You are allowed to take courses outside the department, as long as the majority of your courses in any given semester have an LIN designator. In the past, PhD students have taken courses in Computer Science (CSE), Applied Math (AMS), Sociology (SOC), Psychology (PSY), Journalism (JRN), and Graduate Development (GRD), among others. Unless the course is explicitly aimed at students across campus, you should reach out to the instructor at least two weeks before the semester in order to get their permission to enroll.

Here is a list of courses that might be of interest to you:

• COM 501 Foundations of Science Communication I
• COM 503 Foundations of Science Communication II
• COM 565 Foundations of Science Communication
• CSE 538 Natural Language Processing
• CSE 582 Data Structures and Algorithms
• DCS 521 Introduction to Computational and Data Science
• GRD 510 Career Exploration with the PhD Career Ladder Program
• PSY 520 Psycholinguistics

Feel free to suggest other courses for this list.