Graduate Advising Page

Department of Linguistics, UCLA


Advising Information

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First Year:

Course Requirements
     If you have an MA from elsewhere
     If you did previous graduate work elsewhere (but did not get an MA)
     If you took graduate courses in the department before entering the graduate program in Linguistics
Checklist for satisfying department requirements (first year)
Practical Information for First Year Students
Practical Phonetics Exam
Historical Linguistics Requirement
Requirements for Future Teaching Assistants

Second Year:

Overview of the second year
Checklist for satisfying department requirements (second year)
How To Finish Your M.A.
Foreign Language Requirement
Should I have a second area of specialization?

Third-Fourth Year:

Course Requirements
Forming Your Guidance Committee
Taking Orals/Nominating Doctoral Committee

Fifth Year:

Finishing your dissertation
How to Apply for Academic Jobs in Linguistics
A similar document by Prof. Robert Port of Indiana University

All Years:

Overview:  the five years of the Linguistics graduate program
Linguistics Graduate Advisers
UCLA Graduate Division Publications and Forms
Workloads for teaching assistants
Official Department document on TAship policy
The Twelve Commandments of Registration
How To Enroll for Lots of Units
Web Pages for Graduate Students
Financial Support for Graduate Students
Financial Incentives to Apply for Fellowships
What happens when your adviser goes on sabbatical?

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Links

Official Requirements of the Linguistics Graduate Program
Home Page of the UCLA Graduate Division
NSF Graduate Fellowship Application Forms
How to be a Good Graduate Student by Marie des Jardins, Dept. of Computer Science, Indiana University.
More useful links for graduate students

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Last updated:  Sept. 6, 2002