Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Major/Minor/Specialisation !BH-ARTS-SPC+1035 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Year and Campus: 2012
Overview: The minimum entry requirement for Linguistics & Applied Linguistics honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics and an average of at least H2A (75%) in second and third-year subjects within the major, or equivalent.
Objectives: See course objectives.
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in linguistics and applied linguistics must complete:

  • Linguistics & Applied Linguistics Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • Issues in Linguistic Research (12.50 points); and
  • 50 points of fourth-year subjects in linguistics and applied linguistics

Students undertaking combined honours in linguistics and applied linguistics and another program must complete:

  • Linguistics & Applied Linguistics Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • 25 points fourth-year level subjects in linguistics and applied linguistics; and
  • 37.5 points of fourth-year level subjects in the combined discipline.

or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
  • 25 points of fourth-year level subjects in the combining discipline; and
  • Issues in Linguistic Research (12.50 points) and one fourth-year level subject in linguistics and applied linguistics (12.5 points).

Total 100 points

Subject Options:

Compulsory subjects:

50 points for students in pure honours. Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above.

Note: the thesis requires enrolment in two consecutive semesters

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Honours Subjects

Note: Honours students need written permssion from the subject co-ordinator prior to enrolling in the following:

  • Directed Reading Projec

Note: Honours students may also take the following subjects for 25 points by enrolling in Directed Reading Project for the remaining 12.5 points, with approval from the subject co-ordinator.

  • Seminars in Theoretical Linguistics
  • Structure of Aboriginal Langauges
  • Seminars in Descriptive Linguistics
  • Discourse Analysis & Representation
  • Experimental Phonetics

Note: Honours students may enrol in only one of the following subjects for the Honours degree and these subjects are not available in online mode for Honours students:

  • Quantitative Methods in Applied Linguistics
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • English in a Globalised World
  • Bilingualism

Note: Subject to Honours coordinator approval, students may substitute one of the other LING9000 subjects.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2012
12.50
Not offered in 2012
25
Not offered in 2012
12.50
Not offered in 2012
12.50
Links to further information: http://linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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