Other applicants may be considered upon completion of one or two qualifying semesters. PhD applicants should hold an MA in linguistics. Students with an MA or M.Sc. in some other language-related discipline may be admitted but will be required to take additional linguistics courses. The application deadline is Mar. 1 for September admission. Financial assistance Full-time students may apply for financial assistance through the School of Graduate Studies and the Department of Linguistics.
Financial support is usually in the form of fellowships and graduate assistantships.
At the master's level, supervision is provided in all areas of linguistics, including morphology, syntax, phonology, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, dialectology, comparative and historical linguistics and experimental phonetics. The department offers both a thesis MA and a coursework MA . Both program options are designed to be completed in two years of full-time study. Students choosing the thesis option must complete a minimum of five one-semester graduate courses and a thesis. Requirements for the coursework option are a minimum of eight one-semester graduate courses and a comprehensive examination.