COURSE OFFERINGS

Please note, this is a tentative list of course offerings and is subject to change.
Course descriptions available here.

For the most current listing, see http://websoc.reg.uci.edu/perl/WebSoc.

 

Fall 2023 Course Offerings

Course Number Course Title
Number

Title

LSCI 2 (Online Course)

DISCOVERING LANGUAGE (Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies VII. Multicultural Studies)

Explores language's prevasiveness and diversity; demonstrates ways linguistics illuminates language's crucial-albeit hidden-societal role. Issues: self-and group-identification, language death, language in legal and educational settings, illustrations: spoken and signed languages, varieties of English, and Native American languages. 

LSCI 3

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (Mis, B.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. 

LSCI 10

INTRO TO PHONOLOGY (Tran, T.) (satisfies III Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Introduction to phonological theory and analysis. Covers basic phonetic description and transcription; motivations behind phonological analysis; rules and representations; underlying forms; derivations; rule interaction; analyses of stress and tone. Emphasizes practical skills with lab sections and problem sets.

LSCI 51 (Online Course)

ACQUISITION OF LANG Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies III Social and Behavioral Sciences)

What children say, what they mean, and what they understand. Theories about the learning of language by one-, two-, and three-year-olds. Comparison of kinds of data on which these theories are based.

LSCI 51B

BILINGUAL EDUC (Torres, J.)

Provides a comprehensive overview of current issues in bilingual education and bilingualism. Topics include dimensions of bilingualism, the effects of bilingualism on children's linguistic and cognitive development, bilingual education programs, literacy, special needs, and assessment.

LSCI 142

INTRO TO LOGIC (Bradley, C.)

Introduction to sentence logic, including truth tables and natural deduction; and to predicate logic, including semantics and natural deduction.

LSCI 145A

ELEMENTARY SET THEORY (Meadows, T.)

An introduction to the basic working vocabulary of mathematical reasoning. Topics include sets, Boolean operations, ordered n-tuples, relations, functions, ordinal and cardinal numbers.

LSCI 159

SPEECH SCIENCE (Xie, X.)

LSCI 195A

LANGUAGE SCIENCE RESEARCH 1 (Scontras, G.)

Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies.

 

Winter 2024 Course Offerings

Course Number Course Title
Number

Title

LSCI 1

LANGUAGES OF  THE WORLD (Mis, B.) (satisfies VIII. International/Global Studies)

The world has over 6,000 languages, with an exuberant variety of sounds, words, grammars. introduction to a representative (about eight), drawn from every continent. Students not expected to learn these languages, but to explore and study their structure and complexity. 

LSCI 3 (Online Course)

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. 

LSCI 20 (Online Course)

 INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX (Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Basic concepts in syntactic description and grammatical analysis.

LSCI 43

INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC (Meadows, T.) crosslisted with LPS 30 and PHIL 30

An introduction to the symbolism and methods of the logic of satements, including evaluation of arguments by truth tables, the techniques of natural deduction, and semantic tableaux.

LSCI 68

INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE & CULTURE (Richland, J.) crosslisted with ANTHRO 2D (home department)

Explores what the study of language can reveal about ourselves as bearers of culture. After introducing some basic concepts, examines how cultural knowledge is linguistically organized and how languae might shape our perception of the world.

LSCI 99

BILING MINDS & BRAINS (Kroll, J.) crosslisted with EDUC 80 (home department)

LSCI 117

INTRODUCTION TO ACOUSTIC PHONETICS (Mayer, C.) This is a combo course with graduate course LSCI 217

introduction to the study of the acoustic properties of speech and their relationship to speech articulation and speech perception. Topics covered include making and interpreting quanitative acoustic measurements of speech, basic experimental design, and basic data visualization and statistical analysis.

LSCI 117 LAB (computer) must be taken with the class

LSCI 141

LLMS & PHILOSOPHY OF LANAGUAGE (Easwaran, K.) crosslisted with LPS 145 AND PHIL 145

Topics in Philosophy of Language

LSCI 145B

METALOGIC (Wehmeier, K.) crosslisted with LPS 105B (home department) and PHIL 105B

Introduction to formal syntax (proof theory) and semantics (model theory) for first-order logic, including the deduction, completeness, compactness, and Lowenheim-Skolem theorems.

LSCI 155

PSYCH OF LANGUAGE (Scontras, G.) crosslisted with Psych 150

Examines language using the tools of experimental psychology. From sounds to words to spoken and written sentences, explores how language is used in real time, and how its use reveals how it is represented in the mind.

LSCI 159

COMPUTATIONAL COGNITIVE MODELS OF LANGUAGE ACQUISTION (Pearl, L) 

LSCI 159

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF LANAGUAGE (Kroll, J.) crosslisted with EDUC 180 (home department)

LSCI 169

JAPANESE SOCIOLOGING (Riggs, H.) crosslisted with EAS 126

Through this course students will also explore the structure of the Japanese language and its historical development in conjunction with socio-cultural factors. Upon completion of this course, students should understand the idiosyncratic behavior of Japanese as a language.

LSCI 169

EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE & MUSIC (Hickok, G.) crosslisted with PSYCH 169 (home department)

LSCI 182V

LANGUAGE & LITERACY (Collins, P.) crosslisted with EDUC 151 and PSCI 192V

Addresses the linguistic principles and processes that underline oral and written language proficiency. Emphasis is on how to use phonology, morphology, orthography, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to support literacy and oral language development for K-12 students.

LSCI 195B

LANG SCI RES II (Scontras, G.) 

Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies.

 

 

 

Spring 2024 Course Offerings

Course Number Course Title
Number

Title

LSCI 2

DISCOVERING LANGUAGE (Mis, B.) (satisfies VII. Multicultural Studies)

Explores language's prevasiveness and diversity; demonstrates ways linguistics illuminates language's crucial-albeit hidden-societal role. Issues: self-and group-identification, language death, language in legal and educational settings, illustrations: spoken and signed languages, varieties of English, and Native American languages. 

LSCI 3 (Online Course)

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. 

LSCI 20 (Online Course)

INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX (Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Basic concepts in syntactic description and grammatical analysis.

LSCI 99

This class has not been finalized

TBA (Xie, X.)

LSCI 107M

This course is not yet finalized. May teach 202B

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR LANGUAGE RESEARCH (Scontras, G.) cross-list with Psych 157M

Focuses on computational methods useful for language research. Students become familiar with software and programming languages used for extracting information from electronic datasets and for creating basic simulations of linguistic cognition. No prior programming experience assumed.

LSCI 115

INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS (Tran, T.) 

Introduces students to fundamental concepts of phonetics. The sound systems of selected languages around the world, including that of English, are described in detail. Students are trained to work with speech sound recognition, phonetic transcription, and language sound production.

LSCI 119

PHONOLOGICAL MODELS (Mayer, C.) This is a combo course with graduate course LSCI 219

 

LSCI 165B

STRUCTURE OF JAPANESE (Riggs, H.) crosslisted with EAS 123

An overview of the linguistic features of modern Japanese. Provides students with a systematic introduction to the nature and characteristics of the language.

LSCI 195C

LANGUAGE SCIENCE RESEARCH III (Staff)

Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies.

LSCI 195W

WRITING SKILLS FOR LANGUAGE SCIENCE (Pearl, L.)

Focuses on written technical communication skills in language science. Topics include the scientific publication process (focusing on research abstracts), how to write for pieces of different lengths, and writing for different audiences.

 

 

 

PREVIOUS COURSE OFFEREING

 Fall 2022 Course

Course Number Course Title
Number

Title

LSCI 1

LANGUAGES OF  THE WORLD (MIS, B.) (satisfies VIII. International/Global Studies)

The world has over 6,000 languages, with an exuberant variety of sounds, words, grammars. introduction to a representative (about eight), drawn from every continent. Students not expected to learn these languages, but to explore and study their structure and complexity. 

LSCI 2

DISCOVERING LANGUAGE (BAR-SEVER, G.) (satisfies VII. Multicultural Studies)

Explores language's prevasiveness and diversity; demonstrates ways linguistics illuminates language's crucial-albeit hidden-societal role. Issues: self-and group-identification, language death, language in legal and educational settings, illustrations: spoken and signed languages, varieties of English, and Native American languages. 

LSCI 3

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (NGUYEN, E.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. 

LSCI 10

INTRO TO PHONOLOGY (TRAN, T.) (satisfies III Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Introduction to phonological theory and analysis. Covers basic phonetic description and transcription; motivations behind phonological analysis; rules and representations; underlying forms; derivations; rule interaction; analyses of stress and tone. Emphasizes practical skills with lab sections and problem sets.

LSCI 51

ACQUISITION OF LANG BAR-SEVER, G.) (satisfies III Social and Behavioral Sciences)

What children say, what they mean, and what they understand. Theories about the learning of language by one-, two-, and three-year-olds. Comparison of kinds of data on which these theories are based.

LSCI 51B

BILINGUAL EDUC (TORRES, J.)

Provides a comprehensive overview of current issues in bilingual education and bilingualism. Topics include dimensions of bilingualism, the effects of bilingualism on children's linguistic and cognitive development, bilingual education programs, literacy, special needs, and assessment.

LSCI 109

FORMAL LANGUAGES (MAYER, C.)

Prerequisite for the course; LSCI 3 plus some basic familiarity with programing. A background in Python is preferable, but the course will cover Python basics briefly in the first week. The programing prerequisite can be fulfilled by ICS 31/ICS 32A/EECS 12, or by permission of the instructor.

This class is taught as a combo class with graduate course LSCI 209.

LSCI 142

INTRO TO LOGIC (STAFF)

Introduction to sentence logic, including truth tables and natural deduction; and to predicate logic, including semantics and natural deduction.

LSCI 145A

ELEMENTARY SET THEORY (MEADOWS, T.)

An introduction to the basic working vocabulary of mathematical reasoning. Topics include sets, Boolean operations, ordered n-tuples, relations, functions, ordinal and cardinal numbers.

LSCI 159

COG NEUROSCI OF LANGUAGE (KROLL, J.)

LSCI 195A

LANGUAGE SCIENCE RESEARCH 1 (SCRONTAS, G.)

Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies.

 

Winter 2023 Course

Course Number Course Title
Number

Title

LSCI 3

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (Futrell, R.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. 

LSCI 20

 INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX (Bar-Sever, G.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Basic concepts in syntactic description and grammatical analysis.

LSCI 99

SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPEECH SCIENCE (Xie, X.) 

LSCI 109

INFORMATION THEORY & LANGUAGE (Futrell, R.)

This is a combo course with graduate course LSCI 209

LSCI 119

SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHONOLOGY (Mayer, C.) This is a combo course with graduate course LSCI 219

This course is an introduction to acoustic phonetics: the study of the acoustic properties of speech and their relationship to speech articulation and speech perception.

LSCI 155

PSYCH OF LANGUAGE (Scontras, G.) crosslisted with Psych 150

Examines language using the tools of experimental psychology. From sounds to words to spoken and written sentences, explores how language is used in real time, and how its use reveals how it is represented in the mind.

LSCI 158

LANGUAGE AND THE BRAIN (Hickok, G) crosslisted with BIOL N160 and Psych 161

Research analysis on biological bases of human linguistic capacity. Development, focusing on hemispheric specialization, plasticity; localization of specific linguistic functions in adults, with emphasis on study of aphasias; relation of linguistic capacity to general cognitive capacity, considering research on retardation.

LSCI 169

JAPANESE SOCIOLOGING (Riggs, H.) crosslisted with EAS 126

Through this course students will also explore the structure of the Japanese language and its historical development in conjunction with socio-cultural factors. Upon completion of this course, students should understand the idiosyncratic behavior of Japanese as a language.

LSCI 195B

LANG SCI RES II (Scontras, G.) 

Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies.

LSCI 195W

WRITING SKILLS FOR LANGUAGE SCIENCE (Bar-Sever, G.)

Focuses on written technical communication skills in language science. Topics include the scientific publication process (focusing on research abstracts), how to write for pieces of different lengths, and writing for different audiences.

 

 

 

Spring 2023 Course

Course Number Course Title
Number

Title

LSCI 2

DISCOVERING LANGUAGE (BAR-SEVER, G.) (satisfies VII. Multicultural Studies)

Explores language's prevasiveness and diversity; demonstrates ways linguistics illuminates language's crucial-albeit hidden-societal role. Issues: self-and group-identification, language death, language in legal and educational settings, illustrations: spoken and signed languages, varieties of English, and Native American languages. 

LSCI 3

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (Futrell, R.) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. 

LSCI 10

INTRO TO PHONOLOGY (Staff) (satisfies III Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Introduction to phonological theory and analysis. Covers basic phonetic description and transcription; motivations behind phonological analysis; rules and representations; underlying forms; derivations; rule interaction; analyses of stress and tone. Emphasizes practical skills with lab sections and problem sets.

LSCI 20

INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX (Staff) (satisfies III. Social and Behavioral Sciences & V.B. Formal Reasoning)

Basic concepts in syntactic description and grammatical analysis.

LSCI 107M

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR LANGUAGE RESEARCH (Scontras, G.) cross-list with Psych 157M

Focuses on computational methods useful for language research. Students become familiar with software and programming languages used for extracting information from electronic datasets and for creating basic simulations of linguistic cognition. No prior programming experience assumed.

LSCI 109

"CORPUS LINGUISTICS" SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS (BAR-SEVER, G.)

Introduction to the use of large collections of computer-readable text (“corpora”) in linguistics and cognitive science as an increasingly important source of empirical information for both theoretical and applied study. Focus on computational text processing techniques and quantitative data analysis. Other topics include philosophical foundations; lexical resources; the WWW as corpus; and applications to stylistics, language teaching and sociolinguistics. No prior programming or statistics background is required.

LSCI 115

INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS (Tran, T.) 

Introduces students to fundamental concepts of phonetics. The sound systems of selected languages around the world, including that of English, are described in detail. Students are trained to work with speech sound recognition, phonetic transcription, and language sound production.

LSCI 165B

STRUCTURE OF JAPANESE (Riggs, H.) crosslisted with EAS 123

An overview of the linguistic features of modern Japanese. Provides students with a systematic introduction to the nature and characteristics of the language.

LSCI 195C

LANGUAGE SCIENCE RESEARCH III (Staff)

Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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