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  • LEAP 3701: Pre-Law Prof. Writing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Prepares students for writing in law school and in the legal profession. Emphasizes logical thinking and analysis, clear and grammatical expression, and persuasive argumentation. Provides students with opportunities to communicate in a variety of forms, including essay, personal statement, research presentation, legal brief, and opening and closing arguments. Prerequisite: Two year enrollment in Pre-Law Program.
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  • LEAP 3800: LEAP Intl. Perspectives

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The course will focus on crossing borders, including cultural, political, economic, and institutional borders. We will consider contemporary issues of global concern, considering how the interdependence of nations impacts people as they navigate issues such as conflict, income inequality, poverty, sustainable development, technology and human rights. Possibilities of geographic focus may include Korea, India, China or the Middle East, as well as intersections of the developed and developing world.
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  • LEAP 3900: Health Sciences Yr 3

    1.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Students will conduct research, learn about each other's research through power point presentations given by the Principal Investigators, and prepare a written report on their research, using the format required by scientific and medical journals. Prerequisites: LEAP 2900 AND LEAP 2501
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  • LEAP 3905: Health Sciences Yr 3

    1.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Provide students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with and to discuss relevant issues including ethical dimensions of research, appropriate research design and implementation, and the proper forms for reporting research in professional journals and in oral and poster presentations to scientific conferences. Prerequisites: LEAP 3900
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  • LING 1069: Bad Words & Taboo Terms

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course is an introduction to linguistic study through the lens of taboo language, a pervasive part of all languages. The course surveys topics in modern linguistics by studying taboos in various languages. Students sensitive to obscene words are discouraged from enrolling, as are students who do not have a scholarly interest in taboo language.
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    General Education Course

  • LING 1200: Intro Study Language

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The course is an introduction to the nature of human language from modern perspectives in linguistics. Focuses on sounds, words, and sentences through analysis of data from various languages, as well as social factors in language variation and language acquisition by children and adults. Additional topics may include: language change through time, language processing, and the relationship between language and culture.
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  • LING 2030: Language U.S. Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course leads students through a critical examination of language use in U.S. society in relation to the social and political contexts in which it occurs. Among other important topics, students will examine linguistic diversity in the U.S. and structural power relationships that are created and maintained through language use. This course is not currently taught at the University of Utah but is used for transfer credit from SLCC.
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  • LING 3050: Crosswords & Language

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines crossword puzzles and the structure of language with the goal of exploring the relationships between them. It centers around solving and constructing crossword and related puzzle types, as well as the linguistics systems that make this kind of puzzle possible. Topics include the exploitation of semantic and syntactic ambiguity to make challenging puzzles, the ways English sound patterns make constructing puzzles difficult, properties of language that can facilitate solving puzzles, and how crosswords vary across languages.
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  • LING 3066: Origins English Words

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    In this course students acquire familiarity with basic techniques of determining the probable origins of any given word, native or borrowed, in the English language. Includes an exploration of the stories (cultural, social, and political) that many words have to tell.
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  • LING 3220: World Englishes

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The purpose of this course is to investigate the spread of English as an international language: its historical development, socio-cultural diversity, and linguistics variation. In addition to numerous readings on varieties of English, which can be found throughout the world (e.g., Indian English, Singaporean English, Chicano English, etc.), topics related to educational linguistics within a World Englishes paradigm will also be addressed in order to better understand considerations related to the English language teaching in international contexts.
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