对于博士学位，学生必须完成总计72分的认可课程，其中至少32分必须在纽约大学居住的地方完成。相关领域的课程工作必须事先获得研究生院院长的批准。所有学生都需要完成以下4分课程：语音I，LING-GA 1210，语法I，LING-GA 1310，语义I，LING-GA 1340，社会语言学，LING-GA1510。此外，所有学生都必须修读以下9门课程中的3门以满足广度要求：现场方法，LING-GA 0044，高级形态学概论，LING-GA 1029，音韵学II，LING-GA 1220，历史语言学，LING-
The PhD program in Linguistics is for students interested in a career in research. Students receive a solid training in the fundamentals of phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, neurolinguistics, language acquisition, and computational linguistics (see faculty groupings and links to personal pages below). Subsequently, students attend advanced courses and engage in creative research, presented in two qualifying papers and a dissertation. The program has a foreign language requirement.<br><br>All students have the opportunity to serve as a teaching assistant for one or more undergraduate courses, and are strongly encouraged to do so, though this is not a requirement of the program.<br><br>Our department does not offer any courses in applied linguistics. For such courses at NYU, please contact the TESOL Program at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.