Linguistics - Master's Thesis
Postgraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 60
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn, Spring
- Course code
- LING350
- Number of semesters
- 2
- Teaching language
- Norwegian or English
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
The candidate can:
- explain and discuss scientific issues in linguistics
- link these issues to theories and previous research
Skills
The candidate can:
- carry out an independent, limited-scope linguistic study under supervision
- analyze and critically assess various data, methods and information sources and use these to structure and formulate linguistic argumentations.
General competency
The candidate can:
- analyze linguistic issues
- present an independent work and master linguistic style and terminology
- communicate linguistic issues, analyses and conclusions
- follow ethical guidelines and practice responsible data management where relevant
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Both the student and the supervisor sign a supervision contract.
Before the final oral exam, the student most hold a seminar for the department. The seminar can present parts of the thesis project or can be an introduction to a discussion about a related work.
Forms of Assessment
The master's thesis must be handed in before one of the stated deadlines. After the thesis has been approved and assessed, the candidate will be given an oral exam related to the thesis. The oral exam can adjust the given grade for the thesis with up to 1 grade up or down. Both parts of the exam must receive a passing grade in order to get a passing grade in the course.
The thesis should be between 70 and 110 pages. It should use terminology, language, genre, argumentation, textual elements, etc., as can be expected from a good paper in the linguistics tradition.
The master's thesis can be written in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.