Linguistics: the Study of the Language Faculty – (M.A.)

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The curriculum consists of courses in the major and minor tracks, a course in research methods, a term paper at the end of the first year, an internship designed to allow the student's participation in ongoing research at the institute and of course a Master's thesis. One entire semester (of the four semesters in the programme) will be devoted to the preparation and writing of the thesis.
During the first semester, you take courses in a large number of sub-fields of linguistics, in order to prepare you for the choice of your major. You will choose one track as your major. During your first year, you take three courses in your major, in addition to a course from a different track (your minor). During the second semester, all students participate in the Research Seminar, which is intended to provide a common ground for students from the different tracks in their approach to linguistics. The first year is concluded with a term paper, which in most cases will prepare the ground for the topic that you will concentrate on in your second year.
Throughout the first year, you will be confronted with the field of linguistics in all its variety. A compulsory course introduces all students to linguistics as an academic discipline and a scientific study, followed by a research seminar covering topics from all sub-disciplines on offer in the curriculum.
The second year includes another elective course, as well as the Research Methods course corresponding to the major track (shared by several tracks). In addition, you will take an internship either within the institute or elsewhere. The internship may focus on fundamental or applied research. In the first part of the second year, you will also choose a topic and write a research plan for your Master's thesis; you will carry out that plan in the second term.
Students may start this Master's programme twice during the academic year: on September 1 and (after consultation with the Programme Coordinator) on February 1. The year is divided into two semesters, running from September till January and February till June. A semester is divided into two course blocks. Normally students will take two courses of 7.5 ECTS each per block.

Accreditation

Accredited by: NVAO in: Netherlands

Funding details

Scholarships / Grants:

Utrecht University:
The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship offers a number of highly talented prospective, non-Dutch students the opportunity to pursue a degree in a selected number of fields at Utrecht University.
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Utrecht University:
This scholarship offers outstanding prospective non-Dutch students the opportunity to follow the Master's Programme in Legal Research at Utrecht University. Selected students are awarded a scholarship of up to a max. of ââ¬5,000/year, for the duration of two years.
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