UM Linguistics

MA in Linguistics

Linguistics Program offers MA in Linguistics. For admission information, see Contact page and Graduate calatog.

Requirements for General Track

Requirements for Applied Track

LING 471
LING 472
LING 474
LING 475
LING 484 or 489
Three Seminars (LING 570)

THESIS OPTION: 6 Thesis credits & 6 500-level credits

Non-THESIS OPTION: 12 500-level credits (3 credits may be 400-level).

LING 471
LING 472
LING 466
LING 478 or 477
LING 480
Three Seminars (LING 570)

THESIS OPTION: 6 Thesis credits & 6 500-level credits

Non-THESIS OPTION: 12 500-level credits (3 credits may be 400-level).

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*ESL Teaching Assistants are required to take Ling 575 Preceptorship (R4), which does not carry degree credit.

After Graduation, our alumni have accepted to various PhD programs (U of Arizona, U of British Columbia, U of California Santa Barbara, U of Hawai'i, Rutgers University).

Other alumni obtained language teaching jobs at various countries (Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc.)

Linguistics in Undergraduate Study

Undergraduate students may select Linguistics Option in three majors: Anthropology, English and Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures.

Linguistics with Anthropology Major

Linguistics with English Major

MCLL (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures)

For a degree in anthropology with an option in linguistics, the student must meet all the general Anthropology requirements and complete an additional 12 credits from the following:

LING 471
LING 472
LING 473S
LING 474
LING 475
LING 484

See also Anthropology site for major requirements

Two options: General Linguistics & Teaching ESL

General (27 credits):
LING 470, 471, 472, 473, 474 and 476; LING 489; two courses from 475, 477 or 478.

Teaching ESL (28 credits):
LING 465, 466, 470, 471, 472, one course from LING 473, 475 or 476; LING 477 or 478; LING 480, 481 and 491, and one upper-division LING elective.

See also English site for major requirements

French Linguistics Option:
Within the French major it is possible to elect an option in linguistics.

1. Language courses 101 to 202 or equivalent in French.
2. The available language courses numbered 401 or approved equivalent.
3. Eighteen credits of Linguistics, including: LING 270 or 470, 471, 473S.
4. Strongly recommended are: nine upper division credits in literature and/or culture, and at least one course in the history of Europe.

See also MCLL site for major requiremengts

ESL Certificate

Certificate of Accomplishment in English as a Second Language Teaching:
The Linguistics Program offers a Certificate that can be earned by undergraduate and graduate students while they complete requirements for degrees in other disciplines.

In order to earn the Certificate students must hold (or simultaneously earn) a bachelor's degree, and complete the following courses:

Required:

LING 470; LING 471; LING 472; LING 477 or 478; LING 480; LING 491 (3 credits for students with a teaching major, 1 credit otherwise)

Two from the following:
LING 466, LING 473 , LING 476, LING 481, LING 489

Also two years of a foreign language or its equivalent is required.
Non-native speakers of English may have to take an English competency examination.

Students completing a basic teacher education program with a teaching major will be certified to teach ESL in K-12 in Montana and elsewhere. The curriculum outlined on page 201 of the current catalog constitutes a minor teaching field.

Click here for an ESL Certificate form in PDF format

Linguistics in General Education

The following linguistics courses are designiated as GenEd courses.

LING 270S
LING 375X
LING 473W

LING 484W

Symbolic System
LING 470 & LING 471

LING 470 & LING 472

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Tully Thibeau, Director

(406) 243-2156

Linguistics Program
Social Science Building
The University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812