Depending on your background and research aims, you can choose from one of four pathways: The Conversion pathway is designed to offer postgraduate level training in the core subject areas of linguistics, at a pace that is tailored to students who have little or no prior background in this field The General pathway is designed to offer students postgraduate level training across the areas of Formal and Sociolinguistics, and to explore the exciting interactions between the two The Specialisation in Formal Linguistics is designed to offer students postgraduate level training in the area of Formal Linguistics The Specialisation in Sociolinguistics is designed to offer students postgraduate level training in the area of Sociolinguistics You’ll gain practical experience in conducting linguistics research. In addition to your dissertation, you can work as a research assistant on one of our research projects. Along with the wide range of elective modules offered on each pathway, you can choose up to two undergraduate linguistics modules. You can take any combination of options if you can make a convincing academic case for your choices.