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Spring 2027

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Individual study for majors writing a non-honors senior thesis.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Directed study in legal studies.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Surveillance, Privacy, and Police Powers examines individual privacy and government information collection in law enforcement, security, public health, and administrative law from varied disciplinary perspectives.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Examines intellectual freedom in the U.S., covering censorship, minors' rights, the Internet, privacy, and copyright through First Amendment theory and history.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Anuj Desai

A student reported hundreds of pages of weekly reading and said participation counted for 40% of the grade.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Introduction to transitional justice in world politics, examining how local, domestic, and international institutions address the legacies of human rights abuses.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Examines the intersection of disability and the criminal justice system, focusing on factors like poverty and homelessness that contribute to mass incarceration, alongside federal disability rights laws.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2023–Spring 2026

Examines the day-to-day functioning of the U.S. criminal justice system, focusing on the sociology of police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, as well as the nature, causes, and solutions of crime.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Irene Katele

The class was not easy but manageable if students attended every lecture, completed all readings, and studied regularly.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Criminal Justice Field Observation combines field placements in criminal justice agencies with seminars to develop a sociological understanding of criminal justice processes by applying concepts and theories to field experience.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Human Language covers elementary theory and practical work in phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax, with attention to formal grammar.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Ryan Henke

Exams were straightforward with no trick questions. Students were advised to attend lectures because readings did not cover lecture material, and to complete practice problems for tests.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Introduction to sociolinguistics focusing on how language is shaped by social factors like gender, ethnicity, education, social status, and geographic location.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Kelly Wright

Dr. Wright assigned long, repetitive work due on Sundays, and the final exam required finding specific quotes from presentations or the book.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Historical Linguistics covers understanding language change, its relation to formal properties, linguistic typology, and basic concepts and methods of diachronic analysis.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Joseph Salmons

The course features many readings that are not always easy to understand, requiring consistent effort to keep up with the material.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Introduction to theoretical approaches to morphology, covering morphological characteristics of world languages and interactions with syntax and phonology.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Ryan Henke

The course included plenty of practice material, and Ryan Henke provided incredibly clear grading and testing criteria to help students succeed.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

An introduction to syntactic description covering grammatical theory, element types, and processes for analyzing human language structures.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Semantics course covering meaning in natural languages, the relationship between syntax and semantics, and compositional semantics.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

American Sign Language 2 develops ASL comprehension and production, focuses on sophisticated grammar for fluency and accuracy, and builds cultural awareness of global Deaf communities.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Taylor Koss

The class featured a bunch of fun activities and was characterized as laid back.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Upper intermediate American Sign Language course focusing on vocabulary expansion, grammatical accuracy, complex structures like classifiers, and Deaf cultural topics.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Topics in Linguistics: Study of a particular topic in linguistics.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Joseph Salmons

The course was rated with a difficulty of 3, indicating a moderate level of academic demand.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

This course covers theories of phonology and advanced phonological description.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Advanced study of syntactic theories, description, and the relation of syntax to semantics and other aspects of linguistic theory.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

An in-depth study of all components of the grammar of a language, focusing on structural analysis and research skills.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Capstone in Linguistics: in-depth exploration of a topic with training in data collection and supervised research experience.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

LINGUIS 699 Independent Reading offers advanced directed study projects arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sample
LINGUIS 977

Seminar

2–3 credits

A seminar offering critical examination of selected issues in linguistics, focusing on evaluating research and developing original analyses.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2024 · limited sample

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