UCL DIVISION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES

You can see a recording of the talk given by Professor Noam Chomsky when he visited us in October 2011 at http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/events/2011/10/17/noam-chomsky-on-the-poverty-of-the-stimulus/.

Obligatory Modules
The programme has the following obligatory components:

Option Modules
In addition, students register for a 15-credit option module in consultation with the programme director chosen from one of the following (NB not all courses are taught every year):

• PLING150 Sociolinguistics
• PLING153 Psycholinguistics: General Processing
• PLING155 Animal Communication and Human Language
• PLING156 Language Acquisition
• PLING202 Philosophy of Language
• PLING203 Pragmatics and Cognition
• PLING204 Issues in Pragmatics
• PLING210 Semantic-Pragmatic Development
• PLING207 Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
  
• PLING211 Advanced Phonological Theory A
• PLING212 Current Issues in Phonology A
• PLING213 Advanced Phonological Theory B
• PLING214 Current Issues in Phonology B
• PLING221 Intermediate Generative Grammar A
• PLING222 Current Issues in Syntax
• PLING224 Readings in Syntax
• PLING226 Intermediate Generative Grammar B
• PLING300 Stuttering
• other suitable option courses from other departments

Students will be able to tailor the programme to meet their personal linguistic interests either by focusing on one particular area, or by diversifying into other branches. For example, a student could choose to study an option (such as language acquisition or the philosophy of language) only indirectly related to the core areas, and to write his or her dissertation on yet another area (for instance, sociolinguistics). Alternatively, a student could choose to study an option taken from one of the core areas (such as advanced syntactic theory or issues in pragmatics), and to write his or her dissertation in a related area. As a consequence, students may spend as much as three fifths or as little as one fifth of their time working in one particular part of the discipline.

Time table
You can view the timetable for the current academic year at www.ucl.ac.uk/timetable. Click on "degree programme", enter "Linguistics", choose MA Linguistics, Year 1, and click on "Show Timetable". You will now see all classes for all obligatory modules for the whole year. You can clickon "Change Display" at the top left to see classes for Term 1 and Term 2 separately. You need to attend all lectures and for most lectures, you will attend one additional tutorial.

Programme Director: Dr Richard Breheny

Teaching staff (NB: staff may occasionally be absent for a term or more on research or other leave)

• Dr Klaus Abels
• Dr Richard Breheny
• Prof Robyn Carston
• Dr Bronwen Evans
• Prof John Harris
• Dr Nathan Klinedinst
• Prof Ad Neeleman
• Dr Andrew Nevins
• Dr Nausicaa Pouscoulous
• Dr Kriszta Szendroi
• Dr Hans van de Koot
• Dr Yi Xu

In addition, we can call on the support of Teaching Fellows and Postgraduate Teaching Assistants.

Funding

Departmental Scholarships

AHRC Studentship

We anticipate that one AHRC Research Preparation Masters Studentship will be available for the MA/MRes Linguistics. Further information is available from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/linguistics/ahrc_studentships_2012.

Philological Society bursaries

The Philological Society is pleased to offer a limited number of bursaries for students embarking on a postgraduate Masters programme in the areas of linguistics or philology. The intention is that the bursaries will make a contribution to maintaining and furthering the breadth and diversity of language-study in the UK by providing support for outstanding young scholars in the field.  Application forms with further details can be found on the Society's website: www.philsoc.org.uk

UCL Scholarships

Information on UCL Scholarships can be found at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships/scholarships/graduate/

Application

Entry Requirements

Deadline for Applications

Application Process

General information on careers open to Linguistics graduates can be found here. This study looked at undergraduate students but some of the findings are applicable to MA Linguistics graduates.

Question

Do you accept part-time students on the MA Linguistics programme?

Answer

Yes, you can study the programme on a part-time basis over two calendar years, e.g. from September 2012 to September 2014. However, please note that classes may be scheduled between 9 am and 6 pm from Monday to Friday.

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Question

Is this programme available online or by distance learning?

Answer

No, students have to attend classes in person.

The Open Day will be held on 4 July 2012 and will provide an opportunity to find out about the Masters and undergraduate programmes based in Chandler House. Further information is available at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/students/prospective/open-days/ch-open-day-2012.