Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics - Sociolinguistics, Language Contact, and Discourse Analysis

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan, founded in 1963, has 15 research faculty, 11 adjunct faculty, over 30 Ph.D. students, and more than 100 undergraduate concentrators. The doctoral program provides broad training in linguistics as both a cognitive and a social science. Students formulate and test theories of linguistic knowledge, variation, and use by drawing on observational, experimental, and computational methods. In the 60-year history of Linguistics at U-M, roughly 300 Ph.D.'s in Linguistics have been awarded. The Linguistics Department offers a Ph.D. in Linguistics. Student-initiated combined degree programs are also possible (for example: Linguistics and Anthropology; Linguistics and Psychology, Linguistics and Romance Languages). The University of Michigan also provides students with diverse opportunities to acquire expertise in other areas that can complement their linguistics education, including a wide range of graduate certificate programs such as a certificate in Cognitive Science or in Women's Studies.