University of Kansas:
Be prepared to submit GRE scores no older than five years .
A.GRE scores, if applicant are a North American applicant.
University of Arizona:
Prospective applicants must have a 3.0 or higher GPA in order to qualify for admission.
The GRE is optional, not required for the PhD, MS, and Joint PhD Programs.
Admission, GPA, GRE score percentile for Foreign Languages and Literatures
Masters programs in Foreign Languages and Literatures which do not require GRE
Graduate School
All applicants are required to submit GRE general test scores. Non-native English speaking applicants must also submit TOEFL Internet-based Test minimum scores for admissions: Writing: 20, Listening: 15, Reading: 20, Speaking: 22.
Internet-based Test minimum scores for admissions: Writing: 20, Listening: 15, Reading: 20, Speaking: 22
SLAV Ph.D. Admissions
College description: Bachelor of Arts in Slavic Languages and Literatures.Master of Arts in Slavic Languages and Literatures.Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic Languages and Literatures.The department also offers occasional coursework and independent study in Czech and other East European languages.Students participate in an active Russian Club, language tables, and the Graduate Students’ Organization.Students learn these languages to pursue careers with international dimensions enhance job opportunities connect with their heritage, family, and communities explore other literatures and cultures and pursue personal interests.Students develop the strategies and linguistic awareness to continue language study throughout their lives.Study abroad experience contributes to mastery of the language and facilitates students’ encounters with the people, practices, and attitudes of the culture in ways that can never be replicated on an American university campus.The department offers programs leading to Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Slavic Languages and Literatures.The Master of Arts degree in Slavic Languages Literatures provides students with foundational knowledge of the language, literature, culture, and linguistics in a region of studyThe department does its best to provide funding in the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantship appointments to all incoming graduate students.No previous knowledge of BCS or other foreign languages required. The course does not satisfy the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement.A practical Polish language course involving advanced study of the grammar, reading of texts on a variety of subjects, conversation, and composition.No previous knowledge of Russian or other foreign languages required.Does not fulfill BA foreign language requirement.This course fulfills the college foreign language requirement.A practical Russian language course involving advanced study of the grammar, reading of texts on a variety of subjects, conversation, and composition.This course focuses on the active mastery of language structures and vocabulary needed for people using Russian in professional capacities, particularly such as business and journalism.Prerequisite: Minimum of five semesters of Russian language study at the college level or its equivalent.Course may be used to teach the fundamentals of any Slavic language, for example, Slovenian, Macedonian, Slovak, etc.This course presents an introduction to the study of the culture of the South Slavs and other peoples of Southeastern Europe, combining background modules in geography, linguistic culture, history, folklore and contemporary cultural criticism with critical viewings of artistic films.Topics vary, and course may address topics across a narrow or broad time frame.
Be prepared to submit GRE scores no older than five years ;
Be prepared to submit recent TOEFL scores (for applicants from foreign institutions; see KU's Minimum English Proficiency Requirements
Applications asking for financial support, however, have a 1 January deadline for August matriculation. Please indicate in their letter of intent or in the on-line application form that applicant wish to be considered for a GTA position.
Go to the RGS Application and follow the instructions. The link takes applicant step by step through the entire institutional application process.
A.GRE scores, if applicant are a North American applicant. International applicants do not need to submit GRE scores. Native English speakers do not need to submit TOEFL scores.
Anthropology Linguistics (PHD) Graduate Program of Study at The University of Arizona
College description: Human Language Technology is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, linguistics and psychology.Demonstration of maturity is necessary for success in a highly competitive, accelerated master’s program.Students with little to no background in linguistics are encouraged to take LING500 before formally enrolling in the program, although with permission, they may take it as an elective in Year 1.Example schedule for an Accelerated Master’s student entering in the fall.Student may take an HLT graduate elective if applicable.The internship is taken in lieu of a master thesis The report associated with the internship must be of a quality comparable to that of a master thesis. It may be broken down into smaller projects with minimum of 1 unit per project to total at least 6 units of internship overall.
Prospective applicants must have a 3.0 or higher GPA in order to qualify for admission.
The GRE is optional, not required for the PhD, MS, and Joint PhD Programs.
TOEFL or IELTS if non-native English Speaker
In addition, students must select from a 'menu' of Linguistics and Anthropology courses to make up a total of 46 units of coursework, minimum.
The complete program requires a minimum of 81 units of credit.
Language and Literacy
College description: The MA in Language and Literacy prepares graduate students for careers as teachers of adults in both college and pre-college classrooms.To earn the L L MA, a student must complete ten three-credit graduate courses In addition, a student must fulfill the CCNY English Department foreign language requirement for graduate students.Introduction to Language Theories and Models of Literacy Second Language Acquisition Adult Learners of Language and LiteracyBefore the M.A. degree can be earned, a foreign language translation exam must be passed. Alternatively, students may fulfill the foreign language requirement by successfully completing specially designated language courses.In 1975, Mina Shaughnessy initiated this program as an MA in Teaching College English. The program was reconceived and renamed MA in Language and Literacy by Marilyn Sternglass in collaboration with Cynthia O'Nore in 1986. Today, the MA in Language and Literacy draws on the important legacies of Mina Shaughnessy and Marilyn Sternglass by including their scholarship in courses and acknowledging their contributions to Composition Rhetoric and Basic Writing.
Minimum TOEFL/IELTS Scores: 600 , 100 or 7
Admissions USC Dornsife, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
To apply, prospective students must first complete the USC online graduate application. In addition to the standard information required by the University, applicants must upload all supporting documents to this online system.
Application deadline: applicants to the Ph. D. program should submit their materials to USC by January 14th.
The following applications materials must be uploaded and submitted through the on-line web application system :
1. USC Graduate Admissions online web application.
2. $90 USD application processing fee (pay on-line). Please click here for information regarding the fee waiver process.
3. Statement of Purpose with specific information about interests and goals.
4. Personal statement
5. Curriculum Vitae/Resume
6. Three (3) letters of recommendation from academic sources. Recommenders must submit their recommendations through the on-line system. Hard copy letters will not be accepted.
7. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores
8. TOEFL scores (required for international students from non-English speaking countries)
9. Copy of unofficial academic transcripts from each institution attended.
Linguistics
College description: The Linguistics offers a new MA in the theory and practice of language documentation and description focusing on courses that provide training in linguistics and in the practice, methodology and technology of LDD. Language documentation encompasses a group of activities centered on the collection of naturally occurring as well as experimentally elicited primary data, such as audio and video recordings and written language data language description uses this and other sources of data to analyze linguistic structures that underlie language and cognitive categories.The enterprise of LDD is important in the university understanding of the human language capacity in its diverse forms, by creating records of languages that may soon be extinct.Language documentation and description efforts can provide the foundation for language grammars, dictionary projects, education and language revitalization materials, and the building of large language corpora, as well as in related fields such as ethnomusiclogy and ethnobotany and allied field such as computational linguistics. The university program aims to provide students with the preparation needed to embark on language documentation and description projects, to develop skills transferable to other fields where the collection and analysis of complex language data and working in small language communities may be relevant.The Language Documentation and Description MA program is a 32-credit program designed to be completed in two years, as either a non-thesis or thesis degree program.Students with limited background may take this as a bridging course that does not count towards the degree.
Applicants may submit their materials online at the University's online application site.
TOEFL or IELTS scores for applicants whose native language is not English.
These interests should be addressed in the applicant's personal statement.
Their statement of purpose should be a clear, readable narrative that contains information relevant to their application into the university graduate program. Don't repeat information found elsewhere in their application.
If applicant have areas in their application that applicant feel deserve explanation, address them concisely in their letter. Their letter is best kept to about 500-600 words.
The university require three letters of recommendation.
A scanned copy of the official transcript is submitted as part of the online application.
The GRE exam is required of all applicants. No minimum GRE score is required to apply. The GRE scores are important, but they are not the only measure of evaluation the University of Rochester consider.
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