Residency Requirements
- Full-time: registration for 9 or more semester hours of study
per semester (September - December; January - April). Students
normally will begin in September.
- Part-time: registration for 1-8 semester hours of study per
semester.
- Continuing Registration Status (applies only to those in the
thesis option): students are expected to maintain continuous
enrolment throughout the program (a minimum of three semester
hours of study per semester) or Continuing Registration Status,
except in the following case.
Due to the nature of the thesis option, it may be advisable
for students to conduct some fieldwork and linguistic research prior to entering
the thesis phase of the degree. Therefore it is anticipated that some students
may choose an extended absence of up to four years between the first and
second years of the program, or prior to writing the thesis. Up to four years
is permitted for research without official Continuing Registration Status.
Longer than that requires special permission from the Program Director.
Except for such a research period, Continuing Registration Status would
apply from the time of completion of all course work except for the thesis
requirement. Continuing Registration Status may be used until the thesis
is submitted, successfully defended, and all corrections satisfactorily completed,
with final copies provided to the Registrar's office. The student should
request the MA LING Program Director to write a memo for the student's file
indicating when the four year period commences.
- Degree Completion: a maximum of six years from first enrollment
is allowed for completion of the program. An extension may be
granted upon appeal to the Program Director.
- A minimum of 21 semester hours must be completed at TWU.