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The Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics demands at least 33 credit hours of coursework numbered above 200 (with 24 credits in mandatory classes and 9 in approved electives), along with four semesters of second language study or equivalent proficiency. This program explores language, its evolution, and connections between languages and linguistic groups from both humanistic and scientific viewpoints. The curriculum covers areas including psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language learning, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theories, philosophical linguistics, philology, historical linguistics, language comparison, phonetics, phonology, dialect studies, meaning analysis, functional grammar, language classification, dictionary-making, word formation, sentence structure, writing systems, stylistic analysis, structural approaches, persuasive communication, and AI applications.