The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Four Year Plan: Applied Linguistics/TESOL (BA)
Semester 1
- TRU 120: First-Year Seminar (3 cr)
- LING 198: New Majors Seminar (1 cr)
- LING 238: Intro to Linguistics (3 cr)
- ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking (3 cr), OR COMM 170: Public Speaking (3 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
Semester 2
- LING 224: Topics in Linguistics (*) (1-3 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language II (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3)
(*) = Suggested if offered and of interest.
Semester 3
- LING 250: English Linguistics for the Classroom (3 cr)
- STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3 cr)
- LING Elective (**) (1-4 cr)
- Intermediate Foreign Language I (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
(**) = Options include LING 224: Topics in Linguistics (1-3 cr), OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics (1-4 cr)
Semester 4
- CML 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching (*) (3 cr)
- LING elective (**) (1-4 cr)
- Intermediate Foreign Language II (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
(*) = OR LING 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching in Fall - Semester 5.
(**) = Options include LING 224: Topics in Linguistics (1-3 cr), OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics (1-4 cr)
Semester 5
- LING 398: Linguistics Mid-Major Seminar (1 cr)
- LING 308: WE/Principles of Second Language Teaching (*) (4 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Choose 1-2 from below:
- LING 324: WE/Sociolinguistics (4 cr)
- LING 325: WE/Language and Gender (4 cr)
- LING 326: WE/Language and Ethnicity (4 cr)
(*) = OR CML 308: Principles of Second Language Teaching in Spring - Semester 4.
Semester 6
- LING 414: WE/Language and the Mind (4 cr)
- LING elective (*) (1-4 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
Choose 1-2 from below (if needed):
- LING 324: WE/Sociolinguistics (4 cr)
- LING 325: WE/Language and Gender (4 cr)
- LING 326: WE/Language and Ethnicity (4 cr)
(*) = Options include LING 224: Topics in Linguistics (1-3 cr), OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics (1-4 cr)
Semester 7
- LING 412: Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (4 cr)
- LING elective (*) (1-4 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
(*) = Options include LING 224: Topics in Linguistics (1-3 cr), OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics (1-4 cr)
Semester 8
- LING 498: Linguistics Capstone Seminar (1 cr)
- LING 520: ESOL Assessment Strategies for K-12 Learners (3 cr)
- LING elective (*) (1-4 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
(*) = Options include LING 224: Topics in Linguistics (1-3 cr), OR LING 413: Advanced Linguistics: Topics (1-4 cr)
NOTES:
- If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
- Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
- Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
- Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment & Testing page to plan accordingly.
- LING 414: Language and the Mind is offered once every three semesters.
- CML 308 is currently offered in the Spring of odd number years.
- Topics courses LING 224 and 413 are offered regularly as various subjects.
- We regularly have special courses taught by visiting Ofstad scholars. These are generally 1-2 credit hour courses on special topics that will not recur during a student's time at Truman. Incoming students should check to see if these courses have prerequisites and/or would be appropriate for a student just beginning linguistic study.
- LING 238, LING 250, LING or CML 308, LING 412, and LING 520 may all count towards add-on ESOL endorsement for those continuing on to an MAE degree.
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.