Language in Culture Certificate
This program is available at the following location:
- Corvallis
The interdisciplinary Language in Culture undergraduate certificate provides students who have an interest in language diversity and linguistics the opportunity and skills to deepen their knowledge of the structure and power of languages.
Certificate Code: C700
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Analyze the diversity of languages.
- Demonstrate proficiency in two languages besides English in different language families.
- Identify and classify languages by their structural properties.
- Articulate relationships between language and culture with respect to ideologies, identities and the production and reproduction of power, privilege and oppression.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Core | ||
ANTH 251 | *LANGUAGE IN THE USA | 3 |
or LING 251 | *LANGUAGES OF OREGON | |
ANTH 350 | LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY | 4 |
ES 459/WLC 459/ANTH 459 | LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY | 4 |
LING 399 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 3 |
Languages 1 | ||
Electives 2 | ||
Select 13 credits from at least two of the following courses: | 13 | |
*WESTERN CULTURE STUDY ABROAD | ||
ANTH 209/LING 209 | ||
ANTH 450 | ||
FOLKLORE AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE | ||
ORAL NARRATIVE | ||
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION | ||
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: THEORIES AND ISSUES | ||
CULTURAL CODES IN COMMUNICATION | ||
LINGUISTICS FOR TEACHERS | ||
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | ||
GERMAN PRONUNCIATION AND PHONETICS | ||
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
PHONETICS AND PRONUNCIATION | ||
HISPANIC LINGUISTICS | ||
*INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES | ||
Total Credits | 27 |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- 1
To develop a sense of linguistic diversity, certificate students must study two languages other than English. End-of-second-year proficiency is required in one language and end-of-first-year proficiency in another language. One of these languages must be outside the Indo-European language family. Students should work with a Language in Culture advisor to identify an appropriate mode of assessment. It is highly recommended that students participate in a study abroad program
- 2
Some electives used for the certificate may have prerequisites
Certificate Code: C700