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 Feminist Studies

The Department of Feminist Studies, with almost fifty core and affiliated faculty members in over nineteen disciplines, serves as a model of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Feminist 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. Feminist Studies as an inter-departmental set of conversations and intellectual questions supports a multifaceted undergraduate curriculum at UCSB. Graduate emphasis students are encouraged to apply to teach Feminist Studies courses as teaching assistants and associates as part of their Feminist Studies training.
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a UCSB Ph.D. program participating in the Feminist Studies graduate emphasis: Anthropology; Comparative Literature; Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology; Dramatic Art and Dance; English; French and Italian; Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies; History; History of Art and Architecture; Music; Political Science; Religious Studies; Sociology; or Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates complete four graduate courses and select a member of the Feminist Studies faculty or affiliated faculty to serve on their dissertation committees. Applications to the Feminist Studies Doctoral Emphasis may be submitted at any stage of Ph.D. w 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.

• Issues in Feminist Epistemology and Pedagogy (270). A one quarter seminar that considers Women´s Studies as a distinct field. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of feminist theories of knowledge production and teaching practices. Readings cover past and present critical debates and provide theoretical approaches through which to analyze interdisciplinary epistemological and pedagogical issues.
• Special Topics in Women´s Studies (594 AA-ZZ). A one quarter seminar offered by a Women´s Studies faculty member on topics of central concern to the field of Women´s Studies. Or Research Practicum (Women´s Studies 280). A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporary feminist research practice are considered in light of students´ own graduate projects. Students may fulfill the Area 2 requirement by taking either a Special Topics Seminar or the Research Practicum.
• Feminist Theories. A one quarter graduate 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.

Please see http://www.womst.ucsb.edu/doctoral_emphasis.html for details on how to apply to the Emphasis.