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4.00 Credits
4 hours A variety of seminars for first-year students offered each January term.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Very young children can acquire a language without really trying, but learning a language later in life is a much more difficult task. Drawing on linguistic, cognitive, and methodological research, this course examines how second language acquisition differs at the various stages of life, what structural elements of language (phonological, grammatical, and lexical) are most challenging to acquire, and what one can do to make language learning and teaching as effective as possible. Offered alternate years. (HB)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours The English language has evolved in many ways over the centuries to become the world language it is today. This course examines changes in the phonological, grammatical, and lexical structure of the language from Old English to Modern English, investigating issues of language variation and social discrimination, the relationship between historical events and changes in the language, and the connection between language change and linguistic universals. (HB, Hist)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Although all Romances languages have Latin as their source, each is in many ways distinct from its siblings and from Latin. This course examines the primary changes in the phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon of Latin as it developed into the Romance language family, and explores the relationship between the ways in which a language changes and the historical events which shape the lives of its speakers. Prerequisite: FREN, SPAN, ITAL, or LAT 102 or above, or permission of the instructor. Offered every three years. (HB, Hist)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours In this course, we examine the power of dialect as a means of expressing our own, and identifying other people's, social identities. Using both linguistic and sociological criteria, we address such questions as: What is a dialect In what ways do social phenomena such as regional loyalties, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and age shape the dialect we speak What consequences does dialect variation have with regard to social equality To what extent can this variation help us understand how and why languages change over time Offered every third year. Prerequisite: a prior course in linguistics. (HBSSM, Intcl, R, W)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A variety of seminars for first-year students offered each January term.
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2.00 Credits
1or 2 hours Readings on specific topics In Library and Information Studies under the direction of a member of the department.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours Supervised on- or off-campus work in public or private organizations. Students may complete their internship within the Library and Information Services organization at Luther College or at another library (Jterm or summer only). A plan must be submitted for approval before the internship begins. Minimum 2.50 GPA and sophomore standing. Prerequisite: consent of faculty internship coordinator.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Quantitative literacy plays an important role in an increasing number of professional fields, as well as in the daily decisionmaking of informed citizens in our changing society. This course is designed to improve students' quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills by acquainting them with various real-world applications of mathematical reasoning, such as fair division, voting and apportionment, graph theory, probability, statistics, the mathematics of finance, check digits and coding, and geometry. This course is recommended for students who wish to take a noncalculus- based mathematics class as they prepare for their lives as informed members of a larger world. Prerequisite: high school algebra. (Quant)
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