Overview
The Language, Literacy and Culture PhD programme at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) integrates foundational core interdisciplinary seminars, methodology sequences, specialized theoretical electives, comprehensive qualifying portfolios, and dissertation research. Candidates collaborate with affiliate faculty from participating departments to design and execute original empirical research, exploring topics from quantitative social science to qualitative ethnography and discourse…
analysis.
Key Facts
Key research domains across the program include critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistic studies; social inequality, race, class, and gender constructions; language rights, policy, and educational equity; and intercultural communication, digital literacies, and community-engaged research.
Key information
Duration
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
English
Credits
33 SCH
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Baltimore Highlands, United States
Disciplines
Linguistics, Literacy Education
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Methods of LLC Research I & II
- Social Inequality and Social Policy
- Constructing Race, Class, and Gender
- Theoretical Approaches to Intercultural Communication
- Theories of Feminism
- Ethnographic Methods
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 115
- TOEFL iBT: 80
- PTE Academic: 53
- IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Official Transcripts of all prior coursework and degrees
- Master's Degree (MA/MS) in related disciplines. Degree may still be in progress as long as it is completed by the spring semester prior to fall admittance.
- CV (preferred) or Resumé
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores (only for those without a Master's degree from a U.S. university)
- Three letters of recommendation attesting to the applicant's academic and personal potential to contribute substantially to a field of study related to the current research of the LLC program.
- Statement of Goals and Research Interests explaining the research you would like to do, the relevant fields and theoretical areas, your methodological approaches, and how you understand the power of interdisciplinarity to the research you hope to conduct.
- Academic writing sample (a published academic article, an article ready for submission, a recent research paper, or a research-based report)
Tuition Fees
- International: 40,925 AUD / year (≈ 29,010 USD / year)
