Checklist for the M.A. Student

Checklist for the Linguistics M.A. Student

Provide Graduate School with documents required as stated in letter of acceptance. These may include the following:
- English proficiency examinations
- Final transcripts and/or official evidence of B.A. awarded
- These documents must be in the Graduate School before the first semester of enrollment.
Form M.A. Committee
- Committee must have a chair (your major professor) who is a member of the Linguistics faculty
- The committee must have at least two additional members.
  - Chair: _____________________
  - Member: ___________________
  - Member: ___________________
File Plan of Study
- A Plan of Study must be submitted by the end of the second full semester of study.
- You must have all coursework added and committee changes made to the your Plan no later than the end of the semester prior to the semester in which you plan to receive the degree.
- Please see the Linguistics website for information on completing the Plan of Study
Complete course requirements (18 credits)
- Complete 6 course requirements
  - 3 hrs LING 511 Phonology I
  - 3 hrs LING 521 Syntax I
  - 3 hrs LING 565 Sociolinguistics
  - 3 hrs LING 563 Language Acquisition
  - 3 hrs LING 598 Research Methods
  - 3 hrs LING 598 Teaching Methods

In addition to core requirements:

Non-M.A Thesis students (12 credits)
- Complete twelve credit hours of ASRs
  - 3hrs _______________________
  - 3hrs _______________________
  - 3hrs _______________________
  - 3hrs _______________________

M.A Thesis students (12 credits)
- Complete six credit hours of ASRs
  - 3hrs _______________________
  - 3hrs _______________________
- Complete six credit hours of Thesis Research
  - 3 hrs_______________________
  - 3hrs_______________________
- Complete thesis
  - Prepare approved prospectus
  - Conduct research and write thesis
  - Submit paperwork to schedule thesis defense
  - Defend thesis
  - Deposit approved formatted thesis
  - Copy to the Linguistics Program