(Effective Fall 1997)
The M.A. in Applied Linguistics requires the successful completion
of 36 semester hours of course work, a 1 semester-hour research requirement, and
a comprehensive exam The 36 s.h.'s include a core of 18 s.h.'s required of all
students. The remaining 18 s.h.'s will be chosen from among the approved electives
in consultation with the Graduate Advisor.
* APLN 500 Language and Linguistics
APLN 502 Sociolinguistics
APLN 504 Syntax
APLN 505 Semantics and Pragmatics
APLN 506 Phonetics and Phonology
APLN 508 Research Design in Applied Linguistics
APLN 605 Independent Research
* Waived for students with a background in linguistics; an additional elective
is to be taken.
Additional courses taken from Group I will also count towards a student's
electives. These courses, which are numbered by decades (510, 520, 530, 540, 550,
560, and 570), introduce students to particular subfields within Applied
Linguistics. The material covered in the courses listed under III. below has a
greater degree of specificity.
APLN 510 Discourse Analysis
+ APLN 520 Current Theories of 2nd Language Acquisition
APLN 530 Language Policy and Language Planning
APLN 540 Literacy
APLN 550 Computational Linguistics
APLN 560 Translation Theory
APLN 570 Structure of American Sign Language
APLN 512 Cross-cultural Discourse Analysis
APLN 518 Forensic Linguistics
APLN 522 Sociocultural Theory and 2nd Language Acquisition
+ APLN 524 Advanced Structure of American English
+ APLN 525 Methodology of Teaching ESL
APLN 526 Computer-Assisted Language Instruction
APLN 528 Language Testing and Assessment
+ APLN 532 Language and Culture
APLN 534 Languages in Contact
APLN 535 Language Policy in Nations in Transition
APLN 536 Languages of the U.S.A.
APLN 538 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Language Socialization
APLN 544 Linguistics and Reading
APLN 542 Cross-cultural Perspectives on Literacy
APLN 544 Linguistics and Reading
APLN 552 Current Approaches to Language Processing
APLN 565 Lexicography
APLN 590 Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics
APLN 594 Independent Study
APLN 596 Independent Study
+ Students seeking certification in TESL as a second teaching field must take
these electives from Group I and from Group II. APLN 529 TESL Practicum does not
count as an elective for the M.A. in Applied Linguistics but is a New Jersey
State Requirement for TESL certification as a 2nd teaching field.
** In consultation with the Linguistics
Department's Graduate Advisor, students may elect to
take up to 3 courses from a list of appropriate courses offered by other departments.
All students will be required to do an original piece of linguistics research presented as a paper
of at least 30 pages. This paper may be a revised and polished form of one written for a graduate
course in Linguistics. The paper will be read and approved by three faculty members from the
department. A twenty-minute oral presentation of the research will be given by the student as a
Linguistics Department Colloquium.
To see descriptions of graduate courses in Applied Linguistics, click here.