Bachelor of Arts in English - Applied Linguistics

Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a major in Applied Linguistics.The Applied Linguistics concentration focuses on the scientific study of language, with an emphasis on using linguistics to address real-world problems. Through the curriculum, students learn the basic structural features that comprise all languages. Students at ODU who choose the B.A. or Minor in English with an emphasis explore the influence of language on society by examining its use in authentic contexts. The scope of Applied Linguistics program also allows students to investigate first language acquisition and second language learning social, regional, and global language varieties discourse and conversation analysis language and gender the origins and development of the English language and cross-cultural communication differences.