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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Linguistics MA


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The University at Buffalo’s Linguistics Department offers a comprehensive program covering the major areas of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and discourse/pragmatics. Our faculty focuses on the interface between language and cognition, empirically grounded linguistic theory, and both cross-linguistic studies and in-depth studies of individual languages other than English.

General Curriculum


Required Core (12 credits)


Electives (15 credits)


Select 5 from:

Other courses may be selected with approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.

Other Electives & Culminating Experience (6 credits)


Culminating Experience Milestone: Exam or Project


Total Credit Hours: 33


3.0 Degree GPA required

 

Germanic Linguistics Curriculum


Germanic Linguistics Concentration Core (18 credits)


Electives & Culminating Experience (12 credits)


Select 4 from:

Other courses may be selected with approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.

Culminating Experience Milestone: Exam or Project


Total Credit Hours: 30


3.0 Degree GPA required

 

East Asian Languages Curriculum


Teaching Practicum (2 credits)


Core Electives


Electives and Culminating Experience (7 credits)


Culminating Experience Milestone: Exam or Project


Total Credit Hours: 30


3.0 Degree GPA required

 

Sociolinguistics Curriculum


Core Electives (9 credits)


Select 3 from:

Other courses may be selected with approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.

Other Electives & Culminating Experience (0-3 credits)


Culminating Experience Milestone: Exam or Project


Total Credit Hours: 30


3.0 Degree GPA required

 

Instruction Method


  • In Person (100 percent of courses offered in person)

Full/Part Time Options


  • Full Time
  • Part Time

Credits Required


  • 30-33 Hours

Time-To-Degree


  • 2 Years

Application Fee


  • $75

SED Statement


This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).

Online programs/courses may require students to come to campus on occasion. Time-to-degree and number of credit hours may vary based on full/part time status, degree, track and/or certification option chosen. Time-to-degree is based on calendar year(s). Contact the department for details.

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