Linguistics PhD
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
PhD
Total Units Required: 10
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Fundamental Properties of Language (4 quarters) | |
| Sociolinguistic Theory and Analysis | |
| Laboratory Phonology I | |
| Syntactic Analysis I | |
| Semantic Analysis I | |
| Advanced Competency (4 quarters) | |
Any 4 400-level LING courses, except independent study and other required courses and any 300-level LING courses with instructor's permission. | |
| Computational Analysis (1 quarter) | |
One of the following courses | |
| Text Processing for Linguists | |
| Introduction to Computational Linguistics | |
| Statistics (1 quarter) | |
One of the following courses | |
| Applied Statistics for Research 1 | |
| Seminar in Linguistics (Advanced Statistics for Language Science) | |
Additional Degree Requirements
- Research/Projects: successful completion of one research paper, by the end of eighth quarter, for admission to candidacy; acceptable master's thesis in the department may be offered to satisfy the requirement
- PhD Dissertation: in addition to PhD degree requirements outlined in the Graduate Study at Northwestern University section of this Web site, completion of a prospectus by the end of the twelfth quarter, for admission to candidacy
- Final Evaluations: none specified beyond the PhD degree requirements outlined in the Graduate Study at Northwestern University section of this Web site
- Other: demonstration of advanced competence in a second natural language. (For non-native English speakers, advanced competence in English satisfies this requirement.)
Master's
Total Units Required: 9
The Qualifying Paper and course work can be used by PhD students to satisfy requirements for MA degree.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Fundamental Properties of Language (4 quarters) | |
| Sociolinguistic Theory and Analysis | |
| Laboratory Phonology I | |
| Syntactic Analysis I | |
| Semantic Analysis I | |
| Computational Analysis (1 quarter) | |
One of the following courses | |
| Text Processing for Linguists | |
| Introduction to Computational Linguistics | |
| Statistics (1 quarter) | |
One of the following courses | |
| Applied Statistics for Research 1 | |
| Seminar in Linguistics (Advanced Statistics for Language Science) | |
| Electives (3 quarters) | |
Any 3 LING courses offered for graduate credit. | |
Other MA Degree Requirements
- Master's Thesis
- Demonstration of advanced proficiency in one non-English language (department assumes native or near-native proficiency in English)