Courses - Linguistics Department

Frequency of
Course Offerings

The following list indicates the frequency with which our regular courses are taught. LIN and ALS courses which are in the course catalog but which do not appear below are taught on a less regular basis as the need and interest arise. We will attempt to adhere to this schedule as best we can so that undergraduate and graduate students can plan their programs and meet their requirements in a timely manner.

Course Number	Course Name	Frequency
LIN 4302/5502	Historical	Every year (usually Fall)
LIN 4303/5503	Intro. Phonology	Every Winter
LIN 4304/5504	Intro. Syntax	Every Fall
LIN 4305/5505	Phonetic Theory	Every Winter
LIN 4307/5507	Intro. Semantics	Every year (usually Winter)
LIN 4403/5603	Phonological Theory	Every Fall
LIN 4404/5604	Syntactic Theory	Every Winter
LIN 4407/5607	Semantic Theory	Every other year
LIN 4409/6609	Studies in the Structure of a Language	Every other year (usually Fall)
LIN 4470	The History of Linguistics	Every Winter
ALS 4317/5517	Models of Second Language Acquisition	Every Summer 1
ALS 4334/5534	Language Development in Children	Every Fall
ALS 4335/5535	Psycholinguistics	Every other year (usually Fall)
ALS 4374/5574	Cross-Cultural Communication	Every other year (usually Winter)
ALS 4375/5575	Language and Culture	Every year (usually Winter)
ALS 4376/5576	Language and Society	Every other year (usually Fall)
ALS 4418/5518	Teaching English as a Second Language	Every Fall and Winter
ALS 4419/5519	Practicum	Every Fall, Winter and Summer 1
ALS 4438/5538	Theory and Practice in Language Testing	Every Fall
ALS 5530	Language Acquisition	Every summer
ALS 5570	Language, Culture, and Society	Every Winter
ALS 6630	Language Pedagogy	Every Winter
ALS 6631	Curriculum and Material Design	Every Summer 1
ALS 6632	Assessment and Compliance	Every Summer 1
ALS 6640	ESL Practicum	Every Summer 2

ESL
Courses

The English as a Second Language (ESL) Institute offers classes in ESL to help individuals improve English language skills (speaking, accent reduction, listening comprehension, reading, writing and vocabulary development). These courses are intended for university students, faculty and staff as well as international students, business personnel and other individuals. These classes can be taken as continuing education classes (CEU) as well as for credit. Students should contact the English as a Second Language Institute for additional information.

ESL Courses

https://www.oakland.edu/esl/-courses/

Note that hese courses cannot be used to satisfy any portion of the University requirement in writing proficiency. Students need to earn a B- or above to pass all ESL courses. All semesters are 8 weeks long: Fall I, Fall II, Winter I, Winter II, Summer I and Summer II