<p>I've the linguistic programme at UCSC is phenomenal, but from what I've seen, it's overly theoretical. Is this true? Is the programme really as good as it is hyped up to be? Is there an honours programme? Do they have classes involving sociolinguistics (or even advanced pragmatics)? Any other comments would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I’m planning to major in linguistics as well. As far as I know, the Linguistics department offers almost no courses outside of theoretical topics, and encourages students interested in other aspects to take electives from related disciplines (e.g. psychology, sociology, computer science, etc.)</p>
<p>[UC</a> Santa Cruz - Linguistics - Undergraduate Program - Linguistics Degrees and Requirements](<a href=“http://ling.ucsc.edu/undergraduate/ling_degree_requirements.php]UC”>http://ling.ucsc.edu/undergraduate/ling_degree_requirements.php)</p>
<p>This link shows most of the courses that UCSC’s Linguistic department has to offer. I too am pursuing a Ling major, focusing on Psycholinguistics. I believe this is a new offering at UCSC. They are offering a psycholinguistic course this coming semester, and the psychology department has plenty of classes to augment this field of study. There are two or three Sociolinguistic classes as far as I know, 1 pragmatics class, and a few computational classes. UCSC is awesome for theoretical (UCLA - formal/phonology, UCSD - Formal, UCSB - Sociolinguistics, UCB - cognitive Lakoff stuff, all around).</p>
<p>Also, if you want to take some classes that aren’t offered at UCSC, you can take up to two or three quarters/semesters at another/other UC/s.</p>
<p>I look forward to working with you all, from what I hear the department is small cluster of students and professors.</p>