Master's programs

Curriculum

The program focuses on the following areas: Communication, Linguistics, Information Technology, Language and Speech Technology, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology and Language Acquisition. Students take a few obligatory classes covering the foundations of and the links between these fields, as well as a range of elective classes at either university that go deeper into aspects of your chosen areas of interest. Gradually, more and more of your time will be spent participating in actual research projects, reflecting the strong emphasis on empirical research. You come in as a student and you leave as a junior researcher. The total study load is 120 ECTS-credits.

In the first and second year, the program comprises the following units of study with the following study load:

Year 1 - Fall semester (30 EC)	EC
*Foundations of Language & Communication Coherent set of Specialization courses Methodology 1: Elective; corresponding to specialization	6 18 6
Year 1 - Spring semester (30 EC)
*Classic texts in Language & Communication *Methodology 2: Corpus and Experimental Methods* *Research skills 1: Research Seminar *Research skills 2: Term Paper Elective specialization course	10 6 3 5 6
Year 2 - Fall semester (30 EC)
*Research skills 3: Research Paper *Research skills 4: Research Training Coherent set of elective specialization courses	5 15 10
Year 2 - Spring semester (30 EC)
*Research skills 5: Master Thesis Seminar Research Master Thesis	5 25
TOTAL:	120
*: compulsory courses for all Research Master students; not open to any other students

Schedule	Study Load	Duration
full-time programme	average 40 - 50 hours/week 120 ECTS or 3360 hours (28hrs/ECTS CREDITS) including class time	24 months