Our department covers a broad range of research topics, with substantial coverage of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. We approach these topics from several different research traditions and backgrounds, with particular strengths in formal-theoretical linguistics, experimental and field linguistics, acquisition, and computational approaches to the study of communicative behaviour.
The Department is strongly committed to the study of Languages of the Americas, with particular focus on First Nations Languages of Canada, in the areas of documentation and theoretical research.
Additionally, we have a long history of work on African languages as well as ongoing research on languages within the Indo-European, Japonic, Sino-Tibetan, Korean, and Uralic families. The MA in Linguistics can be earned in two ways: a thesis option and a non-thesis option. Each path has a specific set of course requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to complete the program. If you are unsure about which option is right for you, you will have until April 30 before making a final decision.
If you wish to select the non-thesis option, you must send a written request to the Graduate Advisor. Students interested in linguistic research are strongly encouraged to enroll in the program for an MA with thesis. You must complete a minimum of 30 credits of coursework under the following requirements:. First-year graduate students who do not have sufficient background for the first-year graduate courses are expected to take the appropriate undergraduate courses prior to registration in the graduate course.
Until their MA thesis prospectus has been approved, all MA students are expected to maintain a regular, active, physical presence in the Department. At all stages of the program, a student and their supervisor should be in regular contact and communication. In order to graduate, students must have a sound knowledge of one language other than English. They must fulfill this language requirement by the time of their thesis prospectus submission. Relevance can be determined by a variety of factors such as the following:.
Supervision A Research Supervisor is appointed for a student before the beginning of their first year in the program. The Graduate Advisor and the Research Supervisor, in consultation with the incoming student, will establish a three-member Temporary Supervisory Committee no later than the end of the first week of the first term.
Prior to registration for the second year, the Temporary Supervisory Committee shall be dissolved and a new Supervisory Committee shall be established. Normally the members of the supervisory committee are from the Department of Linguistics; if the students committee includes members from outside the Department of Linguistics, a majority must be departmental members. Establishing a Research Supervisor is the joint responsibility of the student and the Graduate Advisor.
Both new and continuing MA students will have a meeting with their Supervisory Committee during the last week of August or in early September. At this meeting students can discuss their course work and other aspects of their program.
Incoming students are requested to bring with them copies of the calendars of course offerings from the institutions they previously attended other than UBC. Where applicable, applicants must provide proof of English Language Proficiency refer to English Language Requirement. Any one of the following is acceptable:.
Graduate assistantships are normally available for a limited time for students in full-time study who make satisfactory progress toward a degree and are deemed by the Department to be in good academic standing see Failure in or Failure to Complete a Course or Research Work and the preceding paragraph.
Students will be expected to apply for competitive awards. Exceptionally qualified applicants may be nominated for recruitment or other awards administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Information is available at www. Refer to the Course offering to see the selection offered in a given academic year.
Upon completion of their coursework, students must write a major research paper. This original contribution of approximately 50 pages in length consists of an informed and critical review of existing literature on a given topic as well as a formal or empirical analysis of linguistic data. Visit our research page for a list of completed M. Detailed compulsory program requirements as well as suggested timelines are available in the Graduate Handbook.
Applicants to the M. The University of Doctoral program in Linguistics program has been in existence since This program provides students with an overview of the field while allowing students to specialize in a sub-area of their choosing, whether theoretical or applied.
This program consists of six courses, two comprehensive examination papers and a doctoral dissertation. The goal of the Ph. Students are required to take two mandatory classes in either syntax, semantics or phonology, four additional classes chosen in consultation with their supervisor, and a doctoral seminar, a class in which they learn professional skills writing abstracts, presenting papers and posters and conferences, submitting and reviewing articles to academic journals, etc.
All students must satisfy a comprehensive examination requirement consisting of two substantial research papers. All students must write one qualifying paper in one of the following core areas: Formal Linguistics i. The areas topics of the two qualifying papers must be different. These article-length papers must present original research of publishable quality. Students must also present a thesis incorporating the results of original research in the sub-field of their choice.
Visit our research page for a list of completed Ph. D theses. To apply to the Ph. Fast-track from the M. Graduate Admission. Would you would like to spend a day on campus, attend a class, meet with an academic advisor, speak with professors, visit the campus and its residences?
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