Linguistics and Spanish BA

Overview

The major combines the basic courses of the general linguistics program with that of Spanish. Students are able to study the Spanish language, literatures, and cultures of the Hispanic heritage, as well as enrich their knowledge about the nature, grammar, and history of human language.

Learning Outcomes

Ability to apply critical thinking skills through linguistic data analysis in phonetics, phonology, syntax, and at least one other subfield

Understanding of advanced theoretical concepts and/or analytical techniques in at least one subfield

Ability to write technical material in linguistics, including language description and theory-based analysis

Ability to access scholarly literature on language structure and use it in research

Entry to the Major

Transfer Students

Transfer applicants to the Linguistics and Spanish major with 90 or more units must complete as many of the following introductory courses as possible prior to admission to UCLA: two years of Spanish; one Spanish composition course; one Spanish, Portuguese, and nature of language course; one Spanish civilization course or one Spanish American civilization course; one introduction to linguistics course; and one year of a second foreign language.

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

Major Requirements

Preparation for the Major

Complete four courses and the foreign language requirement as follows:

LING 20 - Introduction to Linguistic Analysis SPAN M35 - Spanish, Portuguese, and Nature of Language

Spanish 25 or 27

Spanish 42 or 44

Foreign Language

The Major

Complete 11 upper-division courses as follows:

Linguistics

Linguistics Elective

Spanish

Spanish Elective

Honors Program

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.

Linguistics 198A and 198B

Linguistics 199

Computing Specialization

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.

Introduction to Computing

Linguistics 185A and Mathematics 61

Linguistics Elective

Policies

Preparation for the Major Policies

Linguistics 20 must be passed with a letter grade of C or better prior to beginning upper-division coursework in the major.

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).

The Major Policies