# Language Science (LSCI) courses UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog · 91 courses Source: https://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/lsci/ "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### LSCI 1 — Languages of the World - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - (VIII) The world has over 6,000 languages, with an exuberant variety of sounds, words, grammars. Introduction to a representative (about eight), drawn from every continent. Students are not expected to learn languages, but to explore and study their structure and complexity. ### LSCI 2 — Discovering Language - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - (VII) Explores language's pervasiveness and diversity; demonstrates ways linguistics illuminates language's crucial--albeit hidden--societal role. Issues: self-and group-identification, language death, language in legal and educational settings. Illustrations: spoken and signed languages, varieties of English, Native American languages. ### LSCI 3 — Introduction to Linguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 9 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - (III and V.B.) Emphasis on the notion that language is a remarkable achievement of the human mind. Current insights into the nature of language. Survey of various subfields of linguistics. Introduction to linguistic analysis. ### LSCI 10 — Introduction to Phonology - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - (III and V.B.) Basic concepts in phonetic description and phonological analysis. ### LSCI 11 — Introduction to Deaf Culture - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - (VII or VIII.) Study of varied topics in Deaf culture such as language, identity, traditions, norms, and values. Area studies, and society, both in the present and in historical perspective are also examined. Taught in English. ### LSCI 20 — Introduction to Syntax - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - (III and V.B.) Basic concepts in syntactic description and grammatical analysis. ### LSCI 43 — Introduction to Symbolic Logic - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - (Vb) An introduction to the symbolism and methods of the logic of statements, including evaluation of arguments by truth tables, the techniques of natural deduction, and semantic tableaux. ### LSCI 51 — Acquisition of Language - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as COGS 56L - (III) What children say, what they mean, and what they understand. Theories about the learning of language by one-, two-, and three-year-olds. Comparison of kinds of data on which these theories are based. ### LSCI 51B — Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as EDUC 52, HUMAN 52 Provides a comprehensive overview of current issues in bilingual education and bilingualism. Topics include dimensions of bilingualism, the effects of bilingualism on children's linguistic and cognitive development, bilingual education programs, literacy, special needs, and assessment. ### LSCI 52 — Bilingual Minds and Brains - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Same as EDUC 70 - Restrictions: Education Sciences majors and Language Science majors have the first consideration for enrollment Examines the variation in the languages that are spoken and the social contexts in which they are used may shape the way we communicate. Explore ways emerging science of bilingualism might be better communicated to the public. ### LSCI 68 — Introduction to Language and Culture - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as ANTHRO 2D - (III) Explores what the study of language can reveal about ourselves as bearers of culture. After introducing some basic concepts, examines how cultural knowledge is linguistically organized and how language might shape our perception of the world. ### LSCI 99 — Special Topics in Language Science - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Special Topics at lower-division level. ### LSCI 102 — Formal Languages and Automata - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** I&C SCI 46 with a minimum grade of C and (MATH 2B or AP Calculus BC with a minimum score of 4) and I&C SCI 6B and I&C SCI 6D - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Same as COMPSCI 162 Formal aspects of describing and recognizing languages by grammars and automata. Parsing regular and context-free languages. Ambiguity, nondeterminism. Elements of computability; Turning machines, random access machines, undecidable problems, NP-completeness. ### LSCI 106 — Topics in Logic - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** (LPS 105A or PHILOS 105A or LSCI 145A) and (LPS 105B or PHILOS 105B or LSCI 145B) and (LPS 105C or PHILOS 105C or LSCI 145C) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as LPS 106, PHILOS 106 - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Selected topics in mathematical or philosophical logic. ### LSCI 106M — Computational Models of Language Learning - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 151 with a minimum grade of A- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Concurrent: LSCI 206C Focuses on using computational models to investigate questions related to language learning. Topics include computational models of language acquisition, principles underlying models of language learning and language change, computational learning theory, and modeling information extraction from language by humans. ### LSCI 107M — Computational Methods for Language Research - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** COGS 150 or LSCI 155 or COGS 156A or LSCI 151 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as COGS 157M - Restrictions: Language Science majors, Cognitive Sciences majors, and Psychology majors have the first consideration for enrollment Focuses on computational methods useful for language research. Students become familiar with software and programming languages used for extracting information from electronic datasets and for creating basic simulations of linguistic cognition. No prior programming experience assumed. ### LSCI 107P — Introduction to Programming for Language Science - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 with a minimum grade of C- - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Restrictions: Language Science majors have the first consideration for enrollment Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of programming in Python, with specific applications for the study of human language. No prior programming knowledge is assumed. ### LSCI 109 — Special Topics in Computational Linguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in computational linguistics. ### LSCI 115 — Introduction to Phonetics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduces students to fundamental concepts of phonetics. The sound systems of selected languages around the world, including that of English, are described in detail. Students are trained to work with speech sound recognition, phonetic transcription, and language sound production. ### LSCI 116 — Introduction to Speech Science - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduces students to the central topics in speech science and cultivates critical thinking in evaluating scientific literature through lectures, readings, and discussions. ### LSCI 117 — Introduction to Acoustic Phonetics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 (may be taken concurrently) and LSCI 10 (may be taken concurrently) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Concurrent: LSCI 217 Introduction to the study of the acoustic properties of speech and their relationship to speech articulation and speech perception. Topics covered include making and interpreting quantitative acoustic measurements of speech, basic experimental design, and basic data visualization and statistical analysis. ### LSCI 119 — Special Topics in Phonetics/Phonology - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in phonetics/phonology. ### LSCI 124 — Current Topics in Syntactic Theory - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Research seminar in syntax. Intensive study of a small number of well-defined topics which have had significant impact on the development of syntactic theory. ### LSCI 129 — Special Topics in Syntax - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Syntax. ### LSCI 139 — Special Topics in Morphology - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Morphology. ### LSCI 141 — Topics in Philosophy of Language - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Selected topics in the philosophy of language, e.g., the nature of meaning, mechanisms of reference, speech acts. ### LSCI 142 — Introduction to Logic - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as LPS 104, PHILOS 104 Introduction to sentence logic, including truth tables and natural deduction; and to predicate logic, including semantics and natural deduction. ### LSCI 143 — Introduction to Formal Semantics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LPS 30 with a minimum grade of C- or LSCI 43 with a minimum grade of C- or PHILOS 30 with a minimum grade of C- or LPS 104 with a minimum grade of C- or PHILOS 104 with a minimum grade of C- or LSCI 142 with a minimum grade of C- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduces students to the analytical tools used in the investigation of natural language semantics. Topics include the truth-conditional approach to meaning, compositionality, scope and anaphora, generalized quantifier theory, and intensionality. ### LSCI 145A — Elementary Set Theory - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) An introduction to the basic working vocabulary of mathematical reasoning. Topics include sets, Boolean operations, ordered n-tuples, relations, functions, ordinal and cardinal numbers. ### LSCI 145B — Metalogic - **Prerequisite:** PHIL 105A LSCI 145A or LPS 105A or PHILOS 105A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduction to formal syntax (proof theory) and semantics (model theory) for first-order logic, including the deduction, completeness, compactness, and Löewenheim-Skolem theorems. ### LSCI 145C — Undecidability and Incompleteness - **Prerequisite:** PHIL 105B LSCI 145B or LPS 105B or PHILOS 105B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduction to the formal theory of effective processes, including recursive functions, Turing machines, Church's thesis, and proofs of Göedel's incompleteness theorem for arithmetic, and Church's undecidability theorem for first-order logic. ### LSCI 149 — Special Topics in Semantics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Semantics. ### LSCI 151C — Computational Cognitive Models of Language Acquisition - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 51 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on synthesizing research literature related to computational cognitive models of language acquisition. Students develop their abilities to discuss key concepts and background assumptions, clearly present major points and findings, and concisely summarize literature from a particular perspective. ### LSCI 151S — Second Language Acquisition - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 or SPANISH 113B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Examines a number of theoretical perspectives that attempt to explain second language learning with a focus on adult learners. How universal constraints, individual differences, and social factors influence the task of learning a second language as an adult. ### LSCI 152 — Acquisition of Language III - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on native language learning, exploring the way in which infants and very young children unconsciously uncover the rich systematic knowledge of their native language. Examines both experimental and computational studies that quantitatively investigate the "how" of language acquisition. ### LSCI 153M — Experimental Research in Language Science - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Restrictions: Cognitive Sciences majors and Language Science majors have the first consideration for enrollment Covers foundational topics in behavioral research and experimentation, focusing on examples from language science. ### LSCI 155 — Psychology of Language - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 and (LSCI 51 or COGS 56L) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as COGS 150 - Restrictions: Cognitive Sciences majors, Language Science majors, and Psychology majors have the first consideration for enrollment Examines language using the tools of experimental psychology. From sounds to words to spoken and written sentences, explores how language is used in real time, and how its use reveals how it is represented in the mind. ### LSCI 158 — Language and the Brain - **Prerequisite:** (PSYC 7A (COGS 7A or PSB 9 or PSCI 9 or PSYC 9A or AP Psychology Exam with a minimum score of 4) or PSB 11A) or (COGS 9A and (PSYC 9B or PSCI 11A) or PSB 11B and (COGS 9B or BIOL 35 or PSCI 11B) or BIOL N110) or BIO SCI 35 or BIO SCI N110 or BIO SCI N115A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Research analysis on biological bases of human linguistic capacity. Development, focusing on hemispheric specialization, plasticity; localization of specific linguistic functions in adults, with emphasis on study of aphasias; relation of linguistic capacity to general cognitive capacity, considering research on retardation. ### LSCI 159 — Special Topics in Psycholinguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Psycholinguistics. ### LSCI 164A — Topics in Romance Languages - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Romance Languages. ### LSCI 165B — Structure of Japanese - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as EAS 123 An overview of the linguistic features of modern Japanese. Provides students with a systematic introduction to the nature and characteristics of the language. ### LSCI 165P — Prosody of Japanese Poetry and Songs - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as EAS 124 - Restrictions: No Language Science majors and No East Asian Cultures majors. No Linguistics minors and No Asian Studies minors Sheds linguistic light on the traditions of Japanese poetry and song that have evolved over more than a thousand years, and demonstrates the central role of phonetic elements in these traditions. ### LSCI 165S — Japanese Sociolinguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Same as EAS 126S - Restrictions: Language Science majors and East Asian Cultures majors have the first consideration for enrollment Introduction to Japanese sociolinguistics, exploring how the variety of language use in modern Japanese is constructed by identity and culture. Topics include language assimilation, dialect use, language formality, codeswitching, backchanneling, politeness, honorifics, and use of gendered language given social norms. ### LSCI 168J — Improvisation, Language, and Culture - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as ANTHRO 151A Addresses improvisation, both in performance and in everyday life. Examines improvisation as the "flexible regulation" of everyday behavior by exploring different scholarly treatments of language and interaction, and working on developing actual theatrical improvisation skills. ### LSCI 168S — Language and Social Cognition - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as ANTHRO 150A Explores the relationship between language and cognition in social and cultural contexts. The overall goal is to think through how language structure and use impact how individuals perceive, think about, and understand the world around them. ### LSCI 169 — Special Topics in Language Studies - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Language Studies. ### LSCI 169D — Topics in Language Studies - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in language studies. ### LSCI 171 — Evolution of Language and Music - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** COGS 7A or PSY 9 or AP Psychology Exam with a minimum score of 4 or (COGS 9A and COGS 9B) or LSCI 3 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as COGS 161M - Restrictions: Cognitive Sciences majors, Psychology majors, and Language Science majors have the first consideration for enrollment Focuses on the biological evolution of two rather unique human traits: language and music. No other species is capable of “doing” language or music with the complexity that humans can. ### LSCI 172 — History of English - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 3 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Traces the history of English from its roots through its earliest written records and into the present, including fundamental changes in morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, and vocabulary, as well as social, cultural, and historical forces affecting language. ### LSCI 175 — Language Origins: Evolution, Genetics, and the Brain - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as ANTHRO 152A, GLBLCLT 105, HISTORY 135G Examines how human language(s) may have originated. Studies pertinent techniques (reconstruction) and addresses related questions, including is our language faculty inborn (i.e., genetically encoded)? Can brain imaging and population genetics research help to unlock this mystery of human evolution? ### LSCI 179 — Special Topics in Historical Linguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Historical Linguistics. ### LSCI 182V — Language and Literacy - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Same as PSY 192V, EDUC 151 - Restrictions: Language Science majors, Psychological Science majors, Education Sciences majors, Psychology majors, and Social Ecology majors have the first consideration for enrollment Addresses the linguistic principles and processes that underlie oral and written language proficiency. Emphasis is on how to use phonology, morphology, orthography, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to support literacy and oral language development for K-12 students. ### LSCI 189 — Special Topics in Applied Language Science: Writing Skills for Language Science - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Applied Language Science. ### LSCI 195A — Language Science Research I - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Permission of faculty advisor. If this is not the same faculty member as the course instructor, the faculty advisor will coordinate with the course instructor when it comes to assessing the student’s research process at the end of each quarter - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies. ### LSCI 195B — Language Science Research II - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Permission of faculty advisor. If this is not the same faculty member as the course instructor, the faculty advisor will coordinate with the course instructor when it comes to assessing the student’s research process at the end of each quarter - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies. ### LSCI 195C — Language Science Research III - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Permission of faculty advisor. If this is not the same faculty member as the course instructor, the faculty advisor will coordinate with the course instructor when it comes to assessing the student’s research process at the end of each quarter - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Provides students with in-depth experience in different facets of research in language science. It includes theoretical, behavioral, computational, and/or applied language science topics and methodologies. ### LSCI 195W — Writing Skills for Language Science - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - (Ib) Focuses on written technical communication skills in language science. Topics include the scientific publication process (focusing on research abstracts), how to write for pieces of different lengths, and writing for different audiences. ### LSCI 198 — Directed Group Study - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 8 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Directed study with Linguistics faculty. ### LSCI 199 — Independent Study - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 10 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Independent research with Linguistics faculty. Students may enroll for only one 199 each quarter. ### LSCI 201A — Topics in Language Science Research - **Units:** 1.3 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary - Restrictions: Language Science majors only Involves colloquia and scientific reports by faculty, students, and visitors. Students are exposed to current language science research and gain experience in active listening and scientific discourse. ### LSCI 201B — Topics in Language Science Research - **Units:** 1.3 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary - Restrictions: Language Science majors only Involves colloquia and scientific reports by faculty, students, and visitors. Students are exposed to current language science research and gain experience in active listening and scientific discourse. ### LSCI 201C — Topics in Language Science Research - **Units:** 1.3 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary - Restrictions: Language Science majors only Involves colloquia and scientific reports by faculty, students, and visitors. Students are exposed to current language science research and gain experience in active listening and scientific discourse. ### LSCI 202A — Skills for Language Science I - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) Focuses on computational skills for language science research. Topics include computational literacy, programming languages, and database interfaces that are useful for language science research, allowing for general scripting and file manipulation, and enabling statistical analysis and data visualization. ### LSCI 202B — Skills for Language Science II - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 202A with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduction to the scientific publication process and practice of scientific writing skills. ### LSCI 202C — Skills for Language Science III - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 202B with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduction to scientific presentation for audiences of different backgrounds and practice of scientific presentations skills. ### LSCI 202D — Advanced Skills for Language Science - **Units:** 1.3 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 202C with a minimum grade of B - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) The practice of advanced professional writing skills, including the writing of grants. Students bring their own academic material to the workshop. ### LSCI 202E — Advanced Skills for Language Science II - **Units:** 1.3 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 202D with a minimum grade of B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule The practice of advanced professional writing skills, including the writing of research statements and related documents. Students bring their own academic material to the workshop. ### LSCI 202F — Advanced Skills for Language Science III - **Units:** 1.3 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 202E with a minimum grade of B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule The practice of advanced professional writing skills, including the writing of journal articles. Students bring their own academic material to the workshop. ### LSCI 206C — Computational Models of Language Learning - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** LSCI 251 with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Concurrent: LSCI 106M Focuses on computational models of native language learning, exploring how probabilistic learning and inference fare on difficult case studies within language acquisition. In all cases, grounds the learning models in available empirical data and considers their psychological plausibility. ### LSCI 209 — Special Topics in Computational Linguistics - **Units:** 1-4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Focuses on ongoing research in linguistics. Variable units based on course content, as determined by Department. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. ### LSCI 217 — Introduction to Acoustic Phonetics - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Concurrent: LSCI 117 Introduction to the study of the acoustic properties of speech and their relationship to speech articulation and speech perception. Topics covered include making and interpreting quantitative acoustic measurements of speech, basic experimental design, and basic data visualization and statistical analysis. ### LSCI 219 — Special Topics in Phonetics and Phonology - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in phonetics and phonology. ### LSCI 229 — Special Topics in Syntax - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Varied topics in syntax. ### LSCI 239 — Special Topics in Morphology - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in morphology. ### LSCI 248M — Modal Logic - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduction to modal logic methods and their application. ### LSCI 249 — Special Topics in Semantics - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Varied topics in semantics. ### LSCI 250 — Psycholinguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Examines how language is used in real time, and how its use reveals how it is represented in the mind and the brain. ### LSCI 250B — Bilingualism - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Examines how bilingualism interfaces with language representation, language use, and language development. ### LSCI 250H — Heritage Language Acquistion - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Examines how heritage languages are represented in speakers' minds, processed in real time, and acquired. ### LSCI 251 — Language Acquisition - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on native language learning, exploring the way in which infants and very young children unconsciously uncover the rich systematic knowledge of their native language. Examines both experimental and computational studies that quantitatively investigate the "how" of language acquisition. ### LSCI 251A — Atypical Acquisition - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on different types of atypical acquisition, including acquisition in special populations and acquisition under atypical circumstances. Research techniques discussed include theoretical, experimental, and computational methods. ### LSCI 251C — Computational Cognitive Models of Language Acquistion - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on synthesizing research literature related to computational cognitive models of language acquisition. Students develop their abilities to discuss key concepts and background assumptions, clearly present major points and findings, and concisely summarize literature from a particular perspective. ### LSCI 253M — Experimental Methods for Language Research - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) Focuses on experimental methods useful for language research. Students become familiar with software and programming languages used for implementing and analyzing behavioral experiments. ### LSCI 259 — Special Topics in Psycholinguistics - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Topics in Psycholinguistics. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. ### LSCI 265L — Language Change, Acquisition, and Complexity - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on models of language change, acquisition, and complexity, looking at the connections between them to explain empirical data relating to the form of existing languages and how languages change over time. Emphasis is placed on computational and mathematical models. ### LSCI 269 — Special Topics in Language Studies - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Varied topics in language studies. ### LSCI 279 — Special Topics in Language Change - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Prerequisites vary - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Varied topics in language change. ### LSCI 281L — Language Learning with Digital Media - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Provides students with a graduate-level introduction to key issues of digital media in second-language teaching and learning. ### LSCI 281S — Second Language Acquisition and Teaching - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Explores the prevailing paradigms that seek to account for how adults learn second languages (L2s) in instructed settings. ### LSCI 290 — Dissertation Research - **Units:** 4-12 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 7 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Dissertation Research ### LSCI 299 — Independent Study - **Units:** 1-12 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 8 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/lsci.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Independent study. Research with language science faculty.