Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Linguistics

Simon Fraser University

Students complete at least 20 linguistics credit hours (five courses after an MA), approved by the supervisory committee. One of the five courses can be a Directed Research course. In addition, students in the first year of the program are required to take LING 890 Graduate Seminar I and LING 891 Graduate Seminar II. Students are expected to complete two qualifying papers (QPs) during their second year in the program. At least one of the papers needs to be in an area outside of the student’s main area of research, and unrelated to the thesis. Students will typically enroll in the first Qualifying Paper course in the Fall of their second year, and in the second in the following Spring semester. The paper is evaluated by a committee of at least two faculty members, one of them being the senior supervisor. Although University regulations allow an eight calendar year time limit for the PhD, a PhD student is normally expected to complete the degree in four years after the MA. See the graduate general regulations.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences