Linguistics Minor, B.A.

Giving you the information you need to make an educated decision about your English degree is a top priority for us, and so is delivering strong programs without breaking your bank. MSU Denver is among the most affordable four-year universities in the nation.

The Linguistics minor offers the following concentrations:

• Linguistics
• Language

The language and linguistics minors offer concepts about, theories of, and analytical techniques in natural language. The concentrations represent an intellectual discipline in itself and simultaneously serve the interests of future teachers, students of literature and writing, and others who have a continuing fascination with language as language. The minors require students to engage in vigorous, progressively more explicit and precise analysis and synthesis as they examine facts and fallacies about the miracle of language.

The Linguistics minor at MSU Denver offers you opportunities to develop analytical skills in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology and communication:

• AI and Technology Relevance — Build foundational knowledge in language structure and meaning that drives advances in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine translation
• Research Opportunities — Conduct original undergraduate research into the structure, meaning, and use of language
• Complement Any Major — Add a competitive edge to careers in education, technology, law, healthcare, and communication by understanding how language shapes human interaction

An MSU Denver Minor in Linguistics can be your springboard to careers ranging from writing and teaching to law and public service. Here are a few career paths to consider:

• Web content strategist
• Social media manager
• Editor
• Journalist
• Technical writer
• Teacher
• Professor
• Lawyer
• Higher education consultant
• Fundraiser
• Nonprofit administrator
• Brand manager
• Grant writer
• Screenwriter

Chereka Dickerson

Assistant Professor Chereka Dickerson teaches African American literature and Black women writers. She is in the process of completing her Ph.D. dissertation in U.S. minority and women’s literature.

Cynthia Kuhn

Professor Cynthia Kuhn is the author of the Lila Maclean Mystery Series. Her debut novel, The Semester of Our Discontent, received the 2017 Agatha Award for best first mystery.

Jason Miller

Professor Jason Miller is a fiction writer, screenwriter and Pushcart-Prize nominee whose work has been published in the Starry Night Literary Review, Literary Potpourri, Ink Pot #2, Burning Word and Outsider Ink among others.

MSU Denver English program alumni have been hired by the following organizations:

• Colorado Office of the Attorney General
• Servicios de la Raza
• Brain Balance Achievement Center
• Aurora Public Schools Foundation
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Colorado Historical Society
• Cesar Chavez Academy
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
• California Department of Justice
• Colorado Office of the Governor
• Neighborhood Solutions
• University of Chicago Press
• Aurora Central High School
• Bear Creek High School

MSU Denver English alumni have been accepted for post-graduate study at numerous schools, including:

• University of Colorado, Boulder
• University of Denver
• Regis University
• University of London
• University of Oregon
• New York University
• University of California, Los Angeles
• McGill University