Application for the MA / DLit / Gakushi Nyugaku courses in Linguistics

The following are excerpts concerning the Department of Linguistics from the Application Forms for the MA / DLit Courses as well as for the Gakushi Nyugaku (BA holders from Japanese Universities to be admitted to the 3rd undergraduate year) distributed on September 1, 2000.

1. Graduate School : Master Course (Division of General Culture : Linguistics Program [Linguistics])

Capacity		about 6
Application Period		Nov. 10 - 17
Written Exam	Jan. 27
	Foreign Language Requirements	Select 2 from Eng., Germ., French, Russ., Ital., Span., Kor. and Chin.
		Foreign Nationals graduated from non-Japanese Univ./Grad. Schools must select Japanese and one non-native language out of Eng./Germ./French.
	Linguistics	Basic Knowledge of Linguistics and Phonetics at the undergrad. level as well as competence in Linguistic Analysis required.
Result of the 1st stage		Feb. 8
Oral Exam		Feb. 14
Final Result		Feb. 22

2. Graduate School : Doctor Course (Division of General Culture : Linguistics Program [Linguistics])

Capacity		about 3
Application Period		Dec. 11 - Dec. 15
First Stage	MA from the Dpt. of Linguisitics (incl. those expecting to obtain MA at the end of the year)	Examination of the MA thesis
	Others	Examination of the MA thesis or equivalent
Result of the 1st stage		Feb. 8
Oral Exam		Feb. 16
Foreign Language Requirements	Those other than MA from the Dept. of Linguistics	Japanese Nationals	2 from Eng./Germ./Fr.
		Foreign Nationals	Japanese and one non-native language from Eng./Germ./Fr.
Final Result		Feb. 22

3. Gakushi Nyugaku (Language and Culture : Linguistics)

Capacity		a few
Application Period		Nov. 10 - 17
Written Exam	Jan. 27
	Foreign Language Requirements	English and one of Germ., French, Russ., Ital., Span., Kor. and Chin. [the same exam as the MA course]
	Linguistics	Linguistics 　[to see the aptitude for a professional linguist]
Result of the 1st stage		Feb. 8
Oral Exam		Feb. 14
Final Result		Feb. 22

The PDF files of the past exams (since 1998) can be viewed with the Japanese Version of Adobe Acrobat 3 or later, or with Adobe Acrobat 4 with Asian Fonts) on a separate page.

The PDF files with the Japanese font embedded (larger file size) for Adobe Acrobat 4 (non-Japanese version) are available for the exams of Year 2000.

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