Graduate Study: Program Requirements
Course Requirements: Minimum of 12 term courses at the graduate level during the first 3 semesters of study, covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and historical linguistics. In semesters 4 through 7, students are required to enroll in one seminar course for credit each term. Two grades of Honors in courses are required during the first 2 years of study. Any two grades of Failure are grounds for dismissal from the PhD Program.
Program Requirements: At the end of the second year, each student will submit a portfolio of work demonstrating the ability to conduct linguistic research, including satisfactory performance on an examination in some subfield of linguistics, and three samples of work, one each in the areas of syntax, phonology, and either semantics or historical linguistics. By the end of the third year, the student should have presented, to the department or at a conference, two substantial research papers of publishable quality in different areas of linguistics. A student must defend a dissertation prospectus by the end of the seventh semester in order to advance to candidacy. One vetted chapter or detailed outline (with comprehensive bibliography) of the dissertation is required by the end of the eighth semester. The latter is necessary for eligibility for a University Dissertation Fellowship.
Linguistics Course Catalogue
Yale Bulletin: Requirements for the Degree of PhD
Special Requirements for Graduate Studies in Linguistics
Financial support for students in Linguistics
