A minor in linguistics requires 6 courses, at least four of which must be taken in residence at Davidson College.
All linguistics minors must successfully complete:
A. At least 1 semester of language study beyond the graduation requirement, including the ones taught in a department or through SILP. This requirement-intended to develop the student’s knowledge of explicit grammar and adult language learning processes-will differ according to the student’s language status:
Students who have completed the language requirement will need to take an additional semester in that language or take up at least one semester in a new language.
Students who have been exempted from the language requirement because their proficiency in another language exceeds the 201 level (CEFR B2) will take at least one semester in a non-English language:
International students who were schooled in their home language and learned English as an additional language will take up at least one semester in a new language (e.g., a student who completed high school in Mandarin and English might take 1 semester of French or German).
Heritage speakers with advanced levels of home-language proficiency may take an advanced course in that language or one semester in a new language.
Native English speakers with advanced command of another language must either complete one language course in their non-English language or take one semester of another language course.
Linguistics minors are also encouraged to pursue study abroad for one semester to extend their knowledge of the field through coursework in philology, theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, or related disciplines.
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