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LING-PMN - Linguistics (PhD Minor)

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Program Overview

Students pursuing a PhD Minor in Linguistics may gain knowledge in the principal areas of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics) and the skills to do more advanced work in these subfields.

Minimum Units in the Program

30

Minimum University Units

20

Degree Requirements

Completion requirement

Students must complete 30 units of coursework in Linguistics. At least 20 units must be graduate courses at the 200 level or above; 10 units may be at the 100 level or above, but they may not be below the 100 level.

Courses submitted for the minor may not be double-counted in satisfaction of degree requirements for the student’s doctoral or any other program. Individual programs should be worked out in advance with the student’s PhD minor advisor in Linguistics. Most of the courses taken toward the 30 units of coursework must be taken for a letter grade. These should include the three required introductory courses, all 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).

The Department of Linguistics does not require the student’s Linguistics advisor to serve on the student’s University Oral Examination committee.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:

The coursework for the minor must include one introductory course in each of phonetics/phonology, syntax, and semantics/pragmatics; these requirements are typically fulfilled by the following:

AND
Complete at least 1 of the following Courses:
  • 1208071
    OR
    1208072
  • 1206711
  • 1208111
AND
Complete at least 1 of the following Courses:
  • 1208511
  • 2275692
AND
Complete at least 1 of the following Courses:
  • 2011661
    OR
    2011662
  • 1206861
  • 1208931

The student may elect to present a paper that integrates the subject matter of linguistics into the student’s field of specialization.