Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Applied Linguistics

Total minimum hours: 67 hours
(not including dissertation or any hours needed to complete language requirements)

General Requirements

Course Work

• A typical program consists of 67 hours of coursework credit excluding dissertation.
• Over 50% of course work on a Program of Work must be completed at The University of Texas at Austin.
• All independent study or conference courses taken as FLE _96V.
• No credit for upper-division undergraduate courses

Candidacy

• Admission on passing the Candidacy Examination (8-hour written examination plus 2-hour oral examination).
• Candidacy Examination taken no sooner than third semester in program with completion of at least 44 hours of course work.
• Application for Candidacy required to be filed within one Year of completion of the Candidacy Examination.
• Continuous registration is required after Advancement to Candidacy. (Continuous registration is a University-wide requirement).

Dissertation

• Minimum of 6 hours of credit for dissertation (FLE 399R and 399W).
• Continuous registration in FLE 699W required until completion of dissertation. Some exceptions apply; see the graduate adviser.

Course Requirements

Language Component (30 hours)

• Language General (18 hours)
• LIN 380L Syntax I
• LIN 390 General Phonology
• LIN 380S Sociolinguistics OR ANT 392N/LIN 396 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
• EDP 382L Psycholinguistics or another course in psycholinguistics(by advisement)
• 2 electives in linguistics

Language Specific (12 hours)

• 4 additional graduate courses in a specific language relating to language structure or language use (Anthropology, Arabic, Chinese, Communication, English, French, Japanese, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Spanish, etc.)

Research Component (16 hours)

• EDC 385G Research & Writing Methods I & II in FLE (6 hours)
• EDC 396 Foreign Language
• EDC 185G - FLE Forum (1 hour)
• Course in quantative research methodology
• A research elective

Learning/Teaching Component (12 hours)

• One course from the following:
  • EDC 385G Second Language Acquisition (or another course in first/second language or literacy acquisition)
  • EDP Psychology of Human Learning OR EDP 382L Psychology of Learning
• One course from the following:
  • EDC 382S ESL/FL Methods I and II
  • EDC 385G Evaluation of Language Education
• Two additional courses that deal with methods, evaluation, curriculum, or foundations of education

Required: Additional hours in support of the dissertation (9 hours)