Courses in FIG:
UGST 109 FIG Seminar
TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 1 Credit
Development is about seeking a better quality of life. Language is about being human. This FIG is about language development and how it can help minority communities to build a better life. This FIG brings together INTL 240, which explores some of the ups and downs of international development, with LING 101, which explores aspects of how human language works, including how languages become endangered and how linguists document languages and contribute to their revitalization. Your instructor is deep into a research and development project in the jungles to the north of the Amazon River in Brazil. The research goal is to create a durable record of the language, developing a multilingual dictionary and a corpus of transcribed, translated recordings of the language in use. The development goals are to help speakers become literate in their language, to build educational materials, and to put the tribes in charge of developing their own language infrastructure. In this FIG, you will get to know the work in progress and you will see some the problems with language development work that we don’t usually publicize.
GLBL 240: Perspectives on International Development
Social Science (>2) | Global Perspective (>5) | TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 4 Credit
Introduction to major ideologies, theories, historical processes, and contemporary challenges in international development. Galvan.
LING 101: Introduction to Language
Social Science (>2) | TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 4 Credit
Nontechnical introduction to language. Issues of general concern such as language attitudes; language and legislation, nationalism, gender; language learning; and human language versus animal communication.