MA Linguistics at University of Leeds

The MA Linguistics covers how language works, starting with the essentials of phonetics, phonology and syntax and then specialist topics such as language acquisition and how conversations work, concluding with an independent research project.

Department: School of Languages, Cultures and Societies  |  Duration: 12 months full time; 24 months part time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules are Dissertation in Linguistics (45 credits), Foundations of Phonetics and Phonology (15), Foundations of Syntax (15) and Academic Skills in Linguistics (15). Optional modules include Languages in Contact, Second Language Acquisition, Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics in the Classroom and Topics in Syntax.

Career pathways

Graduates go into education and language teaching, and fields such as translation, computational linguistics, natural language processing, forensic linguistics, speech and language therapy (with further training), publishing, market research, policy and heritage work, or academia.

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