LIN-8002 | UiT

Application deadline

Application deadline is June 1st. Application code 9303 in Søknadsweb.

PhD student at UiT apply for admission by registering for class in Studentweb by August 1th.

Type of course

This course is an introductory PhD course in the CASTL Researcher school in Linguistics. It can be taken as a part of subject-specific theory and methodology in the instruction component.

Admission requirements

PhD students or holders of a Norwegian master´s degree of five years or 3+ 2 years (or equivalent) in linguistics may be admitted.

PhD students from other universities must upload a document from their home institution stating that there are registered PhD students. This group of applicants does not have to prove English proficiency and are exempt from semester fee.

Holders of a Master´s degree must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English.

Proficiency in English must be documented - list of countries

For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document:

Proficiency in english - PhD level studies

Course content

Basic research introduction to Language Acquisition. PhD students will be given a grounding in recent developments in language acquisition, including both established results and modern experimental techniques.

Objectives of the course

Students who successfully complete this course should have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

PhD students have gained a solid foundation in the field of language acquisition. This includes knowledge of classic results and techniques.

Skills and competences:

The students have begun to develop skills in linguistic hypothesis formation and logical argumentation, and to understand the relationship between data and interpretation.

Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

The course will consist of 2 hours of lecture/seminar/project work per week for 13 weeks starting August.

There will be participation in experiments in the Language Lab.

Assessment

A 5,000-8,000 word paper on a topic or problem to be solved, as assigned by the lecturer. The paper is to be written in English. The terms of assessment for examination: pass/fail.

autumn 2017 LIN-8002 Language Acquisition - 5 ECTS