Certificate of specialisation in Linguistics – postgraduate studies

The Department of Linguistics in Geneva offers a 1-year (30 ECTS credits) graduate program in Linguistics to students who hold an MA degree in Linguistics or an equivalent diploma. Courses are in English and French.

The program has three components:

• Methods of analysis (6 credits)
  We offer three accelerated introductory or "update” courses in the areas of specialization in the department, namely Syntax, Pragmatics and Computational Linguistics. Students are required to take two out of three courses.
• Specialization (12 credits)
  2 seminars.
• Research (12 credits)
  Attendance and active participation in the departmental research seminars and the submission of a 25-page research paper.

Courses proposed

Program (in French) (45 Kb, )

Course list 2011-2012 (in French) (53 Kb, )

Course list 2012-2013 (83 Kb, )

Duration of studies

Normally 1 semester, 2 at the maximum

Contacts and registration

Deadline:

May, 4, 2012 (extended to June 29 for Triangle Azur students)

Documents to submit (preferably via e-mail):

Cover letter, curriculum vitae, copy of the highest degree taken (certified translation of documents other than in languages other than French, German, English, Italian or Spanish).

Address:

Ur Shlonsky, Linguistics Department, Uni-Bastions, 5, Rue de Candolle, 1211 Geneva-4
E-mail address :
Phone number: +41 22 379 73 56
Fax number: +41 22 379 79 31