Degree Structure

Candidates are required to complete 48 units, which includes both coursework and a sub-thesis. Students will undertake one of the following three options:

• Option 1: 36 units of coursework and a 12-unit sub-thesis (15,000-20,000 words) LING7112; or
• Option 2: 30 units of coursework and a 18-unit sub-thesis(20,000-25,000 words) LING7113; or
• Option 3: 24 units of coursework and a 24-unit sub-thesis (25,000-30,000 words) LING7114.

Coursework

Coursework courses will be selected in consultation with the Graduate Convener for Linguistics. After satisfying the requirements for compulsory courses, students may choose any additional courses from the list of available elective courses or other relevant courses (with the Graduate Convener's approval).

Students who have already studied equivalent courses in previous studies may (with the Graduate Convener's approval) choose alternative courses.

Compulsory courses (Group A):
LING6001 - Introduction to the Study of Language

And at least two of (Group B):
LING6003-Introduction to Syntax
LING6005-Language Change and Linguistic Reconstruction
LING6008-Semantics
LING6010-Phonetics: Sound of the Worlds Languages
LING6019-Phonological Analysis

Elective Courses:
LING6002-Language and Society
LING6007-Morphology
LING6009-Field Methods
LING6015-Language and Culture
LING6016-Language in Indigenous Australia
LING6017-The Chinese Language
LING6018-Languages in Contact
LING6020-Structure of English
LING6021-Cross-Cultural Communication
LING6022-Language Planning and Language Politics
LING6023-Dictionaries and Dictionary Making
LING6026-Syntactic Theory
LING6101-Second Language Acquisition
LING6103-Discourse and Society
LING6505-Acoustics of Voice
LING6508-Study of a Language Family
LING6509-Research Design in (Applied) Linguistics
LING6511-Conversation Analysis
LING6521-Child Language Acquisition
LING6522-Seminar on Semantics
LING6525-Special Topics in Linguistics

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