The double degree programme

Information for students who do the first year of the programme at UCL

Reference programme:	Master's [120] in Linguistics Professional focus: Linguistics and its Applications for a Multilingual Society (LAMUSO) Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters
Programme code :	LING2M
Duration:	125 credits - 2 years
Working language:	Professional focus: Linguistics and its Applications for a Multilingual Society (LAMUSO) Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters
Dissertation:	Research dissertation (thesis) - joint supervision
Internship:	Master’s Year 1 - Internship in a company or research centre

Study year and term	Modules	ECTS
Master’s Year 1 - Université catholique de Louvain T1 + T2	Core courses Professional focus (LAMUSO) including the Scientific Writing course	30 20
T2	Internship Dissertation (Part 1)	10 5
Total credits Master’s Year 1		65
Master’s Year 2 - University of Oslo T1 + T2	Elective courses Dissertation (including a colloquium)	30 30
Total credits Master’s Year 2		60
Total number of credits for the double degree programme		125

Programme specializations

Contrastive linguistics and translation studies
Second language acquisition and language teaching
Language and society

Internship

Students admitted to the double degree programme with the University of Oslo must complete their internship during Master’s Year 1. The internship (150-210 hours full-time) may take place in a company or a research centre in Belgium or abroad.

Important dates:

Mid-November	Submission of internship proposal form, signed by the internship supervisor and the academic coordinator
Mid-December	Submission of internship agreement and a risk analysis document
Mid-May	Submission of the internship report (by the June exam session)
End of August	Submission of the internship report (by the September exam session)

Dissertation

Work on the dissertation is spread over the two years of the Master’s programme.

Master’s Year 1 at UCL

Double degree students must be duly enrolled in the Dissertation seminar [LING2891]. They will write a chapter on the current state of the art with a bibliography (min. 20 entries) by 15 May at the latest.
The instructions relating to the seminar and the document on bibliographical referencing will apply.

The form indicating the student’s choice of topic and supervisors must be submitted by 15 December at the latest. Students doing a double degree programme will work under the supervision of a UCL supervisor and a co-supervisor at the University of Oslo.

Master’s Year 2 at the University of Oslo

Students must take at least 10 course credits at the University of Oslo in the field of study of their dissertation.
They must enrol for the course ENG4193 - Master’s Thesis in Linguistics and its Applications for a Multilingual Society.
The dissertation project includes participation in a colloquium involving all LAMUSO students, where they present and discuss their dissertation topics and preliminary results.

Important dates:

Master 1
Mid-December	Submission of form indicating choice of dissertation topic and supervisors
Mid-May	Submission of form indicating choice of dissertation topic and supervisors
Master 2
Mid-March	The colloquium is organized before this date
Mid/End of May	Submission of final dissertation by the June exam session
Mid-August	Submission of final dissertation by the September exam session