LINGST:MA - Master of Arts in Linguistics
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Admissions Requirements for Master of Arts (MA) in Linguistics
Applicants must meet the University’s Graduate School general admissions requirements; GPA of minimum 3.0, two letters of recommendation, and a statement of purpose on the reasons for pursuing an M.A. in Linguistics. International graduate student applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit a score for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or for the Pearson Test of English (PTE). A total score of 100 on the iBT TOEFL (equivalent to 600 on the paper-based version of the TOEFL), or a score of 6.5 on the IELTS, or a minimum score of 53 on the PTE is required.
Admissions Requirements for Combined Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English to MA in Linguistics Accelerated Degree Pathway
To be considered for admission to the combined Bachelor’s/Master’s degree pathway, students must have completed at least 75 credits in the Bachelor’s degree program at FIU and meet the admissions criteria for the graduate degree program to which they are applying. Students need only apply once to the combined degree pathway; the application is submitted to Graduate Admissions typically before the student starts the last 30 credits of the Bachelor’s degree program. A student admitted to the combined degree pathway will be considered to have undergraduate status until the student applies for graduation from his/her Bachelor’s degree program. Upon conferral of the Bachelor’s degree, the student will be granted graduate status and be eligible for graduate assistantships. Only 5000-level or higher courses, and no more than the number of credits specified by the program catalog, may be applied toward both degrees.
Admission Requirements
--Enrollment in undergraduate program in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese at FIU.
--Must have completed 75 credits.
--Must have completed LIN 3013/LIN 3010 General Linguistics, LIN 4680 Modern English Grammar, FRE 3780 French Phonetics, or SPN 3733 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics with a grade of “A”.
--Current GPA of 3.2 or higher.
--Two letters of faculty recommendation.
--A 2-4 page statement of purpose, explaining academic plans and goals.
The following graduate courses are recommended to BA students. In order to complete their degree requirements, students may double-count up to 12 graduate credits of coursework toward the Bachelor’s and M.A. degrees:
The following graduate courses are recommended to BA students. In order to complete their degree requirements, students may double-count up to 12 graduate credits of coursework toward the Bachelor’s and M.A. degrees:
Note: course is an MA core requirement and is a prerequisite to all other course requirements.
The following graduate courses are recommended to BA students. In order to complete their degree requirements, students may double-count up to 12 graduate credits of coursework toward the Bachelor’s and M.A. degrees:
Note: course is an MA core requirement and is a prerequisite to all other course requirements.
The following graduate courses are recommended to BA students. In order to complete their degree requirements, students may double-count up to 12 graduate credits of coursework toward the Bachelor’s and M.A. degrees:
Note: course is an MA core requirement and is a prerequisite to all other course requirements.
The BA will be awarded as soon as all BA requirements of the designated undergraduate program are completed. The MA will be awarded after all MA requirements of the Linguistics Program and the BA requirements are completed.
Students also must complete one course about the structure of a non-Indo-European language:
There are no majors associated with this program.
The Master of Arts in Linguistics requires 36 graduate hours in Linguistics: 18 credits in core required courses, the remainder in electives and completion of a Masters Research Project.
In addition to maintaining an overall 3.0 average in all courses, students must also obtain a minimum of a ‘B’ in each of the required courses (‘B-’ is not acceptable in these courses) and a minimum of a ‘C’ in each elective course (‘C-’ is not acceptable). Course work is as follows:
course will only be required of those students who have insufficient background in Linguistics. Students with a prior course in linguistics may opt out of this requirement after passing a qualifying exam on the course materials.
A student must fulfill this requirement by taking a structure course on a non-Indo-European Language:
Sufficient credits of electives will complete the degree, along with completion of required courses and the Research Project for Publication.
All students will be required to produce a research paper of publishable standard by the end of their second year. (course Research Project for Publication I, may be taken to facilitate completion of this requirement.) The research project must be presented in an open forum at the end of the year.