{"id":13502,"date":"2024-09-04T13:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?page_id=13502"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:32:37","slug":"courses-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/undergraduate\/courses-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"BA SLS Courses and Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n\t<blockquote><p>I think SLS is a huge &#8216;ohana (family) to me. It taught me a lot about the different perspectives of different cultures, and to me more understanding and aware of students&#8217; or teachers&#8217; perspectives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<strong>Kallen Lin<\/strong><br \/>\nSLS major, aspiring teacher, and multilingual speaker\n\t<h3><em><strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLS485_classroom01-1600x893.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"786\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em><strong>Courses Needed for the SLS Major<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The course requirements and electives for the SLS major total 33 credits. Listed below are the core and elective courses for those students who declared SLS as a major as of <strong>Spring 2025.<\/strong> For those who declared SLS as a major in Fall 2024 or earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/undergraduate\/courses-2\/\">please click here to see the major requirements<\/a>. To see when these are offered, please view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/undergraduate\/courses-3\/\">schedule of courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Requirements (15 credits\/5 courses):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/301-sl-analysis\/\">SLS 301 &#8211; Basic Language Concepts* (DS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/302-second-language-learning\/\">SLS 302 &#8211; Second Language Learning (WI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/303-second-language-teaching\/\">SLS 303 &#8211; Second Language Teaching (OC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/304-sociolinguis&#8230;-multilingualism\/\">SLS 304 &#8211; Sociolinguistics of Multilingualism (DS, WI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/485-professional&#8230;language-studies\/\">SLS 485 &#8211; Professionalism in SLS (major only)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Electives (18 credits\/6 courses)<sup>\u203b<\/sup>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/311-second-language-testing\/\">SLS 311 &#8211; Second Language Testing<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/312-l2-reading-writing\/\">SLS 312 &#8211; Second Language Teaching: Reading &amp; Writing (OC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/313-l2-listening-speaking\/\">SLS 313 &#8211; Second Language Teaching: Listening &amp; Speaking (OC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/318-digital-literacies-media-and-language-learning\/\">SLS 318\/418 &#8211; Digital Literacies, Media, and Language Learning (OC, WI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/408-multilingual-education\/\">SLS 408 &#8211; Multilingual Education (DS, WI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/430-pidgin-creole-english-in-hawaii\/\">SLS 430 &#8211; Pidgin and Creole English in Hawai&#8217;i (DS, HAP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">SLS 455 (crosslisted with LLEA 455) &#8211; Learn &amp; Teach World Languages<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/460-english-phonology\/\">SLS 460 &#8211; English Phonology (DS, OC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/475-practicum-fo&#8230;ge-professionals\/\">SLS 475 &#8211; Practicum for Future Language Professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SLS 480(alpha) &#8211; Topics in Second Language Studies**<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>300- and 400-level courses from other fields of study may be used as electives, if approved by an SLS advisor.<\/p>\n<p>One elective (3 credits) can be a lower division course in SLS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/130-intro-to-pidgin-in-hawaii\/\">SLS 130 &#8211; Introduction to Pidgin in Hawai&#8217;i (DS, HAP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/150-learning-languages-communicating-in-a-globalized-world\/\">SLS 150 &#8211; Learning Languages and Communicating in a Globalized World (FGC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/170-language-learning-by-the-numbers\/\">SLS 170 &#8211; Language by the Numbers (FQ)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/218-second-language-learning-technology\/\">SLS 218 &#8211; Second Language Learning &amp; Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SLS 250 &#8211; Topics in Learning and Using Second Languages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/280-bilingualism-cognition-and-culture\/\">SLS 280 &#8211; Bilingualism: Cognition and Culture (DS, WI)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*LING 320 can be used to fulfill the SLS 301 requirement.<\/p>\n<p>**Topic areas for SLS 480-alpha are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">480P = Second Language Pedagogy<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">480R = Second Language Research<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">480U = Second Language Use<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">480N = Second Language Analysis<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">480E = Second Language Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><sup>\u203b<\/sup><\/strong>Up to three upper-division elective courses may come from other departments, as approved. Courses from other departments must be upper division (300 or higher), and related to linguistics, language learning and teaching, and\/or education. Courses in literature and culture may be considered. Please see an advisor if you have questions about courses outside of SLS.<\/p>\n<p>If you have further questions or would like more information, please contact our academic advisor by email (<a href=\"mailto:slsba@hawaii.edu\">slsba@hawaii.edu<\/a>) or by phone (<a href=\"tel:8089566131\">808-956-6131<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI think SLS is a huge &#8216;ohana (family) to me. It taught me a lot about the different perspectives of different cultures, and to me more understanding and aware of students&#8217; or teachers&#8217; perspectives. 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