Master’s Programme in Language Science with a Specialisation in Language Education
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The Master’s Programme will deepen your knowledge in Linguistics and Language Education. You choose the area and courses for your linguistic specialisation, connected to the Department’s actual, ongoing research. The programme ends with a 30-credit degree project where you, with the assistance of a supervisor, design and conduct a scientific investigation addressing an issue in the field of Language Education. Providing advanced knowledge and skills in the language sciences, the programme may serve as preparation for PhD studies, or for a professional career in connection with language.
The programme consists of mandatory courses and elective courses.
Elective courses
Please search for courses in Stockholm University’s online catalogue or take a look at the programme’s list of suggested courses:
List of elective courses (Master’s Programme in Language Science)
Semester 1
Language in Use (LIM026)
Scientific Methods and Research Ethics (FIVFE0)
Language Education - Theory and Application (US545F)
Literacy in a Second Language Perspective (US531F)
Semester 2
Elective courses amounting to 30 ECTS credits
For a Master’s degree (60 credits), 15 of the elective course credits will consist of the course Language Education – Master’s (60 credits) Thesis, 15 ECTS credits (main field: Language Education).
Semester 3
English for Academic Research, 7.5 ECTS credits (main field: English)
Elective courses amounting to 22.5 ECTS credits
Of the elective courses, students are recommended to take 15 ECTS credits in courses relevant to the study route job market.
Semester 4
Coordinator
Joakim Sigvardsson
joakim.sigvardson@su.se
The Master's Programme in Language Science is administrated from the Department of Linguistics in collaboration with the language departments at Stockholm Univiersity. Each specialisation has its own coordinator.
