Second Language Studies - Doctor of Philosophy

Complete the following courses (27 credits):
Language Teaching Methods
Assessment for Language Teaching and Research
Second Language Acquisition
Research Methods for Language Teaching and
Foreign/Second Language Learning
Quantitative Research in Second Language Studies
Qualitative Research in Second Language Studies
Advanced Topics in Second Language Acquisition
Advanced Research in Second Language Acquisition
Second Language Psycholinguistics
Complete five courses selected from the following, with not more than two from CEP:
Construction of Psychoeducational Instruments
Psychometric Theory I
Psychometric Theory II
Multivariate Data Analysis I
Advanced Topics in Multivariate Data Analysis II
Phonological Theory I
Phonological Theory II
Advanced Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics
Advanced Studies in Child Language Acquisition
Advanced Studies in Neurolinguistics
Advanced Studies in Sociolinguistics
Advanced Studies in Computational Linguistics
Seminar in English as a Second Language
Within one year of completion of the course work, students must write two qualifying research papers in two separate areas. One of those papers must be presented publicly in an appropriate venue approved by the student’s guidance committee. The second paper must be defended to the student’s guidance committee.
Write and successfully defend a dissertation proposal including a description of the dissertation, a tentative outline, methodology, where appropriate, and a tentative bibliography.
Pass a final oral examination in defense of the dissertation.