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Handbook for Undergraduate
Concentrators in Linguistics
Linguistics
Concentration Requirements
for students entering the College before Fall
2006
Linguistics Track
Basic
Requirements: 14 half-courses
Requirements for Honors
Eligibility: 16 half-courses
1. Required non-tutorial courses
(10 half-courses)
a.
Linguistics
110: Introduction to Linguistics
or
Social Analysis 34: Knowledge of Language
b.
Linguistics
112a: Introduction to Syntactic Theory
c.
Linguistics
115a: Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
d.
Linguistics 117r: Linguistic Field Methods
e.
Linguistics
120: Introduction to Historical Linguistics
or
Linguistics 122: Introduction to
Indo-European
f.
Five
additional half-courses, at least two of which must be in linguistics
(i.e. any course in the Linguistics Department, or a course on a linguistics
topic in another department). For the other three courses, any course in
linguistics or in the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement
(available upon request from the Department) is acceptable. Alternatives
outside this domain must be approved by the Head Tutor.
2. Required Tutorials (Basic: 4 half-courses; for Honors eligibility:
6 half-courses):
a.
Sophomore year: Linguistics 97r is required for the fall and spring
terms. Each term of Linguistics
97r is a half-course consisting of two consecutive six-week small-group
tutorials.
b.
Junior year: Linguistics 98a (fall)
and Linguistics 98b (spring) required. Linguistics 98a consists of two
consecutive six-week small-group tutorials. Linguistics 98b is a one-term
individual tutorial with a faculty member.
The specific topics covered in group
tutorials change from year to year. Students are free to choose the
tutorials they find most interesting, though the Head Tutor may ask the student to consider a
different tutorial if the enrollment in the tutorial of the student's
choice has exceeded a certain level. Moreover, of the six group tutorials
that each
concentrator takes, at least one must be in the field of
phonetics/phonology, one in syntax,
and one in historical linguistics.
c.
Senior year: Linguistics 99, full course, required
for Honors candidates. Linguistics 99 is a full course of
individual tutorial with a faculty member and writing of the Linguistics
thesis. Graded SAT/UNS.
3. Required
Languages
a.
Basic concentrators must demonstrate knowledge
of one foreign language by the end of junior year. This can be
done in the following ways:
·
by being a
native speaker of the language;
·
by
obtaining at least a B grade in a full-year, second-year language course;
·
by passing a
Harvard College language placement exam; or
·
in some
cases, by passing a special departmental reading
exam.
b.
Honors candidates must demonstrate a knowledge of two
foreign languages, one of
which must be a language of linguistic scholarship (e.g., French, German,
Russian),
by the end of the junior year, either by the appropriate coursework or by
placement
exam.
Note: Native speakers of a foreign language are
normally not allowed to take courses of basic instruction in that
language. Any such courses taken by a native speaker will not be counted
toward the departmental language or Related Field requirements.
4. Thesis:
a.
Basic: Not required
b.
Honors candidates:
Required. During the fall
term of the senior year, Honors candidates produce a thesis prospectus
for approval by the Head Tutor. After completing the thesis, Honors
candidates present the results of their research at a departmental
colloquium during Reading Period of the spring term.
5. Other Information: Courses taken Pass/Fail may
not be counted for concentration credit.
Linguistics with Related Field Track
Basic
Requirements: 14 half-courses
Requirements for Honors
Eligibility: 16 half-courses
1. Required non-tutorial courses (10 half-courses):
a.
Five
half-courses in Linguistics:
Basic:
Linguistics 110 or Social Analysis
34; two of the following:
Linguistics 112a, 115a, and 120 or 122; and two additional
half-courses in linguistics.
Honors:
Linguistics 110 or Social Analysis 34; Linguistics 112a, 115a, and
120 or 122; and an additional half-course in linguistics.
b.
Four half-courses
in the related field (for example, psychology, romance languages,
computer science, etc.). These may include half-courses relevant for
the scientific study of language, but not directly within its purview;
for example, not only courses such as "Semitic Linguistics" are
acceptable, but also courses such as "Complex Fournier
Analysis" and "Philosophy of the Mind." Each program
of study is approved on an individual basis by the Head Tutor.
c.
One
additional half-course either in linguistics or the related field.
Note: No
course can be counted doubly to satisfy requirements a - c. The courses to be counted towards the
Related Field requirements (b, c) must be approved by the Head Tutor. Approval is automatic if
the courses are chosen from those listed in the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement
(available upon request from the Department).
2. Required Tutorials:
Same as Linguistic
Track
3. Required Languages:
Same as Linguistic
Track
4. Thesis: Same
as Linguistic
Track
5. Other Information:
a.
Pass/Fail: Courses taken Pass/Fail may not
be counted for concentration credit.
b.
Students
with an unusually strong background may be permitted to substitute
another linguistics course for Linguistics 110.
Linguistics with
Mind, Brain, and Behavior Track
16
half-courses
1. Required
non-tutorial courses (10 half-courses):
a. Three
required half-courses in linguistics:
i.
Linguistics 110: Introduction to Linguistics
or
Social Analysis 34: Knowledge of Language
ii.
Two of the following:
a. Linguistics 112a: Introduction to
Syntactic Theory
b. Linguistics 115a: Introduction to
Phonetics and Phonology
c. Linguistics 120: Introduction to Historical Linguistics
or
Linguistics 122: Introduction to Indo-European
b. Three
required half-courses in MBB:
i.
Science B-62 (or Science B-29 for classes of 2010 or
earlier)
ii.
MCB 80 (formerly BS 80): Neurobiology of Behavior
iii.
An MBB Junior Seminar (see
http://mbb.harvard.edu/undergrad/progjun_sem.php)
c. One
additional half-course in linguistics
d. Two
additional half-courses in MBB
e.
One additional half-course in linguistics
with an MBB focus. Examples of such courses include "Natural
Language Processing," "Philosophy of Language," and
"Cognitive Neuropsychology."
Note: No course can be counted doubly to satisfy
requirements a–e.
The courses to be counted towards the MBB requirements must be approved
by the Head Tutor. Approval is
automatic if the course is chosen from those listed in the Requirements
for the Linguistics with MBB Track (available upon request from the
Department).
2. Required
Tutorials: Same as Linguistics
Requirements for Honors Eligibility
3. Required Languages: Same as Linguistics
Requirements for Honors Eligibility
4. Thesis: Same as Linguistics
Track
5. General
Information: Same as Linguistics
Track
6. Other
Information:
a.
Pass/Fail: Courses taken Pass/Fail may not
be counted for concentration credit.
b.
Students
with an unusually strong background may be permitted to substitute
another linguistics course for Linguistics 110.
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