Admission to Program
Students who meet the admission requirements below may submit an application form (available from the Linguistics office) and accompanying recommendations from two Linguistics faculty members at any time. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
• Completion of LING 3060 and LING 3150
• Completion of 60 total hours of undergraduate coursework
• Minimum GPA of 3.5 in LING courses and 3.0 overall
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
All students must take the required courses in (1): LING 3060 and LING 3150. They may substitute graduate equivalents for any of the required courses chosen from the list in (2) or may substitute any graduate-level courses for major electives (with the exception of master's research/thesis and directed reading courses). A maximum of 12 hours of graduate credit may be applied to both the graduate and undergraduate degree requirements.
Degree requirements for the A.B. in Linguistics (24 hours total):
(1) Required foundational courses
LING 3060
LING 3150
(2) Choose two courses from the following:
CMSD(LING) 3120 or LLED 5730 - allowed substitution LLED 7730
ENGL(LING) 4170 - allowed substitution ENGL(LING) 6170
LING 3250 - allowed substitution LING 8120
LING 3830 - NA
LING 4022 - allowed substitution LING 6022
LING 4160 - allowed substitution LING 6160
LING 4690 - allowed substitution LING 6690
LING 4710 - allowed substitution LING 6710
LING(CMLT) 4740 - allowed substitution LING(CMLT) 6740
LING(ANTH) 4860 - allowed substitution LING(ANTH) 6860
(3) Major electives:
12 additional hours of 3000/4000-level LING courses - allowed substitutions: any graduate-level LING courses (excluding LING 7000, 7005, 7300, or 9010)
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
Since both the undergraduate and graduate programs of study require certain courses in phonetics/phonology and syntax, students should not take the undergraduate Advanced Phonetics and Phonology (LING 4022) or Advanced Generative Syntax (LING 3160); if desired, they should take the graduate versions of these courses instead (LING 6022, LING 8160). Students should consult with faculty members to identify a committee and a thesis topic prior to their enrollment in the M.A. program in Year 5.
Students in the dual degree pathway are required to complete only one semester of LING 8101 Colloquium.
Although this is not unique to the dual degree pathway, please note that the M.A. program of study should include at least three courses (9 hours) in a primary area of concentration and two courses (6 hours) in a secondary area of concentration, to be determined in consultation with the student's major professor and the Graduate Coordinator. The areas of concentration can be broadly interpreted: they may include any of the required or elective courses for the M.A. degree, including LING 9010 Directed Readings, and are individually designed to correspond to the student's main areas of interest. (For example, students may choose to focus on sociolinguistics and phonetics/phonology, historical linguistics and syntax, etc.)
Admission to Graduate Program
Admission requirements are the same as for the regular M.A. program; see http://linguistics.uga.edu/admissions.