Master’s Program in Applied Linguistics
Miscellaneous - Frequently Asked Questions
- Will the textbooks for the courses in this program be available in my country?
- Different courses require different textbooks and professors update their syllabi every semester. Most textbooks for our courses can be ordered from major online booksellers. If you are in a country where timely delivery of mail is an issue, though, we recommend that you be very proactive about getting the reading lists for your courses and ordering your books well before your courses begin.
- Will it be possible to receive DVD or CD recordings of the lectures by mail or to download them from a secure website if I am unable to view them at the pre-designated times?
- All the course material will be available to you online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The courses are delivered in an asynchronous way so that anyone can access the course material at any time. Even synchronous discussions are archived for students who may not be able to attend them. If there does happen to be an event at a pre-designated time, such as a real-time discussion, and you are unable to take part, you will always be able to download it later from the course website.
- Will online students have research and library privileges?
- Each of the courses provides a gateway to the University’s Healey Library. The major journals in our field are available online to students via the library’s subscription to Academic Search Premier or similar services. The library also subscribes to the important electronic bibliographies and databases in the field. The federally funded ERIC and NCELA clearinghouses are readily accessed on the internet. Materials that are not ordinarily available online are digitized and stored on the University’s Learning Management System or made available via the library’s E-reserve service.