丁香园AV

Department of Linguistics | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2013 Summer

丁香园AV Requirements

Students must demonstrate adequate linguistics preparation. Those with little or no academic linguistics preparation may not obtain clear program admission or admission as a qualifying student. See graduate general regulations 1.3.5 丁香园AV Under Special Arrangements and 1.3.4 丁香园AV to a Doctoral Program for general admission requirements.

Areas of Specialization

Linguistic theory, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse-pragmatics, computational linguistics, Amerindian linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, linguistics history, sociolinguistics, second language learning.

Time Limit

Although University regulations allow a six calendar year time limit (or 12 terms of full-time enrolment) for MA degree completion, (including the MA degree work), an MA student is normally expected to complete the degree in two years. See the graduate general regulations.

Program Requirements

Students complete at least 24 units of approved graduate course work, including all of

Course Work

• LING 800 Phonology (4)
• LING 801 Syntax (4)
• LING 851 Research Techniques and Experimental Design (4)

and 12 additional units of graduate course work. Only one course may be a directed research course.

and, in the first year of program enrolment, both of

• LING 890 Graduate Seminar I (1)
• LING 891 Graduate Seminar II (1)

Thesis

All students must complete an MA thesis based on original research, and must comply with University regulations on completing and defending the thesis.

Language Requirements

Candidates must show a high competence in at least one language other than English.

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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