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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
Students with a B.A./B.S. or M.A./M.S. in linguistics or in an appropriate field may apply. (Students without a degree in linguistics proper may be asked to take additional courses to meet minimum training in linguistics.) Applicants are required to submit a completed application, a writing sample, three letters of recommendation, GRE scores (a minimum of 1050 on verbal and math combined is normally required; the analytical score is also considered), and official transcripts of all previous work. Foreign students whose native language is not English must also submit scores on the TOEFL, on which a minimum of 550 is normally required. For these foreign students, the TOEFL score will be considered as the verbal section of the GRE when the TOEFL score is higher. In all cases, however, scores on all sections of the GRE must be submitted. Foreign students whose native language is not English and who are awarded a teaching assistantship must meet the Graduate School requirement for performance on either the Speak Test or the Test of Spoken English (TSE). The TSE may be taken overseas at any TOEFL center. Students should consult the appropriate section of the catalog for details of this requirement.
Admission is selective and competitive based on the number of well-qualified
applicants and the limits of available faculty and facilities. Those who
meet stated minimum academic requirements are not guaranteed admission,
nor are those who fail to meet those requirements necessarily precluded
from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths.
FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid is available for Ph.D. students only and takes the form
of teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships and research assistantships.
Conditions on funding are stated in the Graduate Guidelines available from
the department's Director of Graduate Studies.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE
For the M.A., students must satisfy the requirements of either Option
1 or Option 2. Option 1 requires completion of 30 credit hours and a grade
of PASS on the same Qualifying Exam taken by Ph.D. students. Option 2 requires
completion of 36 credit hours to be planned in consultation with the student's
adviser and the Director of Graduate Studies. Both options require a) that
at least 21 of the required credit hours be taken in the Linguistics Department
and b) the completion of at least one 800-level seminar. Full details of
all programs are available from the department's Director of Graduate Studies.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PH.D. DEGREE
Students are required to take 69 credits beyond the B.A./B.S.: 60 credits in courses proper and 9 in dissertation. Students entering with a credited M.A./M.S. in an appropriate area as determined by the department must take 39 credits: 30 in courses proper and 9 in dissertation. All transfer credit must be in accord with the rules of the Graduate Office; approval of transferred courses is at the discretion of the Committee on Graduate Studies of the Department of Linguistics. Students must take LING 607 Phonology I, LING 609 Syntax I, LING 608 Phonology II, LING 610 Syntax II, either LING 696 Psycholinguistics, or LING 618 Sociolinguistics, and at least three 800-level seminars. No course can satisfy two requirements except that the three 800-level seminars can count toward specialization requirements; transfer credit for these requirements may be accepted, but only under the conditions stated above. It is suggested that the remainder of the course work have an appropriate balance of work in the subfields of linguistics and, at the same time, be directed toward the major areas of research interest.
Students whose native language is English are required to demonstrate proficiency in a language other than English. The goal is for students to be able to function as a professional in the field of linguistics in general and in their chosen area of specialization. Proficiency may be either written or spoken. Students are responsible for presenting a rationale for the selection of a particular language and for requesting a speaking or reading proficiency test. Students whose native language is not English will be assumed to have proficiency in English and will have thereby satisfied the proficiency requirement.
The language requirements must be satisfied prior to acceptance of the Dissertation Prospectus. No language examinations taken at any other school will fulfill any language requirement.
Students are required to take one major examination, the Qualifying Examination in theoretical and applied linguistics, and to write one publishable research paper for admission to Doctoral Candidacy. After successful completion of all requirements, students are required to write a dissertation followed by an oral defense.
