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Tsé Na’ashjé’ii


Spider Rock



Tséyi’


Canyon de Chelly, AZ


Master of Arts in Navajo Linguistics


 The Linguistics Department  offers a M.A with a  concentration in Native

Languages of the Southwest  with a focus in Navajo.


 The candidate must take the  following courses:


Navajo 501  Navajo Linguistics

Navajo 511  Navajo Verb                       System I

Navajo 512  Navajo Verb                       System II

Navajo 515  Advanced Navajo


 Additionally one course must  be taken from: Field Research,  Native  American Language or  Issues in Bilingual Education.


General Requirements of MA Program


  Plan I :   24 hours coursework  and 6 hours thesis


   Plan II :  32 hours coursework  only, no thesis


  A minimum of 12 hours of 500-  level coursework is required under  either plan.


  All work, including transferred

coursework, must be completed

within 7 years.


  To remain in good standing in  the program the student is  expected to maintain a  cumulative GPA of 3.0 or

higher.


Coursework Requirements

The entering MA student is expected to have completed 18 hours of basic linguistics courses including the following courses or their equivalents:


Introductory Linguistics,  Phonological Analysis,  Phonetics,

Grammatical  Analysis, Sociolinguistics,  Psycholinguistics.


 Deficiencies in these prerequisites may be made up after admission to the MA program.

Deficiencies in these prerequisites may be made up after admission to the MA program.