This programme focuses on knowledge and research skills related to language structure and use through the variety of courses offered and the dissertation.

Course Structure

This Master’s programme consists of coursework and dissertation. The programme is offered in English and Bahasa Malaysia. Candidates need to complete four core courses (Dissertation, Research Methodology, Fundamentals of Linguistics & Language and Society) and two programme elective courses (Approaches to Discourse Analysis, Multilingualism, Phonetics and Phonology, Translation Studies, Pragmatics and Issues in Applied Arabic Linguistics). The student will also have to submit a dissertation to be awarded the Master’s in Linguistics Degree.

Career Opportunity

Graduates from this programme can work, for example,

in the media, advertising and publishing industry (e.g. script-writers, journalists, writers, editors, copywriters, proof-readers);
in corporate communication;
in the education industry (e.g. corporate trainers, language teachers, teacher educators, programme/curriculum developers, education managers/administrators at government and private schools and institutions, researchers and lecturers in higher education);
as translators and interpreters;
as language or linguistic consultants (e.g. linguistic and language-related fieldwork, researchers, analysing linguistic aspects of spoken and written texts).