Applied Linguistics Department

Les P. Bruce, Ph.D., Chair

The GIAL Applied Linguistics Department offers a Certificate in Applied Linguistics and a Master of Arts with a major in Applied Linguistics. Students enrolled in this degree program may designate a concentration in Bible Translation, Cross-Cultural Service, Descriptive Linguistics, or Ethnology. Graduates of this program will be qualified to serve in specialist roles in Bible Translation, Anthropology, Linguistics, or Cross-Cultural ministry (depending on the concentration selected). This degree consists of three components, and requires successful completion of all three:

Certificate in Applied Linguistics (or its equivalent)

General Core courses for the M.A. in Applied Linguistics

Courses required by one of the concentration options:

Bible Translation concentration

Cross-Cultural Service concentration

Descriptive Linguistics concentration

Resident Faculty

Les P. Bruce, Ph.D., Australian National University
Chair, Applied Linguistics Department

Michael E. Boutin, Ph.D., University of Florida

Shin Ja J. Hwang, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Paul R. Kroeger, Ph.D., Stanford University

Stephen G. Parker, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Prerequisites for Unconditional Admission

Graduate Admission status

Satisfactory completion of courses required for the Certificate in Applied Linguistics (or their equivalent), defined as an average GPA of at least 3.0 for these courses. [Note: Students who have taken equivalent courses at another university may petition, with proper documentation, to waive specific certificate courses as prerequisites for graduate studies at GIAL. The AL5406 “Field Methods” and AL5207 “Field Data Management” courses of the certificate program may be reserved for graduate credit.]

General Core Requirements

Course Sem Hrs

AL5406 Field Methods and Linguistic Analysis 4

AL5207 Field Data Management 2

AL5312 Discourse Analysis 3

LD5151 Cross-Cultural Teaching Seminar 1

Semantics
AL5314 Culture, Language and Mind OR
AL5315 Semantics and Pragmatics 3

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Total core hours 13

Complete Course List