Core General Education Courses

• LING 21: Language and Thinking (3 units)

  • Exploring systems of language and logic in oral and written discourse, with a focus on the role of the shared cultural assumptions, language style and the media of presentation in shaping the form and content of argumentation. 

• LING 20: The Nature of Language (3 units)

  • Introduction to the nature of language as a social institution and practice in observing language structure and use in local communities. 

• LING 24: Language Variation in Space, Time, and Culture (3 units)

  • Exploring the diverse structural patterns and social functions found in English; analyzing the social, cultural, political, historical, and technological factors underlying language change; developing critical thinking and effective argumentation in writing. 

• LING 22: Language Across the Lifespan (3 units)

  • Introduction to what is known about how people successfully learn second languages, with a focus on physiological, psychological, socio-cultural and linguistic factors that affect second language acquisition and on skills and strategies that promote language learning across the lifespan.