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PhD in Applied Linguistics

  • Postgraduate Studies |
  • Language of Study: English

Program Description

• Duration: 6 semesters • Number of courses: 5 • Total number of credit hours: 42 (Courses: 18 credit hours + Dissertation: 24 credit hours) • Classes Conduction: Weekends (Fridays – Saturdays)

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon completion of this programme, candidates should be able to: - Describe and use, critically and creatively, linguistic theories in a comprehensive way and master the main theoretical and methodological tools to perform original linguistic analysis. - Apply a variety of critical and comparative theoretical frameworks to explain, examine and understand issues in society related to the study of languages and to demonstrate the impact of scientific research in societal issues. - Think independently and critically, judge and analyze language-related problems in a scientific way and develop original study design involving argumentation capacity, experimental methods, fieldwork and/or theoretical analysis. - Design a research project and write a thesis which can make an original contribution to the field of linguistics, based on the building of original hypotheses, conjectures, reasonings and research questions.

Markets and Career

  • This highly flexible programme is ideal for language professionals, or for those intending to become language professionals, in a range of possible careers.

Admission Requirements

• Potential Candidates: MA holders in Applied Linguistics, Education (English Department) or other equivalent certificates as accredited by the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities

Tests & Prerequisites

ICDL TOEFL (500) - IELTS (6)

Cooperation

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Accreditation

Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities (SCU)

Brief

The PhD in Applied Linguistics, offered by College of Language and Communication (CLC-Alexandria) in collaboration with Alexandria University, is a degree offered to all those interested in investigating language-related problems and issues in the everyday world. It allows its candidates to develop expertise in specific areas of linguistics, such as contrastive linguistics, stylistics, discourse analysis and psycholinguistics. The programme combines a range of core modules and elective modules to ensure that students develop a solid foundation in the discipline area whilst also having the flexibility to pursue their own specific research interests..

Term 1

Code Title Prequisites
0117701 Applied Linguistics II Core
0117705 Stylistics Elective

Term 2

Code Title Prequisites
0117702 Semantics II Core
0117704 Contrastive Linguistics Elective
0117706 Text Analysis Elective

Term 3

Code Title Prequisites
0117777 Dissertation I Core

Term 4

Code Title Prequisites
0117771 Dissertation II Core

Term 5

Code Title Prequisites
0117772 Dissertation III Core

Term 6

Code Title Prequisites
0117773 Dissertation IV Core
Courses
  • Degree Doctorate
  • Area of study: Humanities and Social Studies
  • Duration: 6 Terms
  • Credit hours: 42.00 hrs
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