Linguistics (LINGUIS)
Linguistics Courses
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey course on the nature and diversity of human language. Topics include language and society, dialects, language and culture, language acquisition, and language typology.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science
Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
This course invites students to interpret and comprehend AI models through the lens of linguistics. Students will develop the technical insight and linguistic literacy needed to navigate the evolving relationship between human language and AI.
Prerequisites: none.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Prerequisites: 2.0 GPA, consent of instructors, and either Linguis 100 or any Linguis course 200 or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Dynamic role of language in interpersonal relations, social attitudes and behavior. Topics include: patterns of culture and language, language as identification; prejudice, politics, and advertisement.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Vocabulary of English from historical origins to the present; how words and word patterns change over time under influences of both internal and external forces.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
How patterns of speaking reflect, perpetuate, and create our experience of gender; how gender interacts with race, class, socioeconomic status, age, occupational and social roles.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Linguis 200 with same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of linguistics in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: introductory course in linguistics; 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM-sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3-4 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of FLL/Linguis 204(Linguis 232). Number of credits earned by student is determined by the credit value assigned to section number.
Prerequisites: FLL/Linguis 204(Linguis 232)(P) in same language.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in language. FLL 303 & Linguis 303 are jointly offered; w/same topic, they count as repeats of one another.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to basic linguistic principles and concepts. Elementary analysis of sentence patterns, sound systems and language change.
Prerequisites: jr st or a linguis course.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Do the language outputs of AI models contain the same structures as human language? Students will investigate this question by directly probing AI models, building skills to connect linguistic theory with practical AI testing.
Prerequisites: LINGUIS 100(P), LINGUIS 350(P), or LINGUIS 440(P).
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Topics in any of several recognized areas of linguistics.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Summer 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Topics in any of several recognized areas of linguistics.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Summer 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Application of linguistic theory and techniques to modern English. Course is required of all English majors and minors in the College of Community Engagement & Professions' School of Education.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: ENGLISH 400 and LINGUIS 400 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Application of linguistic theory and techniques to modern English. Course is required of all English majors and minors in the College of Community Engagement & Professions' School of Education.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: ENGLISH 400 and LINGUIS 400 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of English 403 with emphasis on the analysis of complex sentences and discourse syntax.
Prerequisites: jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req; English 403(P).
Course Rules: English 406 & Linguis 406 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of English 403 with emphasis on the analysis of complex sentences and discourse syntax.
Prerequisites: jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req; English 403(P).
Course Rules: English 406 & Linguis 406 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of research on what individuals know about their first language at different ages and the kinds of theories offered to explain these data.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of research on what individuals know about their first language at different ages and the kinds of theories offered to explain these data.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Principles and methods of describing and comparing the structure of two or more languages with emphasis on the implications of this comparison for language learning.
Prerequisites: jr st; Linguis 350(P) or equiv.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Principles and methods of describing and comparing the structure of two or more languages with emphasis on the implications of this comparison for language learning.
Prerequisites: jr st; Linguis 350(P) or equiv.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The influence of society on language and of language on society. Language as social interaction, speech styles, social dialects; effects on language change.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The influence of society on language and of language on society. Language as social interaction, speech styles, social dialects; effects on language change.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Study of language variation in urban areas. Structure of black English vernacular and its relation to other dialects. Social and educational implications of dialect variation.
Prerequisites: jr st & Lingus 100 or 350.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Study of language variation in urban areas. Structure of black English vernacular and its relation to other dialects. Social and educational implications of dialect variation.
Prerequisites: jr st & Lingus 100 or 350.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
A survey of the history, goals, methods, and findings of psycholinguistics. Principal topics: phonetic perception, speech production, syntactic processing, linguistic memory, meaning, and language acquisition.
Prerequisites: jr st; Linguis 350(R) or Psych 101(R); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
A survey of the history, goals, methods, and findings of psycholinguistics. Principal topics: phonetic perception, speech production, syntactic processing, linguistic memory, meaning, and language acquisition.
Prerequisites: jr st; Linguis 350(R) or Psych 101(R); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Overview of the various approaches to teaching English as a second language (TESOL) to adult/university-level learners.
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 565.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to phonetics, the basics of speech production and speech acoustics.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The study of meaning in language; its role in grammatical description. Basic concepts used in semantic analysis and discussion of their place in grammatical theory.
Prerequisites: jr st & LINGUIS 350(P) or PHILOS 211(P), cons instr.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 466.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Basic properties of sounds, sound patterns, and sound processes of spoken language.
Prerequisites: jr st & LINGUIS 350(P); or cons instr.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 460.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Study of word and sentence formation in languages. Practice in analysis and argumentation using data from various languages.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Study of word and sentence formation in languages. Practice in analysis and argumentation using data from various languages.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Analysis and description of various language types. Topics may include language change, language development, dialectology, and language typology.
Prerequisites: junior standing and LINGUIS 350(P); or graduate standing; or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Analysis and description of various language types. Topics may include language change, language development, dialectology, and language typology.
Prerequisites: junior standing and LINGUIS 350(P); or graduate standing; or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The study of language change; introduction to internal reconstruction and the comparative method; generative approaches to historical change.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The study of language change; introduction to internal reconstruction and the comparative method; generative approaches to historical change.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Comparison of phonetic, syntactic, and lexical patterns of different languages, with emphasis on deriving statements about properties of all languages or of significant subclasses of languages.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Comparison of phonetic, syntactic, and lexical patterns of different languages, with emphasis on deriving statements about properties of all languages or of significant subclasses of languages.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of advanced principles of linguistics in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: junior standing; 300-level or above course in linguistics; 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2010, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Spring 1998.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Work with a native speaker of a foreign language. Gathering and collation of data. Evaluation of possible phonemic and grammatical analyses.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 1995.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Work with a native speaker of a foreign language. Gathering and collation of data. Evaluation of possible phonemic and grammatical analyses.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 1995.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Students develop comprehensive understanding of sound methodological approaches that can be used in teaching of reading, writing, grammar, and listening/speaking to ESL/EFL learners.
Prerequisites: junior standing or above and LINGUIS 441(P) (previously LINGUIS 565).
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 410.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Readings, discussions, and analyses of current issues in second-language acquisition theory.
Prerequisites: jr st; Linguis 420(P) or equiv.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Readings, discussions, and analyses of current issues in second-language acquisition theory.
Prerequisites: jr st; Linguis 420(P) or equiv.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Auditory phonetics; issues in speech production and speech acoustics; quantitative study of speech sounds in linguistic contexts; independent experimental research on topic selected by student.
Prerequisites: junior standing and LINGUIS 450(P) or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Readings, discussion, and analysis of current issues in formal semantics for natural language.
Prerequisites: junior standing and LINGUIS 466(P) or equivalent.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 566.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Fundamental issues in generative phonology; emphasis on comparing alternative models of phonological description.
Prerequisites: junior standing and LINGUIS 460(P).
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 560.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of Linguis 464, with greater emphasis on the evaluation and justification of competing solutions and competing models of grammar.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 464(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of Linguis 464, with greater emphasis on the evaluation and justification of competing solutions and competing models of grammar.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 464(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed for prospective ESL/EFL teachers. Focus on planning and designing courses to meet the needs of specific populations of language learners.
Prerequisites: junior standing or above and LINGUIS 441(P) (previously LINGUIS 565).
Course Rules: ENGLISH 567 and LINGUIS 567 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A structured, supervised practicum in language teaching to students in the adult/university TESOL certificate program.
Prerequisites: junior standing or above, LINGUIS 441(P) (previously 565) and LINGUIS 510(P) (previously 410).
Course Rules: ENGLISH 569 and LINGUIS 569 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Study of bilingual competence, bilingual community, and second language acquisition from sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and general linguistic standpoints.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 570 & Linguis 570 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Study of bilingual competence, bilingual community, and second language acquisition from sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and general linguistic standpoints.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Anthro 570 & Linguis 570 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to morphology, which is the study of word formation in human language.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Linguis 763.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to morphology, which is the study of word formation in human language.
Prerequisites: jr st & Linguis 350(P); or grad st & cons instr.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Linguis 763.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced independent work under the supervision of a Linguis faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must submit a study proposal. For more information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academci Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 12 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Presents a range of linguistic constructs, demonstrating through readings, problems, and exercises how these concepts can be used in the analysis of language.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Examination of research on what individuals know about their first language at different ages and the kinds of theories offered to explain these data.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with graduate credit in LINGUIS 415.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to theories of second language acquisition.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 766.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Designed for prospective ESL/EFL teachers. Graduate level introduction to the field of adult TESOL.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 767.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to phonetics, the basics of speech production and speech acoustics.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students w/ graduate credit in LINGUIS 450.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
The study of meaning in language; its role in grammatical description. Basic concepts used in semantic analysis and discussion of their place in grammatical theory.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with graduate credit in LINGUIS 455.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to the basic properties of sounds, sound patterns, and sound processes of spoken language.
Prerequisites: grad st; Linguis 350(P) or equiv.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of LINGUIS 460.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
A graduate-level introduction to morphological theory.
Prerequisites: grad st; Linguis 460(P) & 464(P) or equiv.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Investigation of the syntax or sentence structure properties of human language.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students w/grad cr in LINGUIS 464.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis and description of various language types. Topics may include language change, language development, dialectology, and language typology.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max; counts as repeat of LINGUIS 468G if the topic is identical.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
The study of phonological and morphological change by studying the process of internal reconstruction, the comparative method, and the historical processes of analogical, grammatical, and semantic change in languages.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Comparison of phonetic, syntactic, and lexical patterns of different languages, with emphasis on deriving statements about properties of all languages or of significant subclasses of languages.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Application of advanced principles of linguistics in an internship experience in a business, organizational, educational, political, governmental or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on minimum 40 hrs in internship. Paper or project req'd.
Last Taught: Summer 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Independent reading and/or research under the supervision of a Linguistics faculty member on a linguistics topic relating to the student's area of interest.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced topics in the theory of syntax, including but not limited to, syntactic description, variation, and typology.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced topics in phonological theory, including, but not limited to, phonological description, variation, and typology.
Prerequisites: grad st
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Theory of adult language acquisition, including, but not limited to, interpretation of learner errors, description of acquisition strategies, and analysis of learning sequences.
Prerequisites: grad st
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Fall 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced topics in social dialects, including, but not limited to, language variation, social markers, and the concept of a standard language.
Prerequisites: grad st
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced-level seminar in which students do in-depth research on a particular area of linguistics through readings, class discussion, and writing a research paper.
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Methodological approaches that can be used in the teaching of reading, writing, grammar, and listening/speaking to ESL/EFL learners.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and completion of LINGUIS 741 (previously 767).
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of LINGUIS 410G.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Auditory phonetics; issues in speech production and speech acoustics; quantitative study of speech sounds in linguistic contexts; independent experimental research on topic selected by student.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Readings, discussion, and analysis of current issues in formal semantics for natural language.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with graduate credit in LINGUIS 555.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020.
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3 cr. Graduate.
Fundamental issues in generative phonology; emphasis on comparing alternative models of phonological description.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with graduate credit in LINGUIS 561.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
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3 cr. Graduate.
Emphasis on the evaluation and justification of competing solutions and competing models of grammar/syntax.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
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3 cr. Graduate.
Designed for prospective ESL/EFL teachers. Focus on planning and designing materials and curriculum to meet the needs of specific populations of language learners.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and LINGUIS 741(P) (previously 767).
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of LINGUIS 567G or ENGLISH 567G.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
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1-6 cr. Graduate.
Field experience in teaching English as a second language to adult learners.
Prerequisites: graduate standing, completion of LINGUIS 741 (previously 767) and LINGUIS 810 (formerly 410G), and program director consent.
Course Rules: Repeatable to 6 cr max. Previously LINGUIS 789 and ENGLISH 789. LINGUIS 869 and ENGLISH 869 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
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0 cr. Graduate.
Available for students who must meet minimum credit requirement.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable to 10 cr max. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013.
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1-3 cr. Graduate.
Research and writing of the doctoral dissertation under the supervision of the major professor.
Prerequisites: grad st
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
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1-3 cr. Graduate.
Individual work directed by a member of the graduate faculty; for doctoral students unable to secure needed content in regular courses.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
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