Minor Requirements
Students who wish to minor in Symbolic Systems should review the requirements and steps to declare below.
Requirements
Students may minor in Symbolic Systems by completing either Option 1 or Option 2 below, subject to the University Policy on Minors. See also the Introductory Skill Requirements course list.
Option 1
One course in each of the following core areas (please note that several of these courses have prerequisites):
Logic and Computation
Computer Programming
Philosophical Foundations
Linguistic Theory
One of the following:
- LINGUIST 105. Phonetics (same as LINGUIST 205A)
- LINGUIST 110. Introduction to Phonology
- LINGUIST 120. Introduction to Syntax
- LINGUIST 121A. The Syntax of English
- LINGUIST 121B. Crosslinguistic Syntax
- LINGUIST 130A. Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (same as LINGUIST 230A)
- LINGUIST 130B. Introduction to Lexical Semantics
- SYMSYS 184. Syntactic Theory and Implementation (same as LINGUIST 184)
Computation and Cognition
Option 2
Both of the following:
- SYMSYS 1. Minds and Machines (same as LINGUIST 35, PHIL 99, PSYCH 35)
- An interdisciplinary Concentration.
- The Individually Designed Concentration option is not available for a minor. The selection of courses used for the minor must be interdisciplinary; i.e., it must include courses from at least three departments or include more than one course from each of two departments.
- Contingent Electives, which are available when Symbolic Systems major Core courses are cross-applied to Concentration requirements, are not applicable to a minor in Symbolic Systems
How to Declare the Minor
- Declare via Axess.
- After declaring in Axess, please email symsys-sso@stanford.edu with your course planning guide for completing the minor.
- On approval of the course planning guide, your declaration will be processed and completed.