For information on applying and admissions, please consult the Linguistics Department website.

The M.A. degree involves a two-year course of study. It may be completed in one year by students who have a B.A. in linguistics from UC Santa Cruz and who have taken a number of the core graduate courses during their undergraduate career; the combined B.A./M.A. program provides another pathway to the M.A. program.

Every year, UC Santa Cruz undergraduates in the final year of their linguistics or language studies major can apply to be admitted into the graduate program to pursue the M.A. in theoretical linguistics. Interested students should discuss the possibility with one or more faculty members and formally apply online to the graduate program during the fall quarter of the senior year.

For up-to-date information about the application process, consult the Linguistics Department’s website; and see the graduate coordinator.