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Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Applied Linguistics

The field of applied linguistics is a growing and vibrant one in universities nationally and internationally. Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of research and instruction that provides theoretical and descriptive foundations for the empirical investigation of language-related issues, especially those of language education (first-language, second-language, foreign-language, and heritage-language teaching and learning), but also issues of bilingualism and biliteracy, language planning and policy, language assessment, translation and interpretation, lexicography, rhetoric, and composition.

Students pursuing a Ph.D. in the Departments of Education, French and Italian, Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish and Portuguese may petition to add an emphasis in applied linguistics. The interdisciplinary program in applied linguistics involves over 35 faculty members in 11 departments on campus.

Students who petition to add the emphasis must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the requirements for the Ph.D. in their home department:
(1) a minimum of two courses taken from the core group of applied linguistics courses, which provide them with the basics of linguistics, second language acquisition theories, second/foreign language teaching methodologies, and practical applications of theory to teaching (Second Language Acquisition Theory and Research; Second Language Teaching Methodology; Foreign/Second Language Teaching Practicum; Topics in Applied Linguistics); (2) a minimum of two courses in one of five sub-areas (Linguistics, Discourse, Second Language Acquisition; Language and Society, Socio-cultural Perspectives, Multilingualism and Multiliteracy; Language, Literacy and Composition Studies; Language and Cognition, Psycholinguistics; Language Acquisition Using Technology); (3) required independent study (4 units), taken with the student's advisor, leading to a research paper describing theoretical, empirical, or applied work in applied linguistics.

In addition to the course and unit requirements described above (including the research paper), a Ph.D. qualifying examination (or a separate exam) will test the student's knowledge within the applied linguistics emphasis. At least one faculty member of the applied linguistics program shall participate in the qualifying (or separate) examination.

Additional information may be found at: www.appliedlinguistics.ucsb.edu. Questions may be directed either to a participating faculty member or to Applied Linguistics, c/o Department of Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4130.

Optional Ph.D. Emphasis in Women's Studies

The Women's Studies Program, with over 30 core and affiliated faculty members in over eleven disciplines, serves as a mode of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Women's studies doctoral emphasis students are required to complete successfully four seminars that will enhance their understanding of feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality. Using an interdepartmental set of conversations and intellectual questions, women's studies support a multifaceted undergraduate curriculum at UCSB. Graduate emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach women's studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their Women's Studies training.

Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the women's studies graduate emphasis: anthropology; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies; history; history of art and architecture; religious studies; or sociology. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the women's studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their Ph.D. exam and dissertation committees. Applications to the women's studies doctoral emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. work and will be considered throughout the academic year.

Students pursuing the emphasis in women's studies will successfully complete four graduate courses. Only one may be taken in the student's home department. The courses are the following:

Women's Studies 270, Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy: A one-quarter seminar that offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings present past and contemporary critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.

Women's Studies 280, Research Seminar: A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of the students' own graduate projects.

Feminist Theories. A one-quarter seminar in feminist theory offered by any department, including women's studies.

Topical Seminar. A one-quarter graduate seminar, outside the student's home department, that addresses topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality.