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The double degree programme

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Information for students who do the first year of the programme at UCL

Reference programme:


Professional focus: Linguistics and its Applications for a Multilingual Society (LAMUSO)
Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters

Programme code :

LING2M

Duration:

125 credits - 2 years

Working language:

Professional focus: Linguistics and its Applications for a Multilingual Society (LAMUSO)
Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters

Dissertation:

Research dissertation (thesis) - joint supervision

Internship:

Master’s Year 1 - Internship in a company or research centre

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Study year and term

Modules

ECTS

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Master’s Year 1 - Сư³æ´«Ã½ T1 + T2


including the Scientific Writing course

30
20

T2

Internship
Dissertation (Part 1)

10
5

Total credits Master’s Year 1

65

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T1 + T2


Dissertation (including a colloquium)

30
30

ÌýTotal credits Master’s Year 2

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Total number of credits for the double degree programmeÌý

125

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Programme specializations

  • Contrastive linguistics and translation studies

  • Second language acquisition and language teaching

  • Language and society

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Internship

Students admitted to the double degree programme with the University of Oslo must complete their internship during Master’s Year 1. The internship (150-210 hours full-time) may take place in a company or a research centre in Belgium or abroad.

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Important dates:

Mid-November

Submission of internship proposal form, signed by the internship supervisor and the academic coordinator

Mid-December

Submission of internship agreement and a risk analysis document

Mid-May

Submission of the internship reportÌý (by the June exam session)

End of August

Submission of the internship report (by the September exam session)

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Dissertation

Work on the dissertation is spread over the two years of the Master’s programme.

Master’s Year 1 at UCL

  • Double degree students must be duly enrolled in the Dissertation seminar [LING2891]. They will write a chapter on the current state of the art with a bibliography (min. 20 entries) by 15 May at the latest.
    The instructions relating to the seminar and the document on bibliographical referencing will apply.

  • The form indicating the student’s choice of topic and supervisors must be submitted by 15 December at the latest. Students doing a double degree programme will work under the supervision of a UCL supervisor and a co-supervisor at the University of Oslo.

Master’s Year 2 at the University of Oslo

  • Students must take at least 10 course credits at the University of Oslo in the field of study of their dissertation.

  • They must enrol for the course .

  • The dissertation project includes participation in a colloquium involving all LAMUSO students, where they present and discuss their dissertation topics and preliminary results.

Important dates:

Master 1

Mid-December

Submission of form indicating choice of dissertation topic and supervisors

Mid-May

Submission of form indicating choice of dissertation topic and supervisors

Master 2

Mid-March

The colloquium is organized before this date

Mid/End of May

Submission of final dissertation by the June exam session

Mid-August

Submission of final dissertation by the September exam session