The
Departmental Preliminary Examination consists
of three parts; parts two and three will have three sections
each. Topics of sections in parts 1 and 2 will be determined
on the basis of the student's preparation and course work.
1.
German Applied Linguistics (3 hours). One specialized
question related to foreign language teaching methodology
and second language acquisition.
2.
Synchronic Germanic Linguistics (3 hours). Three
sections based on courses taken such a Structure of Modern
German, Phonetics, Modern German Dialects and the like.
3.
Diachronic Germanic Linguistics (3 hours). Three
sections based on courses taken such as History of the German
Language, Middle High German, Gothic, Old Norse and the like.
The
Oral Comprehensive Examination
With
due consideration given to the student's specialization, the
two-hour examination will have the following parts:
-Dissertation
Proposal (30 minutes; no more than 10 minutes will be allotted
to the candidate to present the dissertation proposal);
- Field of specialization (30 minutes);
- Germanic linguistics, applied linguistics, and philology
(one hour).
