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Department of Linguistics, Languages and Cultures

College of Arts and Letters · Michigan State University
60,585 grades174 courses570 professors44 terms

Department and course prefixes as Michigan State University lists them in its own catalog.

3.36
average GPA across 60,585 grades
+2% vs. Michigan State University overall (3.30)
87%
A or B
of 60,585 grades
5.5%
D, F or withdrew
of 60,647 enrolled
A60.3%
B26.3%
Every term against the 3.36 department average 44 terms
Fall 2011Spring 2026
Course prefixes · 15
PrefixDistributionGPAGrades
LIN · 23 courses
3.18 −5% vs. department 14,887
LLT · 27 courses
3.73 +11% vs. department 8,493
GRM · 18 courses
3.35 −0% vs. department 8,414
JPN · 19 courses
3.36 +0% vs. department 7,163
ESL · 4 courses
3.06 −9% vs. department 6,173
CHS · 17 courses
3.39 +1% vs. department 4,741
ARB · 13 courses
3.51 +5% vs. department 2,752
RUS · 17 courses
3.47 +3% vs. department 2,722
KOR · 9 courses
3.44 +3% vs. department 1,643
AAE · 4 courses
2.93 −13% vs. department 1,086
LL · 6 courses
3.53 +5% vs. department 1,075
FLT · 9 courses
3.86 +15% vs. department 764
HEB · 4 courses
3.51 +5% vs. department 425
ASN · 1 course
3.47 +3% vs. department 162
AFR · 3 courses
3.54 +5% vs. department 85
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 174
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level19 courses
ARB 101 · Elementary Arabic I
3.53 +5% vs. dept 972
CHS 101 · Elementary Chinese I
3.31 −1% vs. dept 1,171
GRM 101 · Elementary German I
3.09 −8% vs. dept 1,937
HEB 101 · Elementary Hebrew I
3.48 +4% vs. dept 184
JPN 101 · Elementary Japanese I
3.36 +0% vs. dept 2,213
RUS 101 · Elementary Russian I
3.24 −3% vs. dept 755
KOR 101 · Elementary Korean I
3.35 −0% vs. dept 619
AFR 101A · Elementary Swahili I
3.41 +2% vs. dept 63
GRM 102 · Elementary German II
3.25 −3% vs. dept 1,279
ARB 102 · Elementary Arabic II
3.61 +8% vs. dept 528
CHS 102 · Elementary Chinese II
3.42 +2% vs. dept 665
HEB 102 · Elementary Hebrew II
3.74 +11% vs. dept 87
JPN 102 · Elementary Japanese II
3.40 +1% vs. dept 1,240
RUS 102 · Elementary Russian II
3.43 +2% vs. dept 383
KOR 102 · Elementary Korean II
3.45 +3% vs. dept 338
AFR 102A · Elementary Swahili II
3.91 +16% vs. dept 11
RUS 151 · Russian Language Review
3.08 −8% vs. dept 12
200 level42 courses
LIN 200 · Introduction to Language
2.95 −12% vs. dept 3,859
JPN 200 · Lang & Cult in Japan Lvl 2
3.29 −2% vs. dept 12
ARB 201 · Second-Year Arabic I
3.39 +1% vs. dept 331
CHS 201 · Second-Year Chinese I
3.27 −3% vs. dept 637
GRM 201 · Second-Year German I
3.43 +2% vs. dept 1,166
HEB 201 · Second-Year Hebrew I
3.44 +3% vs. dept 76
JPN 201 · Second-Year Japanese I
3.33 −1% vs. dept 831
RUS 201 · Second-Year Russian I
3.36 +0% vs. dept 335
KOR 201 · Intermediate Korean I
3.52 +5% vs. dept 219
GRM 202 · Second-Year German II
3.41 +2% vs. dept 1,087
ARB 202 · Second-Year Arabic II
3.44 +2% vs. dept 302
CHS 202 · Second-Year Chinese II
3.30 −2% vs. dept 592
HEB 202 · Second-Year Hebrew II
3.40 +1% vs. dept 78
JPN 202 · Second-Year Japanese II
3.36 +0% vs. dept 639
RUS 202 · Second-Year Russian II
3.44 +2% vs. dept 280
KOR 202 · Intermediate Korean II
3.51 +5% vs. dept 174
AFR 202A · Second-Year Swahili II
3.86 +15% vs. dept 11
ESL 220 · English Grammar & Composition
3.03 −10% vs. dept 1,868
AAE 220 · English Grammar & Composition
2.92 −13% vs. dept 299
ESL 221 · English Composition
3.18 −5% vs. dept 769
AAE 221 · English Composition
3.09 −8% vs. dept 136
ESL 222 · Listen Spk for NNS of English
3.09 −8% vs. dept 1,901
AAE 222 · Listen Spk for NNS of English
2.95 −12% vs. dept 332
ESL 223 · Reading for NNS of English
2.99 −11% vs. dept 1,635
AAE 223 · Reading for NNS of English
2.85 −15% vs. dept 319
LIN 225 · Language and Gender
3.37 +0% vs. dept 892
LIN 226 · Language and the Animals
3.71 +11% vs. dept 31
LIN 230 · Languages of the World
3.55 +6% vs. dept 99
RUS 231 · 19th-Century Russian Lit
3.37 +1% vs. dept 158
RUS 250 · Russian and Soviet Cinema
3.85 +15% vs. dept 42
LL 250B · East Asian Cinema
3.25 −3% vs. dept 22
LL 250D · Russian and Soviet Cinema
3.73 +11% vs. dept 35
JPN 260 · Japanese Cinema
3.50 +4% vs. dept 58
ARB 290 · Independent Study
3.88 +16% vs. dept 13
CHS 291 · Spec Topics Chinese
3.92 +17% vs. dept 13
300 level31 courses
ARB 301 · Third-Level Arabic I
3.26 −3% vs. dept 150
CHS 301 · Third-Year Chinese I
3.51 +5% vs. dept 385
GRM 301 · Third-Year German I
3.43 +2% vs. dept 618
JPN 301 · Third-Year Japanese I
3.26 −3% vs. dept 471
GRM 302 · 3rd Year GRM: Nature
3.45 +3% vs. dept 498
ARB 302 · Third-Level Arabic II
3.28 −2% vs. dept 137
CHS 302 · Third-Year Chinese II
3.47 +3% vs. dept 213
JPN 302 · Third-Year Japanese II
3.19 −5% vs. dept 226
LLT 306 · Methods for Adult ESL
3.75 +12% vs. dept 62
LLT 307 · Meth of Lang Teaching
3.73 +11% vs. dept 2,267
GRM 311 · Business German I
3.35 −0% vs. dept 247
LLT 322 · ESL in Context
3.67 +9% vs. dept 358
LLT 346 · Pedagogical Grammar
3.63 +8% vs. dept 1,898
JPN 350 · Studies in Japanese Language
3.24 −4% vs. dept 190
CHS 360 · Chinese Film Studies
3.36 +0% vs. dept 157
LLT 361 · Second Language Learning
3.72 +11% vs. dept 2,228
LLT 362 · Child L2 Learning
3.69 +10% vs. dept 86
JPN 369 · JPN Lit & Culture I
3.48 +4% vs. dept 590
JPN 370 · Gender & Sexuality Japan
3.19 −5% vs. dept 18
400 level47 courses
CHS 401 · Fourth-Year Chinese I
3.49 +4% vs. dept 117
JPN 401 · Fourth-Year Japanese I
3.28 −2% vs. dept 196
LIN 401 · Introduction to Linguistics
3.17 −5% vs. dept 3,935
ARB 401 · Fourth-Year Arabic I (W)
3.70 +10% vs. dept 55
JPN 402 · Fourth-Year Japanese II
3.43 +2% vs. dept 147
ARB 402 · Fourth-Year Arabic II (W)
3.81 +14% vs. dept 50
CHS 402 · Fourth-Year Chinese II
3.50 +4% vs. dept 86
CHS 410 · Chinese Short Stories
3.78 +13% vs. dept 32
CHS 411 · Advanced Spoken Chinese
3.85 +15% vs. dept 23
GRM 420 · Advanced German (W)
3.42 +2% vs. dept 151
LIN 427 · Laboratory Phonetics
2.94 −13% vs. dept 31
JPN 431 · Advanced Spoken Japanese
3.33 −1% vs. dept 49
LIN 434 · Introduction to Syntax
2.72 −19% vs. dept 602
LIN 437 · Semantics and Pragmatics
3.34 −0% vs. dept 444
JPN 441 · Japanese Short Stories
3.55 +6% vs. dept 31
RUS 441 · Russian Literature (W)
3.81 +13% vs. dept 95
LIN 450 · Child Language Acquisition
3.14 −6% vs. dept 235
JPN 451 · Adv JPN for JLPT Prep
3.53 +5% vs. dept 56
LIN 455 · Neurolinguistics
3.49 +4% vs. dept 696
KOR 461 · Korean Culture (W)
3.42 +2% vs. dept 20
LIN 463 · Intro to Cognitive Science
3.36 +0% vs. dept 1,824
JPN 469 · JPN Lit/Culture II (W)
3.50 +4% vs. dept 123
LIN 471 · Sociolinguistics
3.24 −4% vs. dept 677
CHS 490 · Independent Study
3.94 +17% vs. dept 64
RUS 490 · Independent Study
3.93 +17% vs. dept 29
LIN 491 · Special Topics
3.41 +2% vs. dept 115
JPN 491 · Topics in Japanese Studies
3.31 −1% vs. dept 57
800 level35 courses
FLT 807 · FL Teaching Methods
3.89 +16% vs. dept 118
FLT 808 · Assessment for FLT
3.78 +13% vs. dept 135
FLT 815 · Teaching Culture in FL
3.84 +14% vs. dept 105
FLT 817 · FL Program Dev & Admin
3.86 +15% vs. dept 91
LLT 821 · Individual Diff in SLA
4.00 +19% vs. dept 14
LLT 822 · Interlanguage Analysis
3.89 +16% vs. dept 50
LIN 824 · Phonological Theory I
3.93 +17% vs. dept 21
LIN 834 · Syntactic Theory I
3.70 +10% vs. dept 20
FLT 841 · Topics in FL Teaching
3.95 +18% vs. dept 11
FLT 845 · Language Concepts for FLT
3.85 +15% vs. dept 71
LLT 856 · Language Identity and Ide
4.00 +19% vs. dept 53
FLT 860 · FL Acquisition
3.90 +16% vs. dept 77
LLT 863 · SLA of Morphosyntax
4.00 +19% vs. dept 16
LLT 872 · Research Methods
3.82 +14% vs. dept 143
LLT 873 · Quantitative SLS Research
3.94 +18% vs. dept 27
LLT 874 · Qualitative SLS Research
4.00 +19% vs. dept 42
LIN 891 · Special Topics
3.90 +16% vs. dept 39
LIN 892 · Seminar in Linguistics
4.00 +19% vs. dept 11
LLT 895 · ESL Classroom Practices
3.83 +14% vs. dept 75
LLT 896 · TESOL Practicum
3.97 +18% vs. dept 75
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