Graduate Programs in Linguistics
Head of Program : Balkız Öztürk Başaran
Associate Department Heads: Ümit Atlamaz, Ömer Faruk Demirok
Professors :Balkız Öztürk Başaran
Associate Professor : Didar Akar, Mine Nakipoğlu Demiralp, Elena Guerzoni,
Assistant Professors : Ümit Atlamaz, Metin Bağrıaçık, Ömer Faruk Demirok, Stefano Celestino Canalis, Kadir Gökgöz
† Professor Emeritus
* Part-time
MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM
The program is open to all who have successfully completed an undergraduate program at an accredited institution and are interested in the issues of general and theoretical linguistics. Requirements for the Master of Arts degree in linguistics consist of minimum 24 credit hours of course work and a thesis. Students who have not taken the prerequisite undergraduate courses specified in the course descriptions are required to complete them successfully on a non-credit basis. Area electives in the program may be chosen from courses at 400 level or above in linguistics, or, with the consent of the advisor, in related fields. A maximum of eight credits may be transferred from other accredited graduate linguistics programs.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM
The Ph.D. program in Linguistics is intended to train candidates for teaching and research positions. The students are expected to have completed an M.A. program in linguistics. The program consists of minimum 25 credits of course work taken at the Ph.D. level. These credits include the credits of the three core courses, Ling 601 (Phonology), Ling 612 (Morphology) and Ling 641 (Syntax). In the case that the prerequisites for the Ph.D. courses have not been met by the student during previous graduate studies, all the required courses have to be taken prior to official enrollment in the program. A maximum of eight credits may be transferred from an accredited Ph.D. program. A qualifying paper (published or publishable) should be submitted before the formal thesis proposal.
Examinations: Reading proficiency in a language other than English and the native language qualifying examination. Oral defense of the dissertation.
M.A. PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS
| First Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| LING 501 | Aspects of Phonology | 4 | 10 |
| LING 541 | Syntactic Theory | 4 | 10 |
| -- -- | Departmental Elective | 4 | 10 |
| LING 579 | Graduate Seminar | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | 35 | ||
| Second Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| LING 512 | Morphological Analysis | 4 | 10 |
| LING 504 | Semantics | 4 | 10 |
| LING 571/572 |
Readings in Linguistics | 1 | 5 |
|
-- -- |
Unrestricted Elect. | 3/4 | 5-10 |
| 12/13 | 30-35 | ||
| Second Year | Cr. | ECTS | |
| LING 690 | Thesis | 0 | 60 |
Total: (minimum) 24 Credits.
ECTS: (minimum) 125 Credits.
Ph.D. PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS
| First Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| LING 600 | Linguistics; Theory and Method | 3 | 10 |
| LING --- | Departmental Elective | 3 | 10 |
| --- --- | Elective | 3 | 10 |
| --- --- | Elective | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 40 | ||
| Second Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| LING 679 | Proseminar in Linguistics | 2 | 10 |
| LING --- | Departmental Elective | 3 | 10 |
| --- --- | Elective | 3 | 10 |
| LING 671/672 | Readings in Linguistics I/Readings in Linguistics II | 4 | 10 |
| LİNG 700 | Graduate Seminar | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | 45 | ||
| Third Semester | Cr. | ECTS | |
| LING 790 | Dissertation | 0 | 120 |
| Qualifying Exam | 0 | 30 | |
| Thesis Proposal | 0 | 30 | |
| 0 | 180 | ||
Total: 25 Credits/265 ECTS
