UCSD Linguistics Department

Undergraduate Linguistics/General (LIGN) Courses

Number Title Notes
LIGN 3 Language as a Social & Cultural Phenomenon With 2 of LIGN 4, 7, and 8: satisfies Muir Social Sciences Requirement.
LIGN 4 Language as a Cognitive System With 2 of LIGN 3, 7, and 8: satisfies Muir Social Sciences Requirement.
LIGN 7 Sign Language & Its Culture Satisfies: Muir cultural diversity requirement, Revelle American cultures requirement, Warren cultural diversity requirement.
Counts toward Marshall disciplinary breadth requirement, ERC regional specialization requirement.
With 2 of LIGN 3, 4, and 8: satisfies Muir Social Sciences Requirement.
LIGN 8 Languages and Cultures of America Satisfies the Muir College cultural diversity requirement and the Revelle College American Culture requirement.
LIGN 17 Making and Breaking Codes Satisfies Marshall College computational skills requirement, Roosevelt and Warren College formal skills requirement and lower-division formal skills requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 101 Introduction to the Study of Language Required for all majors. Serves as prerequisite for most Linguistics General courses. Satisfies psychological foundation requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 104 Language and Conceptualization Satisfies psychological foundation requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN105 Law & Language Prerequisite: None.
May be taken as one of the courses for the major in Linguistics.
May be used as an elective course for the minor in Law & Society.
LIGN108 Languages of Africa Prerequisite: None.
May be taken as one of the courses for the major in Linguistics.
LIGN 110 Phonetics Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Required for majors.
LIGN 111 Phonology I Prerequisite: LIGN 110.
Required for majors.
LIGN 114 Topics in Phonetics Prerequisite: LIGN 110 or consent of instructor.
Elective for majors.
LIGN 115 Phonology II Prerequisite: LIGN 111.
Elective for majors.
LIGN 120 Morphology Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Required for majors.
LIGN 121 Syntax I Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Required for majors.
LIGN 123 Morphology II Prerequisite: LIGN 120 or consent of instructor.
Elective for majors.
LIGN 125 Syntax II Prerequisite: LIGN 121.
Elective for majors.
LIGN 130 Semantics Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Required for majors.
LIGN 140 The Structure of ASL Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Elective for majors. Required for Language Studies Majors with a concentration in ASL.
LIGN 141 Language Structures Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
Elective for majors. Particularly recommended for Language Studies majors.
LIGN 142 Language Typology Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Elective for majors.
LIGN 143 The Structure of Spanish Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Elective for majors. Required for Language Studies Majors with a concentration in Spanish.
LIGN 145 Pidgins and Creoles Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
LIGN 150 Historical Linguistics Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Elective for majors.
LIGN 160 Mathematical Analysis of Language Recommended for majors interested in computational applications of linguistics.
LIGN 163 Computers and Language Recommended for majors interested in computational applications of linguistics.
LIGN 165 Computational Linguistics Recommended for majors interested in computational applications of linguistics.
LIGN 170 Psycholinguistics Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors. Satisfies psychological development requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 171 Child Language Acquisition Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors. Satisfies psychological development requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 172 Language and the Brain Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors. Satisfies biological foundation requirement for HDP major.
LIGN 173 Language and Consciousness Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors.
LIGN 174 Gender and Language in Society Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Cross-listed with Sociology (SOCB 118A). Satisfies Socio-Cultrual development requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 175 Sociolinguistics Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Particularly recommended for Language & Society majors.
LIGN 176 Language of Politics and Advertising Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors or Language & Society majors.
LIGN 177 Multilingualism Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Particularly recommended for Language Studies majors or Language & Society majors. Satisfies psychological development requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 179 Second Language Acquistion Research Prerequisite: LIGN 101 or consent of instructor.
Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors. Satisfies psychological development requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 195 Apprentice Teaching Prerequisites: consent of instructor, advanced standing.
May be repeated for credit, up to a maximum of four units.
LIGN 199 Independent Study in Linguistics Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit.
LIGN 199H Honors Independent Study in Linguistics Prerequisites: Admission to Honors Program.


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