2012-2013 Pitzer Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2012-2013 Pitzer Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Linguistics Major


Requirements for the Major


Students majoring in linguistics are required to study three of the four core divisions of the field (Phonetics/Phonology, Syntax, Semantics and/or Sociolinguistics) and in addition to take a range of courses dealing with the variety of languages and variation within a language. There is also a cognitive science major offered through Pomona College. For more information see the online catalog for the Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department at Pomona. Majors are required to take:

*Note: In the 5-College Course Schedule, Linguistics courses are listed as “LGCS”

(Linguistics and Cognitive Science)

Honors:


Honors in the major are awarded when the student meets the required GPA for honors at their particular college and completes a thesis which the faculty judges to be of honors quality.