 132; and two courses from 165A, 165B, 165C (students may substitute courses 200A, 200B, and 200C for 165A, 165B, and 165C respectively if they receive grades of A in 120A, 120B, and 120C respectively and have consent of instructor); and three upper-division elective courses from the Linguistics Department (minimum 4 grade units each).

No more than one course from 197, 198A, 198B, and 199 may be applied toward the major.

One linguistics-related course (minimum 4 graded units) offered by another department may be applied toward the elective in consultation with the Linguistics Department undergraduate student affairs officer.

A 2.0 grade-point average in linguistics courses is required for the major.

Departmental honors are awarded at graduation to those students who have a grade-point average of 3.6 or better in their junior and senior years and who have received a grade of A in Linguistics 198A and 198B or in 199. Qualified students may be proposed by any member of the faculty to the faculty as a whole for the award of highest honors on the basis of a piece of research in linguistics completed at UCLA.

Students may select a specialization in Computing by (1) satisfying all the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in the specified major and (2) completing Program in Computing 10A and 10B and 10C (or Computer Science 31 and 32), Linguistics 185A, Mathematics 61, and one course selected from Linguistics 104, 127, 132, 165A, 165B, 165C, 180, 185B. Students graduate with a bachelor’s degree in their major and a specialization in Computing.