Overview

Department of Linguistics / Department of Linguistics is located in Provo, UT, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts (MA)	Teaching English as a second language
Master of Arts (MA)	Linguistics

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	20

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE 2 Foreign Languages Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

21

Applied

18

Accepted

14

Enrolled

Applying

50

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Master's Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0 in last 60 hours of course work

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 580 TOEFL IBT score: 90

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$15,400

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	July 1
Types of financial support available	Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

53

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	5.66%
Black or African American	Not Reported
White or Caucasian	79%
American Indian or Alaska Native	3.77%
Asian	7.55%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	3.77%
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	Not Reported

Gender

Male (33%)

Female (66%)

Faculty

24

Total faculty

Full-time - 24

Part-time - 0

Male (20)

Female (4)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Teaching English to speakers of other languages, second language acquisition, computational linguistics, semiotics and semantics, computer-assisted language instruction, forensic linguistics, endangered language documentation
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 4064 Joseph F. Smith Building
Provo, UT  84602
United States

Contact Dr. Dan Dewey
Chair
Email: ddewey@byu.edu
Phone: 801-422-6005

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