Checklist For Satisfying Department Requirements (First Year)

See MA Course Requirements, and the individual links below, for more information.

This list holds good for students admitted for 2016-2017 and earlier.

Required courses:

  • 200A _____
  • 200B _____
  • 200C _____
  • 201A _____
  • 201B _____
  • one of:  204C, 209A, 213A, 213B, 213C, 217, 236 _____

Elective courses from Linguistics 201C, 202 through C209, 211 through 219, 239, 244, 104, 111, or 140

  • 1) ____________________
  • 2) ____________________
  • 3) ____________________

For students admitted 2017-2018 and later, the requirements have changed.

Required courses:

  • 200A _____
  • 200B _____
  • 200C _____
  • two of 201A, 201B, 201C  _____   _____
  • one of:  204C, 209A, 213A, 213B, 213C, 217, 236 _____

Elective courses from Linguistics 201A, 201B, 201C, 202 through C209, 211 through 219, 239, 244, 104, 111, or 140

  • 1) ____________________
  • 2) ____________________
  • 3) ____________________

All students must satisfy the following requirements.

TA training course _____

TOP exam if not native speaker of English _____

Foreign language if native speaker of English _____ (this requirement is only required if you came in during academic year 2016-2017 or earlier)

Undergraduate/graduate historical linguistics _____

Practical phonetics exam for Field Methods/qualifying as phonetics TA (‘high pass’ required), or completion of 103 with a grade of “B” or higher _____

Selection of advisor / MA committee for second year _____