International Studies - Linguistics

International Studies majors are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in a modern foreign language.  This can be accomplished in one of the following ways:

Language course may be taken for a letter grade or Pass/No Pass, students must earn either a C- or better or a Pass. All other courses for major requirements must be taken for a letter grade of C- or above.

• Completion of the fourth quarter college-level foreign language course
• Proficiency Exam
• AP Language or Literature Exam
• IB Language Exam
• SAT II Language Exam
• Graduation from high school outside of the United States

International Studies Core Courses (3 courses)

All courses are 4-units and must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

For Students Beginning the INTL Course Sequence in Fall 2024:

• INTL-100. Analysis, Argument, and Real World Problems 
• INTL-101. Culture and Society in International Perspective (Prerequisite: INTL-100)
• INTL-102. Economics, Politics, and International Change (Prerequisite: INTL-100)
  •  INTL-190 seminars with a regional/country focus may be taken to fulfill an ISP regional requirement.

INTL-102 may be taken before INTL-101.

For ISP Students who have already taken INTL-101 and/or INTL-102 by Spring 2024:

• INTL-101. Culture and Society in International Perspective
• INTL-102. Economics, Politics, and International Change
• INTL-190. Seminar in International Studies (Prerequisites: INTL-101 and INTL-102)

INTL-102 may be taken before INTL-101. Both INTL-101 and INTL-102 must be completed before INTL-190. The INTL core courses must be taken at UC San Diego.

You may not take INTL-100 instead of INTL-190.

All eight (8) courses must be 4 units, upper-division and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

All students are required to complete the following course:

• LIGN 101. Introduction to the Study of Language

At least three (3) of the eight (8) upper-division courses must be selected from the following:

• LIGN-105. Law and Language
• LIGN-108. Languages of Africa
• LIGN-143. Structure of Spanish
• LIGN-150. Historical Linguistics
• LIGN-152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas
• LIGN-155. Evolution of Language
• LIGN-174. Gender and Language in Society
• LIGN-175. Sociolinguistics
• LIGN-176. Language of Politics and Advertising
• LIGN-177. Multilingualism
• LIGN-178. Spanish Sociolinguistics

The remaining four (4) upper-division courses may be selected from the following:

• LIGN-100 – LIGN-199
  
  • With the exception of LIGN-195. Apprentice Teaching
• Note: A maximum of one (1) LIGN-199. Independent Study in Linguistics course may be applied toward the major by completing the guidelines set forth by International Studies.

All three (3) courses must be upper-division, 4 units and taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

• Courses must be selected from the approved Interdisciplinary Elective Course List
  
  • Note: All courses must be selected from departments outside of the disciplinary focus department.

Course Pre-requisites: Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.  Please refer to the General Catalog (Link to: catalog.ucsd.edu) for additional information.

At least three (3) of the eleven (11) Disciplinary Focus and Interdisciplinary Elective courses must focus on one region.

• Note: This requirement is an overlap requirement comprised of courses that count for both the Disciplinary Focus or Interdisciplinary Elective courses and the Regional Requirement.
• Regional Requirement courses may come all from within the Disciplinary Focus, Interdisciplinary Electives, or a combination of the two.
• Possible regions include: Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East.
• Regional Course List