While completing a thesis in Cognitive Linguistics, students must be continuously enrolled in COGS 651 in the spring and fall semesters up to and through the oral defense. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of COGS 651, usually with the same faculty advisor as the instructor of record (although it is possible but not advisable to change thesis advisors during the course of the project).
Any primary faculty member from the Department of Cognitive Science can serve as a thesis advisor. As an advisor, the faculty member will be responsible for the following tasks:
- evaluating the students progress each semester by issuing a grade of "S" or "U";
- producing a brief written evaluation for the student's file each semester along with a final evaluation of the project and defense
- advising and approving a 1 page abstract of the thesis project, which is to be sent to the MA Program Director
who will archive it in the student's file
- assisting the student in the constitution of the faculty committee, which consists of the advisor (as committee chair) and two faculty from the university.
All thesis defenses are public and must be arranged according to the guidelines set out in the Handbook of Graduate Studies and in compliance with the timetable and formal procedures set by the School of Graduate Studies.
Instructions for submitting a completed thesis to the Graduate School, click here.
