Program code: 1987 Clayton campus HECS fees applicable International students $13,000 pa full-time or $6500 pa part-time Stream: Applied Linguistics This program is currently offered only in distance education mode (except for ALM4150 if taken on campus)
The Masters Qualifying in Applied Linguistics is preparatory study for the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics. It deals with applications of linguistics to professional and social contexts in which language plays a crucial role. Present offerings are particularly suited to teachers of English as a mother tongue, as a second or foreign language, to teachers of languages other than English, to generalist primary school teachers, to language advisers, language consultants, and those concerned with multicultural and language policies. People working in the media (advertising/journalism), in business/industry as well as in the service professions (health, law, social work) would also find this program useful as some units deal with applications of linguistics relevant to the media, the workplace and the professions.
Applicants should hold at least a three-year bachelors degree with a major sequence in linguistics or a major sequence in English or another language, with results at least at credit standard in the third year of the major sequence.
At present, the only special requirement is that students will need access to an audio tape playback facility. However, we are increasingly moving into multimedia teaching and it is highly recommended that students acquire email accessibility.
This program deals with the basics of 'core' and applied linguistics, by way of preparation for the study of the applications of linguistics to professional and social contexts which is covered in the Master of Arts program. The program is normally undertaken in one year full-time or two years part-time. Students require a credit average in this Masters Qualifying program to progress to the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics by coursework program. The course consists of four core units:
There are no examinations in this program. All units consist of continuous assessment, which may include a take-home test.
Exemptions (with or without credit) may be granted for comparable units completed elsewhere or at a previous time. Applicants holding an appropriate honours degree with a grade of H2B or above or the equivalent, may be permitted to apply for direct entrance to the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics. Students who have completed relevant units at fourth-year (postgraduate) level may apply for a maximum of 50 per cent advanced standing. Credit cannot be obtained for units which were part of a course for which a degree or an award of any kind has been taken out. No student may obtain more than 50 per cent credit in total. Where an exemption is granted without credit (usually for a similar unit completed at upper undergraduate level), a suitable fifth-year (MA) unit will be taken in lieu (but may not be repeated if the student later progresses to the MA).
For more detailed information, contact Dr Mark Newbrook, Department of Linguistics, telephone (03) 9905 2290, fax (03) 9905 2294, or email mark.newbrook@arts.monash.edu.au
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Distance Education Coordinator, Department of Linguistics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, by 31 October 2000 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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