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Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Linguistics and Applied Linguistics // Structure

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Structure

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis subject (50 points)
  • elective subjects (37.5 points)


Total 100 points


Please note:

  • Students must enrol in the thesis LING40015 LAL Thesis Part 1 and LING40016 LAL Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) students may also take any one of the following subjects for 25 points by concurrently enrolling in LING40001 Directed Reading Project for the remaining 12.5 points:

  • LING40003 Discourse Analysis & Representation
  • LING40004 Seminars in Theoretical Linguistics
  • LING40005 Structure of Aboriginal Languages
  • LING40008 Experimental Phonetics
  • LING40009 Seminars in Descriptive Linguistic

Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) students may only enrol in one of the following subjects for the Honours degree (these subjects are not available in online mode for Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) students:

  • LING90005 Quantitative Methods in Language Studies
  • LING90012 Second Language Acquisition
  • LING90019 English in a Globalised World
  • LING90021 Bilingualism

Students must obtain written permission from the subject coordinator to enrol in LING40001 Directed Reading Project.

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING40002 Issues in Linguistic Research
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Thesis Subject

50 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING40015 LAL Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
LING40016 LAL Thesis Part 2
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Elective Subjects

37.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING40001 Directed Reading Project
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING40003 Discourse Analysis and Representation Not available in 2017 12.5
LING40004 Seminars in Theoretical Linguistics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING40005 Structure of Aboriginal Languages Not available in 2017 12.5
LING40006 Linguistic Field Methods
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
LING40008 Experimental Phonetics Not available in 2017 12.5
LING40009 Seminars in Descriptive Linguistics Not available in 2017 12.5
LING40013 Methods in Sociolinguistic Research Not available in 2017 25
LING90005 Quantitative Methods in Language Studies
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING90012 Second Language Acquisition
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING90019 English in a Globalised World
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
 12.5
LING90021 Bilingualism Not available in 2017 12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/soll

Last updated: 4 March 2025