LIN Major Requirements
The LIN Major has 2 requirements in our Preparatory Subject Matter. What is the requirement that isn't LIN 001?
One Foreign language course beyond the 15-unit requirement of the College of Letters and Science in the same language used to fulfill the college requirement
What is the email address you should use to reach your UC Davis Linguistics Advising Team?
How many LIN research labs do we have at UC Davis? (Bonus points if you can name all of them)
- Phonetics Lab
- Computational Linguistics Lab
- Language, Learning, and Logic Lab
- Morgan Computational Psycholinguistics Lab
- Corina Cognitive Neurolinguistics Lab
- Ferreira Psycholinguistics Lab
What building is the College of L&S main office in?
The Social Sciences and Humanities Building/The Death Star
5 eggheads:
- See no evil/hear no evil
- Eye on Mrak (Fatal Laff)
- Bookhead
- Stargazer
- Yin & Yang
What are the numbers of all the specifically required courses in the LIN major?
- LIN 001
- LIN 103A
- LIN 103B
- LIN 111
- LIN 131
Drop-in advising
What is the number of the course you can register in to receive upper division units for being a Research Assistant in a UC Davis Lab?
LIN 199 - Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates
Where can you go for a quick advising meeting with the College of L&S to discuss 4 year plans and GE requirements?
Express Advising
What was the original name of UC Davis?
University Farm
How many total upper division units does the LIN major require?
44 upper division units
How do you clear a mandatory advising hold?
How many quarters does a student enroll in LIN 194H to complete an Honors Thesis in their Senior Year?
2 quarters of LIN 194H
How many majors and minors (about) does the College of Letters and Science offer?
About how large (in acres) is the UC Davis campus?
5,300 acres
Name one course from a department other than Linguistics that can be used to fulfill the upper division elective section of the major requirements.
African American and African Studies 156
Anthropology 110, 117, 119, 120
Communication 105
Education 151
English 105, 106
French 109, 160, 161, 162
German 105
Human Development 101
Japanese 151
Native American Studies 107
Philosophy 137A, 137B, 137C
Psychology 132
Spanish 111N, 112N, 113, 114N, 115, 115S, 116, 117, 118
What is the name of the system that you use to schedule an appointment with your staff advisor?
The Advising Appointment System (AAS, appointments.ucdavis.edu)
How many units do you have to complete before you can be a Research Assistant?
84 units
What percent of upper division units used to satisfy course and unit requirements in a major must be unique to that major?
80%
When did the first UC Davis four-year undergraduate program begin?
1922
How many units of the 8 upper division elective units can be fulfilled by lab work as a research assistant and/or work on a senior year honors thesis?
Research assistant: All of them!
Honors thesis: Up to 6, as the thesis only gives 6 total units over 2 quarters
How do you request a PTA code from the LIN department?
Fill out the PTA code request form on the linguistics.ucdavis.edu website
What is the full name of the conference in which UC Davis undergraduate students can present their research at UC Davis.
The Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference
How often can you request a degree check from the College of L&S?
Once every three months
What breed of horse was the original Gunrock?
Thoroughbred