Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Graduate Diploma in Linguistics

Course code: 3768 + On-campus (Clayton) + Mid-year entry available + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Course coordinator: Heather Bowe

Course description

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.

Entry requirements

All applicants are required to hold a bachelors degree.

Course structure

The course consists of 48 credit points. Students will normally complete eight six-point units conforming to the requirement of the linguistics major (see below). Students with some background in linguistics may undertake a combination of six-point and 12-point (fourth-year) units in consultation with the course coordinator.
A linguistics major must normally include the two core introductory units and at least one unit from each of the four groups listed, with a minimum of 18 points being completed at third or fourth-year level:

Core introductory units

• LIN1010 The language game: why do we talk the way we do? (6 points)
• LIN1020 Describing and analysing language and communication (6 points)

Group 1: Structure

• LIN2070/LIN3070 Eastern Austronesian languages of Indonesia, East Timor and Oceania
• LIN2090/LIN3090 Syntax: grammatical structure, typology and universals
• LIN2370/LIN3370 Aboriginal languages of Australia
• LIN2510/LIN3510 Structure of English

Group 2: Sound and meaning

• LIN2110/LIN3110 Phonetics and phonology
• LIN2310/LIN3310 Semantics: meaning in human languages
• LIN2330/LIN3330 Pragmatics: strategies for communication
• LIN2570/LIN3570 The analysis of discourse: texts, narrative and society

Group 3: Language and society

• LIN2080/LIN3080 Language across time
• LIN2190/LIN3190 History and sociolinguistics of English
• LIN2350/LIN3350 Sociolinguistics
• LIN2390/LIN3390 Language, communication and the sexes
• LIN3030/LIN4030 Issues in language endangerment

Group 4: Applications

• LIN2430/LIN3430 Psycholinguistics and child language acquisition
• LIN2160/LIN3160 Managing intercultural communication
• LIN2490/LIN3490 Literacies and communication
• LIN2550/LIN3550 Second language acquisition and attrition
• LIN3180 Data Management for linguists
• LIN3050/LIN4050 Developing language maintenance programs
• LIN3040/LIN4040 Researching and documenting languages
• LIN3060/LIN4060 Working with linguistic archival materials

Honours electives

• LIN4740 Linguistic theory (12 points)
• LIN4720 Special topics in linguistics (12 points)

Alternative electives may be approved on an individual basis.

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