Linguistics Courses
LINGUIS 100 The Diversity of Human Language
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: HU, CD
Last Taught: Spring 2025, UWinteriM 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 199 Independent Study
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/
LINGUIS 210 Power of Words
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: CD, HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 211 Origins of Words
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.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 212 Language and Gender
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.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 289 Internship in Linguistics, Lower Division
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/
LINGUIS 297 Study Abroad:
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 Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/topic chg.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 303 Fifth Semester of an Uncommonly Taught Language:
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/
LINGUIS 350 Introduction to Linguistics
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.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 398 Topics in Linguistics:
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/
LINGUIS 398G Topics in Linguistics:
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/
LINGUIS 400 Introduction to English Linguistics
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 satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.
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/
LINGUIS 400G Introduction to English Linguistics
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 satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.
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/
LINGUIS 406 Advanced English Grammar
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/
LINGUIS 406G Advanced English Grammar
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/
LINGUIS 415 First Language Acquisition
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/
LINGUIS 415G First Language Acquisition
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/
LINGUIS 420 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
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 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 420G Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
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 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 430 Language and Society
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).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 430G Language and Society
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).
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 432 Urban Dialects
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/
LINGUIS 432G Urban Dialects
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/
LINGUIS 440 Psycholinguistics
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.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 440G Psycholinguistics
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.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 441 Introduction to TESOL Methods
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/
LINGUIS 450 Introduction to Phonetics
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to phonetics, the basics of speech production and speech acoustics.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 455 Semantics
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/
LINGUIS 461 Introduction to Phonology
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/
LINGUIS 464 Introduction to Syntax
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 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 464G Introduction to Syntax
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 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 468 Language in its Various Forms:
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, Fall 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 470 Historical/Comparative Linguistics
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/
LINGUIS 470G Historical/Comparative Linguistics
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/
LINGUIS 474 Language Typology and Language Universals
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/
LINGUIS 474G Language Typology and Language Universals
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/
LINGUIS 489 Internship in Linguistics, Upper Division
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/
LINGUIS 490 Field Methods
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/
LINGUIS 490G Field Methods
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/
LINGUIS 497 Study Abroad:
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/
LINGUIS 497G Study Abroad:
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/
LINGUIS 510 Methodologies in English Language Teaching
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/
LINGUIS 520 Advanced Second Language Acquisition:
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/
LINGUIS 520G Advanced Second Language Acquisition:
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/
LINGUIS 550 Advanced Phonetics
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/
LINGUIS 555 Advanced Semantics
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/
LINGUIS 561 Advanced Phonology
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 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 564 Advanced Syntax
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/
LINGUIS 564G Advanced Syntax
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/
LINGUIS 567 Materials and Curriculum for TESOL
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/
LINGUIS 569 Practicum in Teaching ESL to Adult Learners
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/
LINGUIS 570 Issues in Bilingualism
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/
LINGUIS 570G Issues in Bilingualism
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/
LINGUIS 590 Morphology
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/
LINGUIS 590G Morphology
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/
LINGUIS 699 Independent Reading
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/
LINGUIS 708 Proseminar in Linguistics
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: grad st.
Course Rules: Linguis 708(701) & MALLT 708 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 715 First Language Acquisition
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/
LINGUIS 720 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to theories of second language acquisition.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Previously LINGUIS 766.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 741 Introduction to TESOL Methods
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/
LINGUIS 750 Introduction to Phonetics
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/
LINGUIS 755 Semantics
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/
LINGUIS 761 Introduction to Phonology
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/
LINGUIS 763 Morphology
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/
LINGUIS 764 Introduction to Syntax
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/
LINGUIS 768 Language in its Various Forms:
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/
LINGUIS 770 Historical and Comparative Linguistics
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/
LINGUIS 774 Language Typology and Universals
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/
LINGUIS 798 Internship in Linguistics
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/
LINGUIS 799 Independent Reading and Research for Master's Students
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: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 801 Seminar in Syntax and Semantics:
3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced topics in the theory of syntax, including but not limited to, syntactic description, variation, and typology.
Prerequisites: grad st
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 802 Seminar in Phonology and Phonetics:
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/
LINGUIS 803 Seminar in Language Acquisition:
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/
LINGUIS 804 Seminar in Language Variation:
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/
LINGUIS 806 Seminar in Linguistics:
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/
LINGUIS 810 Methodologies in English Language Teaching
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/
LINGUIS 850 Advanced Phonetics
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/
LINGUIS 855 Advanced Semantics
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.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 861 Advanced Phonology
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 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 864 Advanced Syntax
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.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 867 Materials and Curriculum for TESOL
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.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 869 Practicum in Teaching ESL to Adult Learners
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.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 888 Candidate for Degree
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.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 990 Research in Linguistics
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Research and writing of the doctoral dissertation under the supervision of the major professor.
Prerequisites: grad st
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
LINGUIS 999 Independent Reading for Doctoral Students
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 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/