Master of Arts in Linguistics
Equivalent of at least two years of college-level study of a foreign language is required.
36 credits
Degree requirements
ENG 520 or the equivalent will be required but will not count towards required credits in the degree.
Major requirements
Directed electives (at least 12 credits from the following courses):
| ENG 622 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| ENG 628 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| ENG 629 | Topics in Applied Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 630 | Contrastive Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 631 | Historical Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 632 | Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 682 | Topics in English Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 686 | Topics in Linguistics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Electives
(3 credits, an additional course from the directed electives or any of the following):
| ENG 624 | Foundations of Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| ENG 684 | Topics in Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| ENG 693 | Writing in the Profession | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Research requirement
Total Credit Hours: 36
Depending on the nature of the student’s research, the student may also be advised to take one or more courses in Experimental Design and Statistics in addition to other course work.