Dip - Linguistics as a subject
Subject
A diploma is a short-term study option that can help pave your way to future success.
Linguistics is the scientific study of language and, given that language impinges on virtually everything we do, it is a broad and interesting subject. Linguistics at the University of Waikato is a top 250 QS-rated programme and will deepen your appreciation for language, as well as provide essential understandings relevant to any career where language is a key component.
- Anthropology
- Applied Computing
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Computer Science
- Design Media
- Earth Sciences
- Education and Society
- Electronics
- Engineering
- English
- English as a Second Language
- Environmental Sciences
- Ethics
- French
- Geography
- History
- Human Development
- Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
- International Languages and Cultures
- Japanese
- Materials and Processing
- Mathematics
- Music
- Māori Language/Te Reo Māori
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Population Studies
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Screen and Media Studies
- Social Policy
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Theatre Studies
- Writing Studies
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Key information
| Years: | 1 |
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| Start Dates: | Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July) |
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| All amounts are in New Zealand Dollars (NZD). *Tuition fees shown are indicative only and may change. There are additional fees and charges related to enrolment please see the Table of Fees and Charges for more information. You will be sent an enrolment agreement which will confirm your fees. | |
Career opportunities
- Education Researcher
- Journalist
- Language Policy and Planning
- Language School Management
- Lexicography (Dictionary Writing)
- Second Language Teaching
- Speech Therapist
- Writer
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Papers
Papers available within Linguistics
Prescriptions for the GradCert(Ling) and GradDip(Ling)
A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Linguistics at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Office.
Scholarships and prizes
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Subject Requirements
Linguistics is available as a major for the BA and BSocSc.
Linguistics is available as a major for the BA and BSocSc. Linguistics may also be taken as a second major or as a supporting subject within other undergraduate degrees, subject to academic approval of the Faculty or School of Studies in which the student is enrolled.
For more information about subject requirements please refer to the Catalogue of Papers for the most up to date information. If you have any questions and need more advice, please contact one of our friendly student advisors phone:
Students wishing to take Linguistics as a major or as a supporting subject are strongly encouraged to include a language skills paper in a language other than their first language in their programme of study. Such a paper would not count as a Linguistics paper for the purposes of the degree regulations.
Contacts
School of Arts
Phone: +64 7 838 4932
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