Restricted to first semester first year students in the College of Arts and Humanities.

This seminar introduces ARHU majors, especially future language educators at all levels, to the social, political, and ideological dimensions of language. Grounded in critical sociolinguistics and related interdisciplinary fields, the course examines how language, power, race,and identity operate across public and educational spaces. Studentsdevelop critical linguistic awareness and explore raciolinguistic and antiracistapproaches to language teaching, analyzinghow these dynamics shape public discourse and broader social institutions.