Description
Programme Objectives
- Drawing from an interdisciplinary spectrum of theoretical and applied linguistics, the revised MA (LIN) curriculum aims to provide students with training and specialization in linguistics that will:
- Ground learners with the conceptual-theoretical knowledge that is needed in analysing world languages at all levels
- Equip learners with the skills required in knowledge production, conducting and managing research in language related fields
- Expose learners to the etiquette of academic writing and professional knowledge dissemination
- Train learners to apply the acquired knowledge in solving real-world challenges including, lexicographical challenges, documenting endangered languages, informing and designing language-related policies, among others.
Programme Outcomes
- It is expected that the revised MLIN curriculum will produce professional linguists who will be able to:
- Apply conceptual-theoretical knowledge in analysing world languages at all levels
- Use the skills acquired in knowledge production, as well as conduct and manage research in language-related fields
- Engage in knowledge production and disseminate the same through various quality publications
- Solve local the global language-related challenges in their various work spaces.
Employment Prospects
- MLIN graduates are professional linguists; therefore, they can work as:
- Language analysts at different language levels,
- Language researchers, who can conduct projects geared towards future linguistic analysis, language revitalization, creation of language data banks and services, among others,
- Language educationists, who can train graduates at university and other institutions of learning,
- Policy formulators and executors, especially in education and language matters,
- Critical appraisers and implementers of programmes, among others.
- They can also work with academic related spaces such curriculum development and examination centres.
- Experts in spaces such as language bureaus, forensic departments, publishing houses, civil government agencies, NGOs, and research and development programmes for provision of data for language planning and standardization.
Conduct of the Programme
The two-year MLIN programme shall be a full time Day Programme offered by course work and research. The students will do coursework and a written examination for the first year. They will be required to do 3 core courses and two elective courses each semester. The students will attend mandatory seminars and presentations in the second year, as well as write and defend a research proposal and dissertation respectively in the first and second semester of their second year of study.
Target Group
The MLIN programme targets teachers, researchers etc who must be holders of an honours Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Social Sciences or Science with Linguistics or a language as one of the offered subjects, from a recognized and chartered university.
Duration
MLIN shall run for two years, each consisting two semesters, as per Makerere University Senate regulations. The first year will have two semesters of 17 weeks each, and will constitute 15 weeks of teaching/study and 2 weeks of examinations. The second year is set aside for research, attending and making presentations at departmental seminars and workshops, and dissertation writing.
Tuition
East African students on the MLIN programme shall pay Shs. 5,000,000 per academic year. Other nationals shall pay Shs. 7,000,000 per academic year.
Admission Requirements
Candidates admitted for MLIN should have a minimum of Honours degree or its equivalent from a recognized and chartered institution of higher learning. These may include a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Education, Social Sciences or Science with Linguistics or a language as one of the offered subjects.
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