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INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I (IL2100)

Sequel to Italian II, which will review and emphasize more advanced grammatical structure, introduction to political and economic vocabulary for newspaper reading, conversation on different themes and literary texts, and Italian culture and civilization. Field trip to Florence and Pisa will fully expose students to Italian culture.

DATABASE APPLICATIONS (IT3068)

Introduces databases from the programmer's perspective. IT and CS students have common lectures but different projects. IT students learn the fundamentals of database design, SQL, and how to integrate a database into applications. CS students learn the fundamentals of database design, application integration, query motors, and space management.

INTRO TO LINGUISTICS/A LA LINGUISTIQUE (LI2060)

A bilingual survey of linguistics conducted in French and English. Combines theory and practice to introduce students to the basic concepts in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Focuses on the study of the human language as a system, the forms and functions of words and sentence elements, the creativity inherent in language systems, and language varieties. Prepares students to further investigate areas such as Historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language pathologies and first/second language acquisition.

INTRO TO LINGUISTICS / À LA LINGUISTIQUE (LI2060)

(formerly FR306) A bilingual survey of linguistics conducted in French and English. Combines theory and practice to introduce students to the basic concepts in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Focuses on the study of the human language as a system, the forms and functions of words and sentence elements, the creativity inherent in language systems, and language varieties. Prepares students to further investigate areas such as Historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language pathologies and first/second language acquisition.

TOPICS IN LINGUISTICS (LI2091)

Topics vary every semester

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS (LI3035)

Studies the psychological processes involved in the acquisition, understanding and use of language. Provides an overview of the following research areas: speech perception, word recognition, sentence and
discourse processing, speech production, first-and second-language acquisition, bilingual acquisition, and language processing in the brain. PY 1000 is recommended as a prerequisite.