Linguistics, phonetics and Swahili belong to the study programme Language and Literature, applied linguistics (and courses in second language acquisition) belongs to the study programme Art, Media and Communication.
Our department hosts the interdisciplinary programme Informatics, Language and Culture. This is a programme with courses from areas like computational linguistics, phonetics, applied linguistics, informatics, artificial intelligence and culture studies. The aim of the programme is to give students competence in evaluating the meaning of technology and its place in society as well as skills in programming and technology, with a special emphasis on language technology.
Master (MA) level:
Tlie department offers master studies (MA) in phonetics, linguistics and communication studies (applied linguistics). A master in linguistics is also offered as an international programme, Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Linguistics, for which many students receive funding from the Quota Scheme.
Both MA and MPhil are two year programs. In the regular MA programmes the first year is spent taking courses while the entire second year is dedicated to writing the master thesis. For the international M.Pliil-degree two and a half semester (75 credits) consist of course work, while the last semester and a half (45 credits) is allotted to the writing of a thesis. During the summer period between the first and second year in the M.Phil progratnine the students are given the opportunity to do field work in their home countries related to their thesis.
