School of Foreign Languages - The University of Jordan -

Program Specifications

Master in Linguistics / Study Plan

First: General Rules and Conditions:

1. This plan conforms to the valid regulations of the programs of graduate studies at the University of Jordan.

2. Specialization of Admission:

- The First Priority: Bachelor's in Applied English,

- The Second Priority: Bachelor's in English Language and Literature,

- The Third Priority: Bachelor's in a dual language bilingual program,

-The Fourth Priority: Bachelor's in Translation.

Second:  Special Conditions:

Passing the English language proficiency exam according to the relevant policies of the Ministry of Higher Education.

Third: Study Plan: Studying (33) Credit Hours as following:

1. Obligatory Courses (15) Credit Hours:

Course No.Course TitleCredit  HrsTheoryPractical.Pre/Co-requisite
2201752Sociolinguistics33- 
2201734Research Methods in Linguistics33- 
2201777Phonological Theory33- 
2201778Semantic Theory33- 
2201779Syntactic Theory33- 

 

2. Elective Courses: Studying (9) Credit hours from the following:

Course No.Course TitleCredit  HrsTheoryPractical.Pre/Co-requisite
2201733Psycholinguistics33- 
2201754Discourse Analysis33- 
2201757Linguistics and Translation Strategies 33- 
2201758Contrastive Linguistics33- 
2201780Historical Linguistics33- 
2201755Morphology 33- 
2201782Special Topics in Linguistics 33- 
2201783Language Variation and Change33- 
2201784Language Acquisition33- 
2201785Applied Linguistics33- 
2201786Corpus Linguistics33- 
2201787Second Language Learning and Teaching33- 

 

3. Thesis: 9 Credit hours (2201799)
4. A comprehensive exam (2201798)
5. ARABIC LANGUAGE EXAM (2501700)
*This plan applies as of the first semester of the academic year 2024/2025.​