语言学系提供学位课程，可授予语言学理学硕士或博士学位。除了理论和描述语言学的传统核心科目外，我们还提供定量分析和实验设计等方面的培训。我们系的博士学位课程要求完成18学分（6门课程）的课程工作，由学生和他们的主管一起，再加上另外两门课程（LING 693和LING 694），以达到博士候选人资格。博士候选人资格是博士课程的第二阶段，涉及撰写两篇将军论文和一份招股说明书（候选人资格档案），以及完成一次口服博士候选人资格考试。该学位课程的最后阶段是博士论文的写作和答辩。理想情况下，博士学位应在4年内完成，第一
The PhD program in our Department requires the completion of 18 credits (6 courses) of coursework, selected by students in conjunction with their Supervisor, plus two additional courses (Ling 693-Generals Papers I, and Ling 694-Generals Papers II). Coursework is followed by writing a dissertation prospectus, and an oral doctoral candidacy examination. The next step is writing and defending the doctoral dissertation. The doctoral degree is ideally completed in 4 years, with coursework done in the first year, doctoral candidacy completed in the second and third years, and the dissertation written and defended in the fourth year. The Department of Linguistics offers graduate programs in linguistics leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy.<br><br>The Department supports research in experimental phonetics and phonology, psycholinguistics, quantitative linguistics, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, language acquisition and bilingualism, field linguistics and language documentation, typology and language variation.