Program Highlights
Also prepares students for graduate studies in linguistics, applied linguistics, educational linguistics, linguistic anthropology, or sociolinguistics.
Sample Courses
- Language and Culture
- Linguistic Methods
Linguistics
Why study linguistics at Geneseo?
This minor examines the basic concepts and principles in modern linguistic theory, methods of linguistic analysis, and applications of linguistics to other areas of study. Students gain a solid background for work in any field that requires in-depth understanding about linguistic processes, including language teaching, speech-language pathology and audiology, publishing, translation, interpretation, language policy and planning, language documentation and revitalization, and computer sciences.
Program Option
Popular Electives
- American Sign Language
- Culture and Communication
- French Phonology
- German Grammar and Syntax
- History of the English Language
- Introduction to Logic
- Language of Healing
- Language Socialization
- Philosophy of Language
- Psychology of Language
- Spanish Applied Grammar
Contact Info
Jennifer Guzman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Program Coordinator
guzman@geneseo.edu
Bailey Hall 108
585-245-5174
