MA in Applied English Linguistics: Course Requirements
The normal minimum requirement is 27 credits beyond the 6 credits of prerequisite work. The 27 credits are distributed as follows: 12 in core courses and 15 in elective courses. Of the 15 elective credits, six credits must be in 700 level courses and three credits in 900 level courses.
The student must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in graduate course work. Incompletes are allowed only in extraordinary circumstances and must be removed within eight weeks of the following semester of registration. If they are not removed within that time, they will revert to a grade of F unless special dispensation is granted by the Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of English.
For more information about courses, please see the graduate course descriptions page, or click on individual courses to be taken directly to the description of that course.
Prerequisites
English 324: Structure of English
English 330: English Phonology
Core Courses
English 325: English in Use
English 329: Introduction to the Syntax of English
English 333: Second Language Acquisition
ONE of the following (the remaining two courses are also available to the student as electives):
English 331: Language Variation in the U.S.
OR
English 332: Global Spread of English
OR
English 336: English in Society
Electives
English 323: History of the English Language
English 331: Language Variation in the U.S.
English 332: Global Spread of English
English 334: English as a Second Language
English 336: English in Society
English 338: Topics in English Language and Linguistics
English 339: Linguistics and Literary Study
English 341: Gender and Language
English 700: Introduction to Composition Theory
English 708: Advanced English Syntax
English 709: Advanced English Phonology
English 710: Discourse Analysis
English 711: Research on English as a Second
Language
English 713: Topics in Contemporary English
Linguistics
English 715: Advanced Studies in Second Language
Acquisition
English 900: Seminar: Topics in Language and
Cognition in the Composing Process
English 901: Seminar: Topics in the Structure
of Written Communication
English 905: Seminar: Applied English Linguistics
English 906: Seminar: The English Language
(rev. 10/2005)
