Linguistics
Head: Nicole Rosen
Grad Chair: Verónica Loureiro-Rodríguez
Campus Address/General Office: 534 Fletcher Argue Building
Telephone: 204-474-9596
Email Address: linguistics@umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/arts/linguistics
Academic Staff: Please refer to the Linguistics website for current staff listing. 

Linguistics Program Information

The Department of Linguistics offers individualized and flexible graduate programs leading to both the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

Admission Information

Admission to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Application and Admission Procedures are found in the Academic Guide.

Admission requirements for doctoral students are found in the Doctor of Philosophy General Regulations section of the Guide.

Linguistics Ph.D. Admission Requirements

The Ph.D. program in linguistics is strongly research-oriented; admission decisions are, therefore, based only in part on the applicant’s academic record; the department’s resources and interests also play an important role. Students with a Master’s degree in linguistics from the University of Manitoba or with an equivalent degree from elsewhere may be admitted into the Ph.D. program. Students who have a Master’s degree but lack the specific course background for admission to the Ph.D. program may be admitted into the M.A. program. After completion of the M.A. course requirements with an average of B+ such students may apply to transfer directly to the Ph.D. program without completing the M.A.

Application Information

Students should complete and submit their online application with supporting documentation by the date indicated on the Linguistics Ph.D. program of study page.

Degree Requirements

Ph.D. students will normally complete 18 credit hours coursework at the graduate level. Courses are to be chosen in consultation with the advisor and students are encouraged to complete them by the end of the first year of the program.

Candidacy Exams

Candidacy Exams are referred to as Generals Papers. Ph.D. students must successfully write and defend two original research papers of publishable quality, one of which could be an original review article, in two different sub-disciplines of linguistics.

Ph.D. candidates must demonstrate proficiency in a second language. This will at the same time satisfy the language reading requirement of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Students who have satisfied this requirement at the M.A. level will be deemed to have met this requirement at the Ph.D. level.

Students must complete and successfully defend a dissertation. In preparation for this step, a written dissertation proposal must be presented and defended orally, normally in the third year.

Second Language Reading Requirement: Yes

Expected Time to Graduate: 4 years

Progression Chart

Notes:

• Students must demonstrate proficiency in a second language.
• Students must propose, write, and defend an original dissertation.

Registration Information

Students should familiarize themselves with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies ‘GRAD’ courses applicable to their program. If you have questions about which GRAD course(s) to register in, please consult your home department/unit.

Students must meet with their program advisor/thesis supervisor to determine course load. These courses must be approved by the department’s Graduate Committee. All course additions and withdrawals (registration revisions) must be approved in the same manner.

Regulations

Students must meet the requirements as outlined in both Supplementary Regulation and BFAR documents as approved by Senate.

Supplementary Regulations

Individual units may require specific requirements above and beyond those of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and students should consult unit supplementary regulations for these specific regulations. 

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR)

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR) represent the core academic requirements a graduate student must acquire in order to gain, and demonstrate acquisition of, essential knowledge and skills.

All students must successfully complete:

• GRAD 7300 prior to applying to any ethics boards which are appropriate to the student’s research or within the student’s first year, whichever comes first; and
• GRAD 7500 within the first term of registration;

unless these courses have been completed previously, as per Mandatory Academic Integrity Course and Mandatory Research Integrity Online Course.

Students must also meet additional BFAR requirements that may be specified for their program.

General Regulations

All students must:

• maintain a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 with no grade below C+,
• meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum course requirements, and
• meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum time requirements (in terms of time in program and lapse or expiration of credit of courses).

Courses

Linguistics