Graduate Studies
The Linguistics Section of the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages offers programs leading to the MA and Ph.D. degrees in linguistics. The core areas--phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics--are well represented among specializations of the faculty, as well as important subfields and related areas including sociolinguistics, dialectology, philosophy of language, history of linguistics, neurolinguistics, and foreign language learning and teaching. In addition we have specialists in a number of language areas including Amharic, Chinese, Japanese, German, Portuguese, Hausa, Kiswahili, and Russian.
Topics in both theoretical and applied linguistics are the focus of linguistics degrees at Michigan State University. Flexibility in the MA and Ph.D. programs permits students to pursue coursework, take degree examinations, and write thesis or dissertations in theoretical as well as applied areas, including the role of language in education and various professions, language policy and planning, neurolinguistics, second/foreign language learning, and language teaching, including English as a second or foreign language. No theoretical perspective predominates, and students may pursue most specializations of their choosing, although all graduate students meet course and examination requirements in the core areas.
Follow the links below for more information:
- MA in Linguistics: Summary of requirements for the MA degree in Linguistics.
- Ph.D. in Linguistics: Summary of requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Linguistics.
- Admission: Admission requirements, procedures, deadlines and forms.
- Financial Support: Summary information about fellowships, assistantships, and travel support.
- Computer Resources: The Center for the Enhancement of Linguistics Student Research (CELSR).
- Graduate Student Handbook : On-line version; Everything a Linguistics Graduate Student or applicant needs to know
- The Linguistics Students Organization (LSO): A web page maintained by Linguistics graduate students.
- The College of Arts & Letters Graduate Studies homepage includes information about College fellowships and Graduate Assistantships, and on line application forms.
- The Graduate School Homepage provides a variety of information for current and prospective graduate students, including housing, student life, student services, transportation, and on-line newsletters.
If you have further questions about the graduate programs in Linguistics, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies for Linguistics:
Prof. Alan Munn
Director of Graduate Studies for Linguistics
A-611 Wells Hall, Linguistics and Languages, MSU
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027
Phone: 517-355-7491
Email: amunn@msu.edu
