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Honours in linguistics and speech and hearing science
To apply to take honours in linguistics, students should have qualified for the award of the corresponding Bachelor degree (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Speech & Hearing Science) with an approved linguistics or speech and hearing coherency. In addition students currently need a grade point average of 2.7 or higher at 300 level. Note: this may increase to a grade point average of 3 at 300 level for 2008. Please consult an academic advisor in the Department.
For honours advice please contact:
David Butt (ext 8793) or Christian Matthiessen (ext 7756) for Grammar and general Linguistics
Robert Mannell (ext 8771) or Felicity Cox (8767) for Speech and Hearing sciences
Verna Rieschild (ext 9922) for sociolinguistics
Prerequisite: An approved coherency in 300 level LING/SPH units for the relevant degree with a grade point average of 2.7 at 300 level.
Recommended: Candidates who expect to present a thesis which involves social research are advised to consider including PSY222 Design and Statistics II and/or SOC234 Methods of Social Research in their undergraduate degree.
Units: LING/SPH400 Seminar on Research Methods and Design
LING/SPH401 Honours Reading Course
LING/SPH402 Honours Seminar in Modern Linguistics plus
LING/SPH493 Linguistic Investigation and Thesis
Note: To help you plan your research area for your thesis and think about
who might be your supervisor for this thesis please go to
www.ling.mq.edu.au/research/interests.htm
where you will find information about academic staff research interests.