Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE COGNITIVE AND SOCIOCULTURAL WORLDS OF BILINGUALS AND MULTILINGUALS

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course uses a seminar format to investigate the multiple ways in which the psychological and social worlds of bilinguals and multilinguals may differ from that of monolinguals. It covers a large range of topics from the purely cognitive, (how the various components of language are stored and accessed), to more socio-cultural (cultural identity and role switching) or political ones (bilingual education). This course is limited to first-year students only; any others will be removed from the course. Cross-list: LING 140.