I, too, am familiar with specialization. ;) There is a reason that I studied clinical and biopsychology rather than the super-theoretical stuff about learning and motivation that I never did fully understand, despite having a course in each (and getting an A in both--though I worked for those A's!). I recently used my motivation text for a school paper and experienced a flight-or-fight response just at the sight of the cover! :D

The second linguistics course I will be taking for my certification is History of English, and I am really looking forward to that one, much more than the intro course, I must confess! :)