The master’s degree requires the completion of 45 units; at least 36 of these must be in Linguistics.
The coursework must include one introductory graduate-level course in each of the areas: Syntax; Semantics; and Phonetics/Phonology, as well as four courses in the student’s area of specialization. (See the Required Courses section below for a listing of specific courses to meet this requirement.)
The three required courses and the four courses constituting the specialization should all be completed with at least a B and taken for four units. The overall coursework grade point average (GPA) must be at least 3.0 (B).
No more than two courses should be at the 100 level.
Most courses taken towards the 45 units of degree program coursework must be taken for a letter grade.
If the student can make a compelling case, the department may allow up to nine of the 45 units to be in a department other than Linguistics. Courses from outside the department must have explicit linguistic content or contribute methodological knowledge that facilitates the thesis project; furthermore, if the student is simultaneously enrolled in a degree program in another department, not all of these nine units can be earned in that department.

LING-MA - Linguistics (MA)