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asters

Requirements for admission to the Master’s Program include an earned B.A. or B.S. and a score of 1000 on the GRE Exam (Verbal + Quantitative). Immediate entrance into the Doctoral Program requires that the student either hold a M.A. degree in Linguistics or a closely related field, or that the student hold a B.A. in Linguistics with distinction. Otherwise, the student must enter at the M.A. level.

All graduate students in Linguistics at LSU must take the following five core courses:

ENGL/LING 4710 Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits). Introduction to the major fields of linguistic study: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics.

COMD/LING 4150 Phonetics (4 credit hours: 3 hours lecture and 1 hour lab).
Principles of phonemics; articulatory phonetics; description and classification of sounds; transcription at different levels of detail; production and perception.

ENGL/LING 4714 Phonology (3 credits) Introduction to phonology, concentrating on the English language; phonetic and phonemic inventories; feature analysis and rules; examination of linear, non-linear and metrical paradigms.

ENGL/LING 4715 Semantics (3 credits) Approaches to the study of meaning: theories of the lexicon, word-formation and meaning; the interaction between sentence structure and signification; pragmatics.

ENGL/LING 4713 Syntax (3 credits) Basic principles of syntactic structure; topics include constituency, subordinate clauses, coordinate structures, question formation, topicalization and the passive.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MA PROGRAM:
The M.A. requires 36 credit hours of courses, including the five core courses listed above; further courses should be chosen from among approved elective courses. Half of the required 36 credit hours must be at the 7000 level or higher. To complete the program, students pursue either a thesis option or an exam option. Under the exam option, the student takes a written exam set by a committee of three faculty members, followed by an oral exam before the committee, covering material on the written exam. Under the thesis option, the student writes a Master’s thesis and defends it during an oral exam before a committee of three faculty members. Under this option, 6 of the 36 hours required for the degree will be LING 8000 (Thesis Research).

Courses

To view the curriculum for the two-year English program, please refer to the Programs page.
English (ENGL)
Langara English Test and Language Proficiency Index

Students planning to enrol in a first-semester English course must take the Langara English Test (LET) or Language Proficiency Index Test (LPI) prior to the semester in which they want to register. Students who have BC English 12 or BC English Literature 12 or equivalent with an 80% are not required to write the LET or LPI.
Prerequisites
LET/LPI Equivalencies
LET Level LPI Equivalent
LET 0 LPI 0

LET 1 LPI Less than 24 on the essay

LET 2 LPI 24 or 25 on the essay

LET N02 No LPI Equivalent

LET 3 LPI 26 on the essay with one of the following:
5/10 or higher in sentence structure; or
5/10 or higher in English usage; or
10/20 or higher in reading comprehension.

LET 4 LPI 26 on the essay with minimum
5/10 in sentence structure; and
5/10 in English usage; and
10/20 in reading comprehension.

LET 5 LPI 30 on the essay with minimum
5/10 in sentence structure; and
5/10 in English usage; and
10/20 in reading comprehension.

Repeating a course

Students may take a first-semester English course a maximum of two times. (For the purpose of this rule, ENGL 1127 and ENGL 1128 are regarded as the same course.) The Chair of the Humanities Division or the Department Chair of English may waive this rule in exceptional cases, particularly if the student can provide evidence of upgrading.
First Year English Courses

Note

Students will not receive credit for both ENGL 1127 and ENGL 1128. If both courses are taken, the most recent grade will be calculated in the GPA.

Students will not receive credit for both ENGL 1129 and ENGL 1130. If both courses are taken, the most recent grade will be calculated in the GPA.

ENGL 1125 and ENGL 1135 and ENGL 1181 and ENGL 1191 may be taken for unassigned credit in first or second year and may be taken in any order.

Courses Offered:
ENGL 1107 Language and Composition I
ENGL 1108 Language and Composition II
ENGL 1110 Writing and Grammar Skills
ENGL 1121 Reading and Writing Skills
ENGL 1125 Introduction to Linguistics: Contemporary
ENGL 1126 Introduction to Essay Writing
ENGL 1127 Essay Writing and Short Prose Selections
ENGL 1128 Short Prose Selections and Composition
ENGL 1129 Modern Novel, Poetry, and Drama
ENGL 1130 Modern Novel, Poetry, and Film
ENGL 1135 Introduction to Linguistics: Historical
ENGL 1140 Writing Across the Curriculum
ENGL 1181 History of Drama and Theatre I
ENGL 1191 History of Drama and Theatre II
ENGL 1195 Special Topics I
ENGL 1295 Special Topics II
ENGL 2223 Survey of English Literature I
ENGL 2224 Survey of English Literature II
ENGL 2225 Canadian Literature
ENGL 2227 Intermediate Composition
ENGL 2230 Survey of Narrative Film
ENGL 2231 World Literature in English
ENGL 2233 Prose Fiction
ENGL 2234 Literature From a Feminist Perspective
ENGL 2235 American Literature
ENGL 2236 Creative Writing: Prose Fiction
ENGL 2237 Exploring Literature
ENGL 2238 Studies in Drama
ENGL 2239 Studies in Poetry
ENGL 2246 Creative Writing: Stageplay
ENGL 2256 Creative Writing: Screenwriting
ENGL 2266 Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 2276 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
ENGL 2327 Intermediate Composition II
ENGL 2330 Studies in Canadian Cinema
ENGL 2430 Film Through Theory