Linguistics and its Applications for a Multilingual Society (master's two years)

Programme structure

You take 60 ects from each university, and you may choose if you want to do your first year in Oslo or in Louvain.

For those who start in Oslo
For those who start in Louvain

General structure

This programme consist of 120 ECTS, which includes

General courses (up to 30 ects)
Specialisation courses (at least 10 ECTS)
Internship (10 ects)
Master's thesis (30 ects)

Note that the mobility between the universities is obligatory for the double degree; to obtain a double degree diploma you must have 60 ECTS from each university.

Students will receive thesis supervision at the university where they are based in their fourth and final semester (with co-tuition by a supervisor at the other university). The thesis must be 40 -60 standard pages and is to be submitted by May 15 in the fourth semester.

For students who do their first year in Oslo

See table and description further down for students who do their first year at the Catholic University of Louvain

4. semester	Master's thesis in Louvain including a colloquium
3. semester	Catholic University of Louvain
2. semester	ENG4910 - Internship for Linguistics and its Application for a Multilingual Society	Course from lists below	Specialisation course from list below
1. semester	ENG4111 - Corpora in English Language Research	Course from lists below	Course from lists below
	10 ECTS credits	10 ECTS credits	10 ECTS credits

You spend two terms at the University of Oslo and take 60 credits in English, French or German linguistics. In your first term you take the obligatory course ENG4111 - Corpora in English Language Research and choose from both the general courses and from the specialisation courses. In your second term you take the obligatory course ENG4910 - Internship for Linguistics and its Application for a Multilingual Society, and you choose courses from the list below. You need to choose at least one course (10 credits) from the list of specialisation courses.

As a LAMUSO student you will be required to hand in a thesis proposal for your master’s thesis (If you take ENG4112 - Theories and methods in English language research - it is part of the course work). A template for the thesis proposal and information about the deadline for submission can be found on the programme website. You will also be contacted by the teacher assessing the thesis proposals at the beginning of your second semester.

Obligatory courses

General courses

You choose up to 30 credits within the following courses:

Please note that not all courses are on offer every term. You can check when courses are taught by clicking on the course code.

Specialisation courses

You choose your thesis topic within one of three specialisations. You need at least one course (10 credits) within this specialisation.

I Translation studies and Contrastive linguistics

ENG4106 Contrastive Analysis
ENG4158 Translation into English (near native Norwegian skills requiered),
TRANS4102 Pragmatics in Translation and Textual Analysis (in Norwegian),

II Second language acquisition

III Language and society

The second year is spent in Louvain-la-Neuve where you take more courses. Note that courses in Louvain normally carry 5 credits each, which means that you take 6 courses in one term and in the fourth semester you complete your master’s thesis.

For students who do their first year at the Catholic University of Louvain

Students from the Catholic University of Louvain spend their third and fourth semester in Oslo where they write their thesis, which also includes a colloquium

4. semester	ENG4193 Master’s Thesis in Linguistics and its Application for a Multilingual Society
3. semester	Elective courses from the lists below	Elective courses from the lists below	Elective courses from the lists below
2. semester	Catholic University of Louvain
1. semester	Catholic University of Louvain
	10 ECTS credits	10 ECTS credits	10 ECTS credits

General courses

In the third semester you choose three 10 credit courses in English, German og French linguistics from the following list:

ENG4102 Phraseology in English
ENG4115 Text and Texture
ENG4151 Systemic Functional Grammar, introduction (every autumn)
ENG4157 Semantics and Pragmatics (every autumn)
TYSK4101 German Language: Practical German and Stylistics (In German, every autumn)

Specialisation courses

At least one course (10 credits) should be within the same field as your master’s thesis.

I Translation studies and Contrastive linguistics:

ENG4106 Contrastive Analysis
ENG4158 Translation into English (req = Norwegian),
TRANS4102 Pragmatics in Translation and Textual Analysis (in Norwegian),

II Second language acquisition:

III: Language and society

Diploma and degree

This programme leads to the following degree: Master of Philosphy in Linguistics and its Application for a Multilingual Society

The diploma is issued when you have completed the courses that meet the requirements for a degree. Read more about diplomas.

Published Sep 25, 2013 10:10 AM - Last modified Aug 6, 2015 10:48 AM