Mission Statement
The mission of the undergraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Linguistics at Lehman College of the City University of New York is to provide students with a strong learning experience based on the knowledge of theoretical and applied linguistics related to languages of the world.
Program Learning Goals and Objectives
Goal I: Students will develop an understanding of the basic components of linguistic knowledge
- 1.1. Describe and analyze how sound patterns work
- 1.2. Describe and analyze morphological data
- 1.3. Describe and analyze syntactic data
- 1.3. Describe and analyze semantic data
Goal II: Students will be able to analyze data from the structure of a language other than English
- 2.1. Identify the structural and cultural features of a foreign language other than English
- 2.2. Describe sound, word, sentence, and discourse differences across languages and dialects
Goal III: Students will demonstrate knowledge of sociopolitical and historical aspects of language
- 3.1. Explain the major theories and linguistic approaches to the study of language
- 3.2. Describe language change and language variation
- 3.3. Describe aspects of the relationship between language and society
