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Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics

The Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics is a qualifying programme for MPhil Linguistics applicants who do not possess a first degree or a higher degree in Linguistics or in a programme with a substantial Linguistics component.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should have earned at least a 2.50 GPA or a Lower Second Class Honours degree in any discipline.

PROGRAMME DELIVERY

The Diploma in Linguistics is open for both full-time and part-time registration. Full-time students completing coursework normally register in 3 courses each semester, part-time students in two. The Diploma in Linguistics can be completed at minimum, in two semesters and a summer (full-time), with the possibility of entry in September or January.

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Students are required to complete courses in Research Methodology and Advanced Academic English (exempt for some students), and a workshop on Professionalism in Linguistics. In addition, students are also required to complete at least 13othercredits in Linguistics courses, for a minimum of 20 credits in total.

NB. The selection of courses taken in the Diploma programme will be based on prior qualifications, interests, and availability.

 

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

CORE COURSES

LANG6099: Advanced Academic English Language Skills*

LING6611: Workshop Series on Professionalism in Linguistics

LING6707: Linguistic Research Methods: Methods and Ethical Considerations

* Students who hold a First Class Honours degree are exempted from LANG6099

DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

LING6011: Descriptive & Analytic Approaches to the Study of Phonology

LING6012: Descriptive & Analytic Approaches to the Study of Syntax

LING6310: Sociolinguistics

LING6610: Creole Linguistics
ONE/TWO ELECTIVE (S) from the following:

LING6021: Advanced Topics in Phonology

LING6022: Advanced Topics in Syntax

LING6103: Principles and Methods of English Language Teaching

LING6107: Language Acquisition: Theory & Practice in the Caribbean

LING6109: Linguistics in Language Arts Education

LING6320: Advanced Topics in Language Variation

LING6401: The Grammar of English: An Extrapolatory Approach

LING6405: The Classroom as a Discourse Space

LING6420: Discourse Theory & Interpersonal Communication

LING6620: Advanced Topics in Creole Linguistics

LING6900: Graduate Reading Course in Linguistics

 

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