LIC Minor

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The LIC minor is designed for students who wish to augment their major program of study with a distinctive program of courses and training experiences pertinent to the study of discourse across the life span, across diverse speech communities, and across culturally meaningful settings within particular communities. The minor is sponsored by the Center of Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC) and draws upon faculty and courses in a number of different departments. It provides a locus for students to integrate ethnographic, interactional, and linguistic approaches to discourse in society.

The Language, Interaction, and Culture minor is designed to train students in the naturalistic study of discourse in everyday interaction. To enter the minor, students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better, have completed 80 quarter units, and file a petition with the minor adviser, 3300A Rolfe Hall, (310) 825-4631. All degree requirements, including the specific requirements for the minor, must be fulfilled with 228 quarter units.

Required Lower Division courses (eight units total) for the LIC Minor:

Two courses selected from the following groups (each course must come from a different group):

• Group 1 -- Anthropology 33 or 34
• Group 2 -- Sociology 3 or 24
• Group 3 -- Linguistics 1 or 2 or 20.

Required Upper Division Courses (28 units total)for the LIC Minor:

Applied Linguistics/TESL M194 and six courses from the following, with at least one course from each group:

• Group 1 -- Anthropology M140, 141, 142A, 143, 144, M145, 146
• Group 2 -- Sociology CM124A, CM124B, CM125, 126, M176
• Group 3 -- Applied Linguistics/TESL 100, C116, 121, 125, M161, 170; Chicana/o Studies 160, 161, 162; Japanese M120, CM122; Linguistics 114, 170.

All minor courses must be taken for a letter grade, with an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better. No more than two upper division elective courses may be applied toward both the students' majors and this minor. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.