Options Linguistics at Youngstown State University offers core classes in the Department of English as well as in the departments of Foreign Languages, Philosophy, Anthropology and Psychology. Students wishing to study Linguistics have several options. Students take a number of core courses in the field and then specialize in one of several areas. Another option is to minor in Linguistics . Students who choose this option most often combine the minor with a major in English or in a foreign language, but linguistics also fits well with sociology, anthropology and psychology, as well as computer science.
Students can also combine a concentration in teaching English as a second language with any major.
The concentration also fits well with the Linguistics minor. The courses in this concentration prepare graduates to work as an ESL teacher in the United States and abroad.