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Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Course | ||
| Students without a background in Linguistics will be required to complete APLN 500. | 0-3 | |
| Language and Linguistics | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| APLN 508 | Research Design in Applied Linguistics | 3 |
| APLN 520 | Current Theories of Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| APLN 553 | Text Analysis Tools | 3 |
| APLN 563 | Quantitative Linguistics | 3 |
| APLN 607 | Research Seminar (course must be taken once every semester) | 0 |
| Group 1 Elective - Morphosyntax | ||
| APLN 504 | Syntax | 3 |
| or APLN 524 | Advanced Structure of American English | |
| Group 2 Elective - Speech | ||
| Required Electives | ||
| APLN 503 | Speech Processing | 3 |
| or APLN 506 | Phonetics and Phonology | |
| or APLN 507 | Speech Prosody | |
| Complete four courses from the list below. | 12 | |
| Culminating Experience | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 1-3 | |
| Research Questions in Applied Linguistics | ||
| Master's Thesis | ||
| Total Credits | 31-36 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| APLN 502 | Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| APLN 503 | Speech Processing | 3 |
| APLN 504 | Syntax | 3 |
| APLN 505 | Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| APLN 506 | Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| APLN 507 | Speech Prosody | 3 |
| APLN 510 | Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| APLN 512 | Cross-Cultural Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| APLN 518 | Forensic Linguistics | 3 |
| APLN 524 | Advanced Structure of American English | 3 |
| APLN 525 | Methodology of Teaching ESL | 3 |
| APLN 526 | Computer-Assisted Language Instruction | 3 |
| APLN 528 | Language Testing and Assessment | 3 |
| APLN 530 | Language Policy and Language Planning | 3 |
| APLN 532 | Language and Culture in Multilingual Education | 3 |
| APLN 534 | Languages in Contact | 3 |
| APLN 536 | Languages of the USA | 3 |
| APLN 550 | Computational Linguistics I | 3 |
| APLN 552 | Special Topics in Natural Language Processing | 3 |
| APLN 560 | Translation Theory | 3 |
| APLN 565 | Lexicography | 3 |
| APLN 570 | The Structure of American Sign Language | 3 |
| APLN 580 | Corpus Linguistics | 3 |
| APLN 582 | Language and Mobile Communication | 3 |
| APLN 590 | Special Topics in Applied Linguistics | 3 |
| APLN 591 | Cognitive Linguistics | 3 |
| APLN 594 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
| APLN 596 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
Recommended Roadmap to Program of Study Completion
This plan is provided as an outline for students to complete the requirements for this program of study within two years. This plan is a recommendation only and students should meet with their advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
With Foundation Course
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| APLN 500 (if needed) | 3 | Group 2 Elective Course | 3 |
| Group 1 Elective Course | 3 | Elective Course | 3 |
| APLN 563 | 3 | Elective Course | 3 |
| APLN 607 | 0 | APLN 607 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| APLN 553 | 3 | APLN 605 or 698 | 1-3 |
| APLN 508 | 3 | APLN 607 | 0 |
| APLN 520 | 3 | Elective Course | 3 |
| APLN 607 | 0 | Elective Course | 3 |
| 9 | 7-9 | ||
| Total Credits 34-36 | |||
Without Foundation Course
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| APLN 520 | 3 | Group 2 Elective Course | 3 |
| APLN 563 | 3 | Elective Course | 3 |
| APLN 607 | 0 | Elective Course | 3 |
| Group 1 Elective | 3 | APLN 607 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| APLN 553 | 3 | APLN 605 or 698 | 1-3 |
| APLN 508 | 3 | Elective Course | 3 |
| Elective Course | 3 | APLN 607 | 0 |
| APLN 607 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 4-6 | ||
| Total Credits 31-33 | |||