The post graduate program in Applied Linguistics at Kinnaird College for Women comprises ten major courses, spread over three semesters. Each course will be of 3 credit hours duration. The course content of this program covers areas in the field of Applied, Theoretical and Computational Linguistics. This program prepares the students for their research endeavors in the field of classic and contemporary Linguistics.
Road Map:
| Sr. No. | Course Type | Course Title | Cr. Hrs. |
| Semester I | |||
| 1 | Major | Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| 2 | Major | Inter-cultural Communication | 3 |
| 3 | Major | Advanced Research Methodology | 3 |
| 4 | Major | Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| Total | 12 | ||
| Semester II | |||
| 1 | Major | Second Language Acquisition & Managing Learner’s Issues | 3 |
| 2 | Major | Feminist Linguistics | 3 |
| 3 | Major | Curriculum Design & ESP | 3 |
| 4 | Major | Natural Language Processing | 3 |
| Total | 12 | ||
| Semester III | |||
| 1 | Major | Translation Studies | 3 |
| 2 | Major | Advanced Syntax | 3 |
| Total | 6 | ||
| Semester IV | |||
| 1 | Major | Thesis | 6 |
| Total | 6 | ||
| Total Degree Credit Hours | 36 | ||
Research Thesis:
An M.Phil candidate who has completed her course work with a minimum CGPA of 3.00 must present and pass the oral proposal defense examination before she is allowed to carry out her Masters research. On passing the thesis proposal defense the student must carry out a research study which is described in a thesis. She must successfully defend the completed work in an oral examination involving a presentation and question answer session in the presence of an external examiner.
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