LING 1Introduction to Study of Language
Linguistics · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Summary for general undergraduates of what is known about human language; biological basis of language, scientific study of language and human cognition; uniqueness of human language, its structure, universality, its diversity; language in social and cultural setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
LING 1
- LING M150Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
- LING 191AVariable Topics Research Seminars: Linguistics
- COMM 100Communication Science
- LING 197Individual Studies in Linguistics
- I E STD M150Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
- I E STD 205Indo-European Phonology
- I E STD 240Comparative and Historical Grammar of Anatolian
5 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 7 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.