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- 30 hours of course work in a Concentration Area selected in consultation with the Concentration Advisor for that area. The program typically requires at least one and one half academic years (including two fall semesters) for completion -- regardless of whether or not any course work is completed during the summer sessions.
- A thesis may be subsituted for 6 hours of course work.
- Satisfactory completion of written comprehensive examinations consisting of a twenty-four hour take-home in each of three core areas -- Phonology, Syntax, and Sociolinguistics -- and a written examination on the student's Concentration Area.
- Students submitting a thesis will be required to defend it orally (thesis defense), as well as pass the core comprehensive examinations described above. The thesis defense takes the place of the examination in the Concentration Area.
Program Director
Jaklin Kornfilt, Professor
340D H.B.Crouse
315.443.5375
kornfilt@syr.edu
Program Coordinator
Tej K. Bhatia
Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics
H.B. Crouse
315.443.2175
tkbhatia@syr.edu
Graduate and Undergraduate Advisor
W. C. Ritchie
Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics
H.B. Crouse
315.443.5905
writchie@syr.edu
Students will formulate their program in consultation with their Concentration Advisor. All programs must meet the general standards put forth by the Graduate School of Syracuse University. Courses will be primarily selected from LSP courses. However, other appropriate courses (such as those closely related to LSP courses and those fulfilling a suitable support function -- e.g., statistics, child development) may be included as well. The following are the Concentration Areas:
Information Representation and Retrieval
Language Acquisition
Language, Culture, and Society
Linguistic Theory
Logic and Language
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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