A more in-depth study of specific areas of linguistics, such as neurolinguistics (brain and language), language acquisition (how children learn one or more languages), language processing (the human mind and the computer), and language change (the syllables of time). One third of the course is geared at the special needs of the students who have enrolled. TESL students will study the phonology (the study of sound patterns) of English and learn how to teach English pronunciation, whereas the other students will be doing research in a linguistic area of their interest, culminating in a research paper. It is advisable, but not mandatory, to take Linguistics 201 first.

An introduction to the basic principles of linguistics, including phonetics (the sounds of language), morphology (the words of language), syntax (the sentence patterns of language), sociolinguistics (how language functions in society). Data from different dialects of English and a variety of other languages will be used. Special attention will be given to a biblical view on language. No previous knowledge of linguistics is required.