At first-year undergraduate level (LIN1010 and LIN1020), students are expected to acquire an appreciation of the key areas of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics/communication, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, psycholinguistics and applied linguistics, and to the methods of analysis relevant to each.
At second/third-year level, students will build on this foundation by specialising in particular areas of linguistics. Students majoring in linguistics are explicitly guided when selecting units. At least one designated core unit from each of three different areas must be included in a major, thus ensuring students acquire breadth as well as depth. In other second/third-year subjects, students can explore a particular theme or set of applications. These subjects serve to (1) consolidate the students' understanding of several different areas within linguistics, (2) help them see unifying threads, and (3) reinforce the relevance of the discipline to their current and future activities.
At fourth-year level, students (1) are responsible for the development and presentation of a research project (thesis) in a particular area of linguistics, (2) explicitly discuss theorising in linguistics, and (3) acquire specialist knowledge and skills to support or complement the above.
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