Buffalo,
NY,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MA in Linguistics in Amherst United States | University at Buffalo, SUNY
University at Buffalo, SUNY
|
Amherst United States
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
24,990
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months
The Linguistics Department at the University at Buffalo provides an extensive curriculum encompassing key linguistic disciplines: phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and discourse pragmatics. Our professors emphasize the connection between language and cognition, evidence-based linguistic theories, along with comparative language research and detailed examinations of non-English languages.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
- Transcripts. Copies of all B.A. and Graduate Transcripts (and certified English translations, if applicable)
- Statement of Purpose. Please tell us as what your training goals are and what career paths you envision to pursue with this training. In writing their statement, we ask that applicants try to answer specifically and exhaustively the questions in the following questionnaires: M.A. questionnaireDownload pdf(32 KB); Ph.D. questionnaireDownload pdf(31 KB). You’ll find additional instructions in the questionnaires themselves. Your responses to the questionnaire will guide the Linguistics faculty’s decision on your application. If our program is a good match for your interests and skills, the faculty will be the more likely to reach this conclusion the more informative your responses to the questionnaire will be.
- Writing Sample. Strictly required for admission to our Ph.D. program; desirable for admission to all graduate programs. The writing sample fulfills two separate roles in the admissions process: in addition to documenting the applicant’s skill in scholarly writing, it may document the applicant’s research skills. Research aptitude is a key admission criterion for the Ph.D. program. It is primarily assessed through evidence of research projects designed and (ideally) carried out by the applicant.
  - Letters of Recommendation that assess your scholarly and research skills, provided by former instructors and advisors who have trained you. We require three letters for Ph.D. and M.S. admission and two (three recommended) for M.A. admission. Requests will automatically be sent to the professors you list in the recommendation section.
  - Curriculum Vitae. Required for the Ph.D. program and the Computational Linguistics M.S. program; recommended for the M.A. programs. A brief standard tabular CV is sufficient.
Tuition
USD
24,990