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Postgraduate handbook 2004
Arts

Graduate Diploma in Linguistics*

* Subject to final approval.

Course code: 3768 + Clayton + Mid-year entry available + Course coordinator: Heather Bowe

Synopsis

This program offers an opportunity for students who already have a bachelors degree without a linguistics major to complete a major in order to qualify for entry into the honours program in linguistics. The course consists of 48 credit points. These can be obtained by eight six-point units conforming to the requirement of the lingusitics major (see below). Students with some background in linguistics may obtain the 48 credit points required for the graduate diploma through a combination of six-point and 12-point (fourth-year) units in consultation with the course coordinator.

Entry requirements

Applicants are required to hold a bachelors degree.

Course structure

A linguistics major must normally include the two core introductory units and at least one unit from each of the five groups listed, with a minimum of 18 points being completed at third or fourth-year level:

Core introductory units
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Honours electives

Alternative electives may be approved on an individual basis.

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