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PD-ARTS Linguistics and Applied Linguistics // Structure

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Structure

The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

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

Total 100 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Thesis Subject

50 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING40014 No longer available

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

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

Elective Subjects

Note: Postgraduate Diploma students may also take the following subjects for 25 points by enrolling in Directed Reading Project for the remaining 12.5 points:

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

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

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

Note: Students must obtain written permission from the subject coordiantor to enrol in LING40001 Directed Reading Project

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING40001 Directed Reading Project
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING40003 No longer available
LING40004 Seminars in Theoretical Linguistics Not available in 2024 12.5
LING40005 No longer available
LING40006 Linguistic Field Methods Not available in 2024 25
LING40008 Experimental Phonetics Not available in 2024 12.5
LING40009 Seminars in Descriptive Linguistics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING40011
LING40013 Methods in Sociolinguistic Research
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
LING90005 Quantitative Methods in Language Studies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Online)
 12.5
LING90012 Second Language Acquisition
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING90019 No longer available
LING90021 Bilingualism
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Online)
 12.5

Links

http://www.languages.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 30 January 2024