Harvard University Department of Linguistics

Handbook for Undergraduate Concentrators in Linguistics

Supplement to the Related Field Requirement

The following are the course requirements outside the Linguistics Department for the various fields with which linguistics may be combined to form a Linguistics with Related Field concentration. Courses not listed may be permitted by petition to the Head Tutor if appropriate. The requirements may change slightly from year to year, reflecting changes in the inventory of courses actually offered by the relevant departments. Courses countable as “linguistically oriented” for purposes of the straight Linguistics concentration are marked with an asterisk.

NOTE: Students who choose to focus on a particular language area for their Related Field (e.g. Romance languages, Classical languages) are subject to the following constraints:

Generally, first- and second-year language courses do not count toward the Related Field requirements. However, exceptions may be made by the Head Tutor on a case-by-case basis depending on the courses available for a specific language.

If one’s Related Field offers linguistically oriented courses (marked with an asterisk below), the student must take at least one of these courses, provided that it is in an appropriate area. (Students focusing on Vietnamese through East Asian Languages and Civilizations, for example, need not take an EALC course dealing with Japanese linguistics.)

Linguistics and African and African American Studies
Two of the following half courses are required:

African and African American Studies 10. Introduction to African and African American Studies
African and African American Studies 20 Introduction to African Languages and Cultures

Two out of the following half courses are required:

Swahili A. Elementary Swahili
Swahili 120ar. Readings in Swahili

African and African American Studies Studies 131. Afro-American Literature to the 1920’s
African and African American Studies Studies 132. Afro-American Literature from the 1920’s to the Present
African and African American Studies Studies 136z. Comparative African and African- American Drama
African and African American Studies Studies 137y. The African-American Literary Tradition
African and African American Studies Studies 138z. Interracial Literature
African and African American Studies Studies 152. Language Use in African Amercian Culture
African and African American Studies Studies 153. Hip Hop America: Power, Politics and the Word
African and African American Studies Studies 154. Language and Discourse, Race, Class, and Gender
African and African American Studies Studies 155. After Africa: Languages and Other Englishes

Ethiopic A. Introduction to Classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez)
Ethiopic 120ar. Readings in Classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Texts I
Ethiopic 120br. Readings in Classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Texts II
Ethiopic 300. Ethiopian Semitic Language and Literature
Folklore and Mythology 113. Women Storytellers in Africa
Folklore and Mythology 90b. The African Oral Narrative Tradition: Seminar
(Formerly Folklore and Mythology 115.)
Linguistics 86. Ebonics: Myths and Facts
Linguistics 140. Understanding Creole Vernaculars and Cultures

Linguistics and Anthropology
Four half courses in Anthropology are required, including three of the following:

Anthropology 1000. Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory
Anthropology 1010. Introduction to Archaeology
Anthropology 1640. Language and Culture
Anthropology 1600. Introduction to Social Anthropology
Anthropology 115. Primate Evolutionary Ecology: Research Seminar
Anthropology 213. Theories of Discourse and Culture in the Middle East
Anthropology 246. Maincurrents in Anthropological Thought
Anthropology 2050. Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs
Anthropology 257g. Anthropological Interviewing
Anthropology 270. Advanced Studies in Maya Hieroglyphs and Iconography
Psychology 1152r. Animal Cognition: Laboratory

Linguistics and Applied Mathematics
Four of the following half courses are required:

Applied Math 105a. Complex and Fourier Analysis
Applied Math 105b. Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
Applied Math 106. Applied Algebra and Combinatorics
Applied Math 107. Graph Theory and Combinatorics
Applied Math 111. Introduction to Scientific Computing
Applied Math 147. Non-linear Dynamical Systems
Computer Science 50. Introduction to Computer Science I
Computer Science 51. Introduction to Computer Science II

Linguistics and Biology
Four of the following half courses are required:

Biology 95hfd. Problem Solving in Neuroscience: An Interactive Case-Based Online Network (ICON)
Biology 95hfl. Limbs, Beaks, Bats and Bugs: The Evolution and Development of Animal Body Plans.
Biology 152. Population Genetics
Biology 174r. Topics in Behavioral Biology: Evolution of Communication
(formerly Biology 174).
OEB 253r. Evolutionary Genetics: Seminar (formerly Biology 253r).
Biological Sciences 51. Integrative Biology of Organisms
Biological Sciences 53. Evolutionary Biology
Biological Sciences 57. Animal Behavior (formerly Biology 22).
Biological Sciences 80. Behavioral Neuroscience (formerly Biological Sciences 25).
MCB 16. Developmental Biology
MCB 115. Cellular Basis of Neuronal Function
MCB 117. Experimental Neuroscience
MCB 118. Developmental Biology (formerly MCB 16).
MCB 129. Molecular Genetics of Neuronal Development and Behavior
MCB 138. Function of Neural Systems
MCB 141. Molecular and Developmental Neurobiology
MCB 306. Biophysics and Physiology of Neurons
MCB 365. Neurobiology
MCB 374. Developmental Neurobiology
MCB 390. Function of Neuronal Circuits
Psychology 1152r. Animal Cognition: Laboratory
*Psychology 1302. Psychology of Language
*Psychology 1304. Cognitive Neuropsychology (formerly Psychology 1303).
Psychology 1350. Memory and Amnesia: Seminar (formerly Psychology 1301).

Linguistics and Celtic
Any four of the following half courses (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement):

Ling 158r. From Indo-European to Old Irish
Celtic 128. Introduction to Modern Welsh
Celtic 129r. Intermediate Modern Welsh
Celtic 130. Introduction to Scottish Gaelic
Celtic 131. Intermediate Scottish Gaelic
Celtic 132. Introduction to Modern Irish
Celtic 133r. Intermediate Modern Irish
Celtic 138r. The Mabinogi
Celtic 160. Advanced Modern Irish
Celtic 161. Continuing Advanced Modern Irish
Celtic 167. Advanced Scottish Gaelic
Celtic 200. Introduction to Old Irish
Celtic 201. Continuing Old Irish
Celtic 203r. Middle Irish
Celtic 204r. Readings in Early Irish Poetry
Celtic 205r. Readings in Early Irish Prose
Celtic 225a. Introduction to Middle Welsh
Celtic 225b. Continuing Middle Welsh
Celtic 226r. Readings in Middle Welsh
Celtic 227. Welsh Bardic Poetry: Seminar

Linguistics and Classics
Any four half courses in Greek or Latin (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement). One of the four half courses must be either of the following:

*Latin 134. Archaic Latin
*Greek 134. The Language of Homer

Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience
See the section called Requirements for the Linguistics with an MBB Track and the section called Supplement to the MBB Track Requirements.

Linguistics and Computer Science
Any four of the following half courses:

Computer Science 50. Introduction to Computer Science I
Computer Science 51. Introduction to Computer Science II
Computer Science 120. Introduction to Cryptography
Computer Science 121. Introduction to Formal Systems and Computation
Computer Science 124. Data Structures and Algorithms
Computer Science 152. Principles of Programming Languages
Computer Science 153. Principles of Programming Language Compilation
Computer Science 165. Information Management
Computer Science 181. Intelligent Machines: Perception, Learning, and Uncertainty
Computer Science 182. Intelligent Machines: Reasoning, Actions, and Plans
*Computer Science 187. Introduction to Computational Linguistics
Computer Science 228. Computational Learning Theory
Computer Science 262. Introduction to Distributed Computing
Computer Science 279. Topics in Computer-Human Interfaces, Information
Retrieval and Visualization
Computer Science 281r. Artificial Intelligence: Reasoning and Planning Systems
Computer Science 283. Computer Vision
*Computer Science 287r. Natural Language Processing
Computer Science 288. Computational Models of Discourse
*Computer Science 311, 312. Collaborative Systems, AI Planning, and Natural Language
Processing
*Computer Science 323, 324. Human-Computer Communication through Natural, Graphic, and
Artificial Languages
Computer Science 327, 328. Mathematical Logic, Theory of Computation
Computer Science 353, 354. Representation and Reasoning, Machine Learning
and Decision Making
Computer Science 355, 356. Computational Complexity, Parallel Computation,
Computational Learning, Neural Computation,
and Quantum Computation
Applied Math 107. Graph Theory and Combinatorics
Quantitative Reasoning 22. Deductive Logic

Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Any four half courses in EALC (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement):

Linguistics 173. Linguistic Issues in the Teaching of Japanese
Linguistics 174. Tense and Aspect in Japanese
Linguistics 175. Structure of Japanese
Linguistics 176. History of the Japanese Language
Linguistics 275r. Japanese Syntax: Seminar
Japanese 106a. Classical Japanese
Thai 101a. Introductory Thai I
Thai 101b. Introductory Thai II

Linguistics and Education
Any four half courses in Education, of which at least two must be from the following list:

H 710. The Development of Communication: The Early Years
H 712. Language and Culture
H 732. Bilingualism, Culture, and Identity
H 750. Theory and Practice of Language Teaching
H 810M. Teaching the Alphabetic Principle
H 843. Research in the Development of Writing
H 845. Bilingualism, Literacy, and Schooling

Linguistics and English
Any four half courses in the English department, of which at least one must be drawn from the following list:

English 101. The History and Structure of the English Language
English 102c. Anglo-Saxon Language and Culture: The Millennium
English 103. Anglo-Saxon Language and Culture: King Alfred
English 103g. Anglo-Saxon Language and Culture: Beowulf and Elegy
English 200b. Beowulf

Linguistics and Folklore and Mythology
Any two of the following half courses:

Folklore and Myth. 90b. The African Oral Narrative Tradition: Seminar
(formerly Folk and Myth 115).
Folklore and Myth. 97a. Fieldwork and Ethnography in Folklore
(formerly Folklore and Myth. 105).
Folklore and Myth. 97b. Oral Literature and the History of Folkloristics
Folklore and Myth. 100. Performance, Tradition, and Cultural Studies: An Introduction to
Folklore and Mythology
Folklore and Myth. 104. Theory and Methodology of Folklore and Mythology

Two additional language-related courses. We recommend the courses below, but any linguistics-related course that meets a Folklore and Mythology concentration requirement is acceptable, subject to approval by the Head Tutor.

Folkore and Myth 113. Women Storytellers in Africa
Scandinavian 103. Scandinavian Mythology and Folklore
Sumerian 141. Sumerian Myths and Epics
Sumerian 146. Sumerian Religious Literature

Linguistics and Germanic
Any four courses in Germanic language (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement) or linguistics:

Linguistics 168. Introduction to Germanic Linguistics
Linguistics 247. Topics in Germanic Linguistics
German 200. Introduction to Middle High German
(formerly Germanic Philology 200).
German 225. History of the German Language
(formerly Germanic Philology 225).
Scandinavian 200a. Introduction to Old Norse
Scandinavian 200br. Old Norse Literature: Edda and Saga

Linguistics and History of Science
Any four of the following half-courses (or others subject to the approval of the Head Tutor):

History of Science 106. History of Ancient Science
History of Science 107. History of Medieval Science
History of Science 121. History of and Philosophy of Experimentation
History of Science 153. Science and Race
History of Science 155. Science, Race, and Society in the US: Conference Course
History of Science 157v. Sociological topics in The History of Science
History of Science 159. Probability in Science and Society
History of Science 161. The Scientific Revolution: Lecture Course
History of Science 170v. The New Science of the Person:
Experimental Psychology in the 20th Century
History of Science 176. Evolution and the Mind: Conference Course
History of Science 178v. Minding of America: The Popularization of Psychology
History of Science 185. Romanticism and the Sciences
History of Science 191. Skepticism, Subjectivity, and Doubt
History of Science 250. Sociologies of Science
History of Science 270v. Making the "Social" Psychological:
The History of Social Psychology
History of Science 278. In Search of Mind: Seminar

Linguistics and Mathematics
Four courses in math, of which two must be from the following list:

Mathematics 19. Mathematical Modeling
Mathematics 141. Introduction to Mathematical Logic
Mathematics 142. Recursion Theory
Applied Math 105a. Complex and Fourier Analysis
Applied Math 105b. Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
Applied Math 106. Applied Algebra and Combinatorics
Applied Math 107. Graph Theory and Combinatorics
Applied Math 111. Introduction to Scientific Computing
Computer Science 121. Introduction to Formal Systems and Computation

As can be seen in this list, courses from other departments such as Applied Math and Computer Science can count towards the Math related field requirement, provided that the student can present to the Head Tutor a convincing case that these courses form a logical part of that student’s mathematical education.

Linguistics and Mind, Brain, and Behavior
See the section called Requirements for the Linguistics with an MBB Track and the section called Supplement to the MBB Track Requirements.

Linguistics and Music
Four of the following half courses:

Music Ar. Musicianship
Music 1a. Introduction to Music I
Music 1b. Introduction to Music II
Music 2. Foundations of Tonal Music I
Music 3. Foundations of Tonal Music II
Music 51. Theory I
Music 154. Theory II
Music 155. Modal Counterpoint
Music 156. Tonal Counterpoint
Music 157x. Tonal Analysis
Music 157y. Analysis of 20th-Century Music

Linguistics and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Any four courses in NELC (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement):

Linguistics 172. Topics in Semitic Syntax
*Semitic Philology 140. Introduction to the Comparative Study of Semitic Languages
Semitic Philology 151. Introduction to Northwest Semitic Epigraphy
Semitic Philology 152. Introduction to Ugaritic
Semitic Philology 170. Old South Arabian
*Semitic Philology 200r. Comparative Semitic Grammar: Seminar
Semitic Philology 220r. Northwest Semitic Epigraphy: Seminar
Semitic Philology 230. The Early History of Northwest Semitic
Semitic Philology 300. Semitic and Afroasiatic Languages and Literatures
Turkish 140. Turkish I
Turkish 146a. Old Turkish I
Turlish 146b. Old Turkish II
*Turkish 150. Turkic Languages
*Turkish 151. Issues in Turkic Linguistics
Yiddish A. Elementary Yiddish
Yiddish B. Intermediate Yiddish
Yiddish Ca. Advanced Yiddish I
Yiddish Cb. Advanced Yiddish II
*Yiddish 105. Yiddish Language and Linguistic Theory

Linguistics and Philosophy
Any four of the following half courses:

Philosophy 3. Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
Philosophy 7. Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy 8. History of Early Modern Philosophy
Philosophy 105. Ancient Theories of Mind
Philosophy 120. The Rationalists
Philosophy 137. The Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein
Philosophy 141. Frege, Russell, and the Early Wittgenstein
Philosophy 143z. (now Philosophy 146)
Philosophy 144. Logic and Philosophy
Philosophy 145z. Philosophy of Language: Demonstratives
*Philosophy 146. Philosophy of Language
*Philosophy 147. Philosophy of Language: Meaning and Communication
Philosophy 147w. Philosophy of Language: Language and the World
Philosophy 156. Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy 160. Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy 223. Early Modern Theories of Mind: Seminar
*Philosophy 247. Topics in Philosophy of Language: Seminar
Philosophy 247r. Philosophy of Language: Reference and Communication
Philosophy 250. Vagueness
History of Science 106. History of Ancient Science
Mathematics 141. Introduction to Mathematical Logic
Quantitative Reasoning 22. Deductive Logic
Linguistics 116. Semantics

Linguistics and Psychology
Any four of the following half courses:

Linguistics 150. Introduction to Aphasia
Linguistics 152. Introduction to Syntactic Parsing
Linguistics 177a. First Language Acquisition
Linguistics 177b. Child Language and Linguistic Theory
Psychology 1. Introduction to Psychology
Psychology 13. Cognitive Psychology
Psychology 16. Developmental Psychology
Psychology 980b. Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology 980c. Neural Networks
Psychology 987a. The Interface Between Cognitive Neuroscience and
Neuropsychology: What Patients Teach Us About Theories
of the Mind
Psychology 987j. Mind, Brain, and Limits in Medicine
Psychology 1152r Animal Cognition: Laboratory
Psychology 1252. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory: Seminar
Psychology 1301. Human Memory and Cognition
*Psychology 1302. Psychology of Language
*Psychology 1303. Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology 1304 Cognitive Neuropsychology
Psychology 1353. Laboratory in Human Cognition
*Psychology 1354. Models of Lexical Access: Seminar
Psychology 1356r. Laboratory in Language Research
*Psychology 1357. Evolution of Language
Psychology 1401. Perception, Touch, Taste, and Sound
Psychology 1560r. Interpersonal Influence and Communication: Laboratory
Psychology 1604. Cognitive and Symbolic Development
*Psychology 1606. Language Acquisition
Psychology 1901. Methods of Behavioral Research
Psychology 1951. Intermediate Quantitative Methods
Psychology 2120. Conceptual Development: Advanced Methods Seminar
Psychology 2180. Modularity, Domain-Specificity, and the Organization of
Knowledge
*Psychology 2190. Topics in Language Acquisition
Psychology 2210. Comparative Cognition
*Psychology 2220. Research in the Development of Concepts and Language
Psychology 2230. Research in the Development of Cognition and Perception
*Psychology 2270. Research in Language Acquisition
Psychology 2300r. Perception, Cognition, and Representation: Seminar
*Psychology 2335r Language: Research Seminar (formerly *Psychology 3380r).
*Psychology 2345 Topics in Language Research: Linguistic, Cognitive, and Neural
Aspects
Psychology 2355r. Laboratory in Cognitive Neuroscience: Seminar
Psychology 2480. Human Neuropsychology/Neuroanatomy: Seminar
Psychology 3340r. Research Seminar in Cognition, Brain, and Behavior
Bio. Sciences 80 Behavioral Neuroscience (formerly Bio. Sciences 25).
History of Science 275. "The Minded Body": Theoretical and Empirical
Explorations
History of Science 278. In Search of Mind: Seminar

Linguistics and Romance
Any four courses in Romance language (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement) or linguistics:

Linguistics 124. The Origin of the Romance Languages
*French 100. History of the French Language
French 102. Introduction to Medieval Literature and Old French
Italian 51. The Structure and Sounds of Italian
*Italian 102. History of the Italian Language
*Romance Languages 200. Theory and Practice of Language Teaching
Spanish 135. Writing Women: Language, Culture, and Difference in 20th-Century Spanish Narrative
*Spanish 201. The History of the Spanish Language

Linguistics and Sanskrit/South Asian Studies
Any four courses in South Asian language (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement) or linguistics:

Sanskrit 200ar. Advanced Poetic Sanskrit
Sanskrit 200br. Advanced Poetic Sanskrit
Sanskrit 201ar/br. Advanced Philosophical Sanskrit
*Sanskrit 202ar. Paninian Grammar
Sanskrit 204ar. Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit and Literature
Sanskrit 204br. Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit and Literature
Sanskrit 206r. Rigveda
Sanskrit 215ar. Dharmasastra and Arthasastra
Tibetan 212. Introduction to Tibetan Philology and Textual Criticism

Linguistics and Slavic
Any four courses in Slavic language (subject to the language constraints mentioned at the beginning of the Supplement to the Related Field Requirement) or linguistics:

Linguistics 250. Old Church Slavonic
Linguistics 252. Comparative Slavic Linguistics
*Slavic 125. Modern Russian in Historical Perspective
*Slavic 126a. Structure of Modern Russian: Phonology and Morphology
*Slavic 126b. Structure of Modern Russian: Morphosyntax
*Slavic 201. Introduction to East Slavic Languages
*Slavic 202. Introduction to West Slavic Languages
*Slavic 203. Introduction to South Slavic Languages
*Slavic 212. The History of the Languages of Muscovy
*Slavic 250. Structure of Ukrainian
*Slavic 269. Structure of Russian for Instructors
*Slavic 271. Russian Phonetics and Phonology
*Slavic 272. Russian Morphology
*Slavic 273. Russian Syntax and Discourse Grammar
*Slavic 296r. Slavic Linguistics: Seminar

Linguistics and Sociology
Any four courses in Sociology, of which at least two must belong to the following list:

Sociology 10-60.
Sociology 128. Paradigms of Social Inquiry
Sociology 156. Quantitative Methods in Sociology
Sociology 202. Intermediate Quantitative Research Methods
Sociology 203a. Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Sociology 203b. Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Sociology 203c. Analysis of Categorical Data
Sociology 209. Qualitative Social Analysis
Sociology 210. Issues in the Interpretation of Empirical Evidence: Seminar
Sociology 271. Sociology of Culture: Seminar
Sociology 275. Social Network Analysis: Seminar
Sociology 290. Sociological Field Methods



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