2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
English, English Language Linguistics Concentration, B.A.
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English
615-898-2595
Ron Kates, program coordinator
Ron.Kates@mtsu.edu
The concentration in English Language Linguistics will engage students in the formal study of the English language and introduce them to theoretical and practical applications of the scientific study of language. Pursuing this concentration will be beneficial to students wishing to pursue careers in English language instruction, speech language pathology, lexicography, and communications, in addition to students moving on to graduate studies in theoretical or applied linguistics, computational linguistics, or TEFL/ESL.
A major in English with a concentration in English Language Linguistics consists of 36 hours of which no more than six (6) may be lower-division hours.
- English major core: All majors, regardless of concentration, will take the following: ENGL 3000 , ENGL 3030 ; ENGL 3010 or ENGL 3020 ; ENGL 3570 , ENGL 4520 , ENGL 4530 , ENGL 4605 , or ENGL 4670 (approved topics); and ENGL 4999 .
- When taught by an English faculty member, WGST, AAS, JHS, and certain interdisciplinary Honors seminars (UH 3500 ) may be substituted with approval of advisor. No non-departmental lower division courses will be accepted.
- A maximum of six (6) hours of lower-division literature coursework (not counting the True Blue Core requirements) may be taken toward the major. These hours will be appropriately assigned by the student’s departmental advisor. No more than 3 hours (one course) may be taken to satisfy the core course requirement.
- Majors are expected to consult a member of the English faculty each semester regarding the selection and arrangement of electives.
- Recommended minors for English majors include a foreign language minor, Communication Studies, Film Studies, History, Linguistic Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Theatre, Writing, Southern Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies, but students may choose any minor.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
36 hours* |
| Major Core |
(9 hours) |
| ELL Concentration Courses |
(21 hours) |
| Elective Courses |
(6 hours) |
| Foreign Language |
6 hours |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
19-22 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements for the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (36 hours)
English Language Linguistics Courses (18 hours)
Choose two courses (6 hours):
Choose four courses not applied to the core (12 hours):
Guided Electives (6 hours)
- Upper-division ENGL electives selected in consultation with faculty advisor
Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)
- Students must successfully complete 2010 and 2020 or any courses numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language.
Curriculum: English, English Language Linguistics
All students pursuing a major in English must complete the True Blue Core requirements and requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree. Students may not begin upper-division English studies until they have completed ENGL 1010 , ENGL 1020 , ENGL 2020 , and ENGL 2030 . Typically, students will begin upper-division English studies in the second semester of their sophomore year with ENGL 3000 and one other English course.
The Academic Maps provide examples of a recommended plan of studies for students who wish to complete their academic requirements within a four-year period. However, there is no single way to complete the program. The department is generally flexible about the order in which courses are taken so long as prerequisites are met. Each English major has an assigned academic advisor. Consulting with this advisor regularly will help the student to individualize the program to his or her own needs and interests.
Freshman Fall
- ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (WC)
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Foreign Language (2000-level) 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Freshman Spring
- ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Info Lit)
- Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Foreign Language (2000-level) 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- ENGL guided elective 3 credit hours
- Linguistics course 3 credit hours
- Electives 6 credit hours
- Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
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