MULTI4170 – Multilingualism Specialisation B
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The academic theme of this course changes from semester to semester, but all specialisations provide students with deeper knowledge of the fundamentals of recent research on cognitive and psychological approaches language and communication, with a special focus on multilingualism. This will include one or more research fields, such as cognitive approaches to language acquisition, language processing, statistical modeling of linguistic processes, clinical linguistics, language assessment or other current trends in research.
The theme for spring 2026 is?Clinical linguistics in multilingual contexts:
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Learning outcome
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of one or more specialised approaches to research on multilingualism
- Explain the central theories and concepts of these specialised approaches
- Critically consider the relevance of these approaches to an area of research that students are may explore in their thesis
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
To be eligible for this course, you must be enrolled in one of the following master's programs:
Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Recommended previous knowledge
No formal requirements. It is an advantage if students have completed MULTI4100 Theoretical Foundations of Multilingualism; and/or LING4140 Research Methods for Language. If space is available, it is possible to take the course without this background however.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with ILNMULTI4130 – Linguistics Specialization B (discontinued).
Teaching
10 double seminars
Students should participate actively in all sessions. Students must attend a minimum of 75% of sessions in order to receive credit for the course.
Approved compulsory activities are valid for the next two terms in which the course is offered.
Examination
At the end of the semester there will be am oral exam organized as a "mini conference" (the students will hand in an abstract, then a 20-minute?presentation, with 10 minutes for?questions).?Other details of the assignment will be provided in class
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
A term paper or equivalent that is passed may not be resubmitted in revised form.
If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.