在监督委员会的批准下，学生至少完成20个语言学分（MA修完5门课程）。五门课程之一可以是定向研究课程。此外，该课程第一年的学生必须参加LING 890研究生研讨会I和LING 891研究生研讨会II。学生应在计划的第二年完成两篇合格论文（QP）。至少有一篇论文需要位于学生主要研究领域之外的领域，并且与论文无关。通常情况下，学生将在第二年的秋季入学第一门资格论文课程，并在随后的春季学期的第二年入学。该论文由至少两名教职员工组成的委员会评估，其中一名是高级主管。尽管大学规定允许博士学位的期限为八个日历年，但通
Students complete at least 20 linguistics credit hours (five courses after an MA), approved by the supervisory committee. One of the five courses can be a Directed Research course. In addition, students in the first year of the program are required to take LING 890 Graduate Seminar I and LING 891 Graduate Seminar II. Students are expected to complete two qualifying papers (QPs) during their second year in the program. At least one of the papers needs to be in an area outside of the student's main area of research, and unrelated to the thesis. Students will typically enroll in the first Qualifying Paper course in the Fall of their second year, and in the second in the following Spring semester. The paper is evaluated by a committee of at least two faculty members, one of them being the senior supervisor. Although University regulations allow an eight calendar year time limit for the PhD, a PhD student is normally expected to complete the degree in four years after the MA. See the graduate general regulations.