UVa Course Catalog (Unofficial, Lou's List)
Complete Catalog of Courses for the Linguistics Program    
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These pages present data mined from the University of Virginia's student information system (SIS). I hope that you will find them useful. — Lou Bloomfield, Department of Physics
Anthropology
ANTH 2400Language and Culture (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Introduces the interrelationships of linguistic, cultural, and social phenomena with emphasis on the importance of these interrelationships in interpreting human behavior. No prior knowledge of linguistics is required.
ANTH 2420Language and Gender (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Studies how differences in pronunciation, vocabulary choice, non-verbal communication, and/or communicative style serve as social markers of gender identity and differentiation in Western and non-Western cultures. Includes critical analysis of theory and methodology of social science research on gender and language.
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
ANTH 2440Language and Cinema (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Looks historically at speech and language in Hollywood movies, including the technological challenges and artistic theories and controversies attending the transition from silent to sound films. Focuses on the ways that gender, racial, ethnic, and national identities are constructed through the representation of speech, dialect, and accent. Introduces semiotics but requires no knowledge of linguistics, or film studies.
ANTH 2470Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Covers Jewish languages Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew from historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives. Explores the relations between communities and languages, the nature of diaspora, and the death and revival of languages. No prior knowledge of these languages is required. This course is cross-listed with MEST 2470.
Course was offered Spring 2012
ANTH 5420Theories of Language (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Survey of modern schools of linguistics, both American and European, discussing each approach in terms of historical and intellectual context, analytical goals, assumptions about the nature of language, and relation between theory and methodology.
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
Classics
CLAS 3300Introduction to Indo-european Linguistics (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Languages as superficially different as English, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit in fact all developed from a single "proto-language," called Proto-Indo-European. This course will explore the following questions: What was this proto-language like? How do we know what it was like? By what processes did it develop into the various daughter languages? How can we trace words as diverse as wit, idea, video, and Veda back to a common source?
Course was offered Spring 2012
CLAS 5300Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Languages as superficially different as English, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit in fact all developed from a single "proto-language," called Proto-Indo-European. This course will explore the following questions: What was this proto-language like? How do we know what it was like? By what processes did it develop into the various daughter languages? How can we trace words as diverse as wit, idea, video, and Veda back to a common source?
Course was offered Spring 2012
Education-Human Services
EDHS 4300Psycholinguistics & Communication (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
This course focuses on the psychological processes that underlie the acquisition and the use of language. There is an emphasis on the interaction between linguistic skills and other cognitive skills. Topics include learnability, microgenesis of speech, bilingualism and variation, and a psycholinguistic approach to breakdowns (i.e., language pathology).
Course was offered Spring 2013
Linguistics
LING 3400Structure of English (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Introduces students to the descriptive grammar of English and methods of reasoning about linguistic structure. Covers units of sound and phonemic transcriptions, word building and inflectional forms, lexical categories, basic sentence types, common phrase and clause patterns, and syntactic transformations.
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011
LING 5101ESL Teaching Practicum: Language (1.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Through this course, students focus on the topic of language in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Course was offered Spring 2013
LING 5102ESL Teaching Practicum: Culture (1.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Through this course, students focus on the topic of culture in ESL, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Course was offered Spring 2013
LING 5103ESL Teaching Practicum: Writing (1.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Through this course, students focus on the topic of writing in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Course was offered Spring 2013
LING 7400Structure of English (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
This course provides students with a foundation in the grammar of the English language. Topics include phonology, morphology, syntax, with a focus on structural analysis. Students will gain confidence in discussing the form, function, & usage of linguistic structures. These topics will also be related to the teaching & tutoring of English as a second language including error correction & feedback which will be reflected in advanced final papers.
Course was offered Fall 2012
General Linguistics
LNGS 3250Introduction to Linguistic Theory and Analysis (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Introduces sign systems, language as a sign system, and approaches to linguistics description. Emphasizes the application of descriptive techniques to data. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html.
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
LNGS 7010Linguistic Theory and Analysis (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Linguistic Theory and Analysis
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
Middle Eastern Studies
MEST 2470Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Covers Jewish languages Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew from historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives. Explores the relations between communities and languages, the nature of diaspora, and the death and revival of languages. No prior knowledge of these languages is required. This course is cross-listed with ANTH 2470.
Course was offered Spring 2012
Psychology
PSYC 5310Developmental Psycholinguistics (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Examines current research and theoretical models of children's language acquisition. Topics include normal children's acquisition of spoken language skills, and the development of communication skills in deaf, autistic, and other groups of language-handicapped children. Prerequisite: Upper-level psychology major or linguistics student, or graduate student in Arts and Sciences or Education.
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
Russian
RUSS 5030Advanced Russian I (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
A thorough review of Russian grammar. Prerequisite: RUSS 2010, 2020, and instructor permission.
Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
Spanish
SPAN 3000Phonetics (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Conducted in Spanish.
SPAN 3200Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
Conducted in Spanish.
SPAN 7220History of the Language (3.00)
Offered
Fall 2013
The development of the Spanish language from its origins.