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PhD requirementsThe doctoral program requires a minimum of 48 semester hours of graduate credit coursework in linguistics. This minimum requirement may include up to 30 hours of master's degree credit (including thesis). At least 18 hours must be coursework beyond the M.A. degree. In addition, the student must complete a minimum of 18 hours of Dissertation (Ling 699) credit. Admission to the Ph.D. program is highly selective. The following criteria must be met:
At least 24 credit hours must be completed at UNM, and at least 18 hours must be completed after admission to the doctoral program at UNM. A minimum of 18 hours exclusive of dissertation must be earned in UNM courses numbered 500 or above. No more than 50% of the required course credits may be taken with a single faculty member; coursework completed for the master's degree is included in this limit. Required Courses Please note: the requirements have recently changed. Students have the option of using the catalogue year from which they began the program, or the current catalogue year.
A PhD in Linguistics with a concentration in Speech and Hearing Sciences is also available. More information can be found in the Graduate Student Manual. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||