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MA Linguistics

2 Years On Campus Masters Program

University of California Santa Cruz

Program Overview

The graduate program in Linguistics at UCSC is relatively small, very focused, and very intense. It concentrates on a few core sub-disciplines of theoretical and experimental linguistics: morphology, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, semantics, and syntax. The goal of the PhD program is to bring students first to the point where they can pursue research in at least two of these areas, and subsequently to the point where they can make substantial and original contributions to an area of specialization. In part because everyone becomes knowledgeable in more than one area, and in part because of the lively research environment, borders are fluid, and a great deal of research takes place at the interfaces.

Program Key Stats

$37900 (Annual cost)



58 %

Eligibility Criteria


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Additional Information & Requirements

Personal history/statementStatement of PurposeWriting SampleCurrent GRE Scores (General Test only)Three letters of recommendation (MUST be submitted online)Transcripts. It will now be possible to upload unofficial transcripts for the application. Official transcrips will not be required until an admitted student accepts. If you are a non-native English speaker you will be required to take an English language competency exam. UC Santa Cruz accepts the TOEFL or IELTS test. Official scores must also be sent

Career Options

  • Language engineering
  • Information processing: computer science and computer technology
  • information sciences
  • library science
  • Speech technology: speech synthesis and speech recognition
  • Advanced study in linguistics or in related fields (such as experimental psychology or language or child development)
  • Education: educational research
  • bilingual education
  • Teaching: English
  • English as a second language
  • other languages
  • Speech pathology
  • Law

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