The Schedule of Classes is available on both the Registrar's page and MyUCLA. The Schedule of recent quarters are available for view. Please refer to the calendar on this portal's homepage to review the release dates of Fall Quarter courses.
A table of tentative course offerings each academic year is available on the department's "Course Schedule" page. At this time (April 15), a tentative table for 2025-26 courses is not yet available, however Fall 2025 courses will be live on the Schedule of Classes by mid-June.
Course offerings are subject to change. Please consult the Schedule of Classes by the listed availability date for actual course offerings as some courses may be added, moved, or cancelled before enrollment begins.
Course descriptions are available on the Registrar's page.
The Department requires to students to be enrolled in at least 12 units every quarter.
All first-year students must take the following courses in their first Fall quarter:
LING 200A
LING 200B
LING 200C
On the day of our department’s orientation you will have an individual appointment with the DGS, at which point you will collaboratively select additional Fall courses.
The list of required courses to enroll in each quarter of your first year is available on the “First Year” section of the “For Current Students” page.
When searching for courses on MyUCLA, you will need to look through the specific subject area/department offering the course. Linguistics' abbreviation in course numbers is "LING".
Course numbers indicates the course's level and type:
0-99 are lower division undergraduate courses
100-199 are upper division undergraduate courses
200-299 and 400-499 are graduate-level courses
For LING courses, proseminars are the 250s, area seminars are 260-266, and 275/276 is the Colloquium. 422 is the Spectrogram Reading Group.
500-599 are independent study courses
Courses with an M preceding the number indicates a cross-listed course. This course is offered jointly by more than one department.
Courses with a C preceding the number indicates it is a concurrent undergraduate and graduate course. For the graduate coursework, students should search for the appropriate 200-299 number.
While each degree program has specific course requirements that every student must fulfill, as a UCLA student you are welcome to enroll in courses offered by any department on-campus for your own learning/not intended to count towards your degree program. Please keep in mind that some courses have enforced prerequisites or enrollment restrictions that may prevent you from enrolling.