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Degree Requirements

Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism Degree Requirements (effective July 1, 2021)

There are 60 overall credits required for the Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism major (10 lower-division and 50 upper-division), includes completion of level 6 of a foreign language.  See Program Major Requirements below for a breakdown of the credit requirements.  

Foundation/Gateway courses

Two lower-division courses (10 credits)

  • APLX 80 (introduction to Applied Linguistics)
  • LING 50 (Introduction to Linguistics)

Two upper-division courses (10 credits)

  • LING 100 (Phonetics 1) 
  • LING 111 (Syntactic Structures) or LING 112 (Syntax 1)

Core Course (5 credits)

  • APLX 101 (Second Language Acquisition)

Advanced Language Proficiency (10 credits)

Students must take at least two upper-division courses in their language of specialization. This requirement can be fulfilled by taking courses offered in the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics (e.g., Chinese 103 - Advanced Chinese: Language and Society), in the Literature Department (e.g., LIT 183P - Xenophobia in German Literature and Culture) or through a study abroad program (please consult advisor regarding transferable courses prior to taking them).

Four Upper-Division Electives (20 credits)

At least three of these courses have to be APLX courses

APLX elective options:

  • APLX 102 (Bilingualism)
  • APLX 103 (Secondary Language Speech)
  • APLX 105 (Language Loss)
  • APLX 112 (Language and Gender)
  • APLX 113 (Intercultural Communication)
  • APLX 115 (Language and Power)
  • APLX 116 (Discourse Analysis)
  • APLX 122 (Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice)
  • APLX 124 (Second Language Variation and Sociolinguistics)
  • APLX 135 (Second Language Teaching)
  • APLX 136 (Second Language Assessment)
  • APLX 138 (English Grammar for TESOL)

**Non-APLX elective options:

  • ANTH 139 (Language and Culture)
  • ANTH 143 (Performance and Power)
  • EDUC 141 (Bilingualism & Schooling)
  • LING 117 (Pragmatics)
  • LING 154 (Language & Social Identity)
  • LING 155 (Language & Cognition)
  • LING 157 (Psycholinguistics and Linguistic Theory)
  • LING 171 (Psycholinguistics I)
  • LING 181 (Structure of Romance Language)
  • LING 183 (Structure of French)
  • LIT 101 and/or 102 (Translation)
  • PSYC 105 (Children's Thinking)
  • PSYC 120D (Deafness and sign Language)
  • PSYC 124 (Psychology of Reading)
  • PSYC 125 (Psychology of Language)
  • PSYC 137 (Mind, Body and the World)
  • SOCY 142 (Language and Social Interaction)
  • SPAN 140 (Sounds of Spanish)
  • SPAN 150 (Topics in Hispanic Linguistics: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics) 
  • SPAN 151 (Topics In Hispanic Linguistics: Varieties of Spanish)
  • SPAN 152 (Topics In Hispanic Linguistics: Spanish in the U.S.)
  • SPAN 153 (Topics In Hispanic Linguistics: Spanish Language Teaching)
  • SPAN 154 (Topics in Hispanic Linguistics: Spanish Pragmatics)
  • SPAN 156K (Spanish Discourse Analysis)

**Not all courses are offered every quarter/year; please consult current catalog for the most recent course offerings.

Capstone course (5 credits)

  • APLX 190 (Senior Research Seminar); spring quarter offering only.  This course also satisfies the DC requirement for the major.