UMass Boston

The Department of Applied Linguistics at UMass Boston is committed to cultivating diversity in scholarship and scholar identity and to providing intellectual, social, emotional, and financial support to students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. As such, we strongly encourage students with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, 包括第一代学生, international students, students of color, 以及语言多样化的学生.

Checklist

The deadline to submit all 秋季入学材料截止日期为1月1日. Applicants are responsible for confirming with Graduate Admissions that their application is complete (including all documents and transcripts) well before January 1. Applicants to the PhD Program in Applied Linguistics should submit the following admissions materials:

1. 澳门新葡新京官方研究生申请
2. Official transcript from each college and university attended (including evidence of a master’s degree in applied linguistics or related field, 毕业生平均成绩不低于3分.0)
3. 最近的简历
4. 三封推荐信, at least two of which should come from individuals who can assess the applicant’s academic preparation for advanced graduate work
5. 一个写得很好的学术作品的例子(e.g. 硕士论文、课程论文、研究项目、发表文章等.)
6. Statement of purpose [1500 words maximum] that addresses the following questions:

• 你的研究兴趣如何映射到 areas of inquiry supported by the PhD Program in Applied Linguistics (bilingual/multilingual education, 多语种语言政策, 批判应用语言学, 语言学习中的社会资源和社会语境, 和社会文化理论)?
• What practical or real-world changes do you hope to see as a result of your research, scholarship, and/or activism?
• What professional, personal, and academic experiences have especially equipped you to bring a critical perspective to your research, scholarship, and/or activism? And, 作为一名多语言学习者，你的经历如何, language teacher, 或语言使用者告知您的目标? (适用于不会多种语言的申请人, please explain your plans for developing fluency in another language while completing the PhD program.)

International Students

For international students who have not completed at least two academic years of full-time study (excluding ESL or test-prep) at an approved English-speaking college, 英语语言能力证明 is required.

Deadlines: December 1 for fall

Cost: For additional information regarding tuition and fees, please visit the Bursar’s Office or send an email to bursar@mediagate-egy.net. Please refer to 研究生助学金 有关经济援助的更多信息.

申请费用减免: Fee waivers are automatic for all UMass Boston alumni, veterans, and McNair Scholars. Additionally, fee waivers for financial hardship are granted to applicants on a first-come-first-serve basis. To request a fee waiver, applicants should first complete their application (but not submit it), 然后发一封电子邮件给 Program Director 主题为:PhD Fee Waiver Request. State your reasons for requesting the fee waiver in your email and attach a letter from your academic advisor attesting to the financial need to waive the application fee. 申请必须完整才能获得学费减免.

Support: 对博士生的资助——包括学费, living stipend, and health insurance—在竞争的基础上，可提供长达三年的服务. Applicants to the PhD program in Applied Linguistics are considered for Graduate Assistantships during the application review process in January.

完成16门课程55学分，其中包括3门核心课程, three seminars, one colloquium, 三到五门研究方法课程, one to three electives, two inquiry courses, 论文研究课程1门.

Students with a master’s degree in a relevant field earned no more than seven years before matriculation may be eligible for advanced standing awarding them up to twelve credits toward the degree.

Doctoral candidacy: 接受合格的论文和论文建议.
Dissertation: 撰写和捍卫基于原创性研究的论文.

Statute of limitations: Seven years.

研究生项目主任
Avary Carhill-Poza教授
Avary.CarhillPoza@mediagate-egy.net