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) | |
| LING 400-0 | Seminar in Linguistics (Pragmatic Theory) |
| LING 420-0 | Sociolinguistic Theory and Analysis |
| LING 450-1 | Laboratory Phonology I |
| LING 460-1 | Syntactic Analysis I |
| Advanced Competency (4 quarters) | |
| Any 4 400-level LING courses, excepting independent study and other required courses. | |
| Computational Analysis (1 quarter) | |
| One of the following courses | |
| LING 300-0 | Topics in Linguistics (Introduction to Programming and Text Processing for Linguists) |
| LING 334-0 | Introduction to Computational Linguistics |
| Statistics (1 quarter) | |
| STAT 330-1 | Applied Statistics for Research 1 |
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) | |
| LING 400-0 | Seminar in Linguistics (Pragmatic Theory) |
| LING 420-0 | Sociolinguistic Theory and Analysis |
| LING 450-1 | Laboratory Phonology I |
| LING 460-1 | Syntactic Analysis I |
| Computational Analysis (1 quarter) | |
| One of the following courses | |
| LING 300-0 | Topics in Linguistics (Introduction to Programming and Text Processing for Linguists) |
| LING 334-0 | Introduction to Computational Linguistics |
| Statistics (1 quarter) | |
| STAT 330-1 | Applied Statistics for Research 1 |
| Electives (3 quarters) | |
| Any 3 LING courses offered for graduate credit. | |
Other MA Degree Requirements
- Examinations: none specified
- Research/Projects: none specified
- Master's Thesis: required
- Other: demonstration of advanced proficiency in one non-English language (department assumes native or near-native proficiency in English)