Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

History Requirements

Introductory History
HIST 1200Historical Research and Writing1
HIST 1201First-Year Seminar4
History Seminar and Historical Writing
HIST 2301The History Seminar4
HIST 2302Historical Writing1
Pre-1800 History Elective
Complete one of the following:4
Law and History
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
Japanese Literature and Culture
Ancient Greece
Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
Colonial and Revolutionary America
Renaissance to Enlightenment
The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
Africa and the World in Early Times
Assassinations in World History
History Outside the United States and Europe
Complete one of the following:4
East Asian Studies
Introduction to Latin American History
Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
World War II in the Pacific
Japanese Literature and Culture
History of Vietnam Wars
Modern Middle East
History of the Jews in the Modern World
Modern China
Latin American History through Film
The World Since 1945
Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
Colonialism/Imperialism
Modern Japan
History of Capitalism in East Asia
Britain and the British Empire
History Electives
Complete five HIST courses not used to fulfill a previous requirement, of which at least one must be numbered 2000-2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302) and at least one must be numbered 3000-4999 (excluding HIST 4701).20

Linguistics Requirements

Foundational Courses
LING 1150Introduction to Linguistics4
or LING 1449 English Now and Then
LING 2350Linguistic Analysis4
LING 3412Language and Culture4
Linguistic Structure
Complete three of the following:12
Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Research Experience
Complete one of the following:4
Field Linguistics
Research Seminar in Linguistics
With prior linguistics program approval, one of the following experiences can be used to fulfill the research experience:
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
Directed Study Research
Linguistics Electives
Complete two electives from the following that have not already been taken to fulfill other major requirements:8
ASL Linguistics
LING 3000 to LING 4999

Integrative Requirements

Complete one of the following that has not already been taken to fulfill a previous requirement:4
Law and History
Data, Surveillance, and Society
History of Technology
Technologies of Text
Complete one of the following that has not already been taken to fulfill a previous requirement:4
History of English
Historical Linguistics
Complete one of the following:4
Capstone Seminar
Seminar in Linguistics

Science GPA Requirement (Linguistics)

A minimum 2.000 GPA is required across courses completed in the linguistics (LING) subject code. 

Major Credit Requirement

Complete 86 semester hours in the major. 

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Session B/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
HIST 1000 or INSC 10001HIST 23014NUPath creative expression/innovation4General elective4
HIST 12001HIST 23021General elective4General elective4
HIST 12014Pre-1800 HIST elective4  
LING 1150 or 14494LING 23504  
ENGW 11114LING 34124  
NUPath ethical reasoning4   
 18 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
History outside the United States and Europe elective4EESH 2000 or EESC 20001General elective4Co-op0
HIST elective4HIST elective4General elective4 
LING structure4HIST elective4  
LING elective4LING structure4  
 LING elective4  
 16 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
Co-op0Integrative HIST course4General elective4Co-op0
 HIST elective4General elective4 
 LING 3454 or 34604  
 LING structure4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0HIST 4701 or LING 46544  
 HIST elective4  
 LING research4  
 General elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 132