MINORS are available in Linguistics for students willing to do a minimum of 15 CREDITS in the discipline. A minor would require LING1401 (L 14A) and LING1402 (L 14B) and at least 15 other Linguistics credits over levels 2 and 3. The following are the options available:

1. Interested in Language and Social Issues?
LING2301 (L 23A) The Sociology of Language

LING2302 (L 23B) Socio-linguistics
LING2501 (L 25A) Language, Gender & Sex
LING3304 (L 33D) The Language of Negotiation
LING3399 (L 331) Language Planning

2. Interested in Language & Communication?
LING2302 (L 23B) Introduction to Socio-linguistics
LING2402 (L 24B) Structure of the English
Language
LING2501 (L 25A) Language, Gender & Sex
LING3303 (L 33C) Discourse Analysis
LING3304 (L 33D) The Language of Negotiation

3.Interested in Language Structure?
LING2001 (L 20A) Phonology
LING2002 (L 20B) Syntax
LING3001 (L 30A) Advanced Phonology
LING3002 (L 30B) Advanced Syntax
LING3201 (L 32A) Caribbean Dialectology

4.Interested in Jamaican Language Public Service Interpreting?
LING2810 (L 28J) Introduction to the Structure and
Usage of Jamaican Creole
LING2811 (L 28K) Legal Terminology in Jamaican
Creole
LING2920 (L 29T) Introduction to the Theory and
Practice of Translation
LING3909 (L 39I) The Profession of Interpreting
LING3912 (L 39J) Interpreting in Legal Settings