Registration
Carleton University uses an online registration system that lets you select and register for courses and make course changes over the internet from anywhere in the world. Of course only students who have been formally accepted into their program of study are able to register for courses.
Any conditions placed on your acceptance (for example, if any official documents are missing – check your offer of admission), must be removed by presenting the appropriate official documentation to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. As long as you have conditions remaining on your acceptance, you will not be able to register.
For more information on how to register, visit the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs:
Course Regulations
The following are course regulations for an MA in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies.
In your first two terms of the MA you must take the two required foundational courses, ALDS 5001 and ALDS 5002. These required courses provide an overview of the content and methodologies in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies, and give you a thorough basis for making subsequent course and program decisions (including whether to do a research essay or thesis). You will complement these with other courses taken from the list of courses offered during the Fall and Winter terms.
Each year the graduate program offers a different courses from the overall course listings. Click here for a list of ALDS courses in the Graduate Calendar. Courses offered in a given semester depend on faculty schedules and student demand. Rooms and times can change without notice, so check Carleton Central to see the most up-to-date offerings and schedules before registering and going to class.
And, if you are taking the Thesis route, click here to learn more about Thesis Requirements.
Other Course Options:
- 4th Year Courses and piggybacked courses
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You may take up to one full credit (two one-term courses or one two term course) at the 4000 level, in consultation with your Faculty Advisor and approval of the Supervisor of Graduate Studies, and up to 1.5 credits (or the equivalent of three one term courses) combining 4th Year courses and “piggybacked” undergraduate/graduate courses. Piggybacked courses are courses which have both an undergraduate course number and a graduate course number and are open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students in the course are expected to complete additional work at the graduate level.
- Tutorials
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You can arrange tutorials with a SLaLS instructor. ALDS 5902 is a one-term half-credit tutorial and ALDS 5907 is a two-term full credit tutorial. These are guided studies that can involve either informally arranged groups or individual work. To arrange a tutorial you have to:
- secure the agreement of a faculty member to oversee your work on the basis of an orally presented plan. You might also be asked in your proposal to prepare a written course description (similar to that in the graduate calendar) on a topic you would like to research, as well as a preliminary bibliography. In other words, you need to have some familiarity with and interest in a particular area to pursue this option. Then,
- prepare a written “Tutorial Proposal” and
- have this proposal approved and signed by both the faculty member who will oversee the work and your Faculty Advisor, and finally
- take a copy of the proposal to the school’s Graduate Administrator to be placed in your file.
A maximum of 1.0 course credits (or two half credits) for Tutorials may be included in your MA program.
- Graduate Courses in Other Departments at Carleton or at the University of Ottawa
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You may also take up to one credit of course work in other departments at Carleton, or at the University of Ottawa, if the course work fits coherently into your program of studies. Prior to enrolment in a course in another department, and in consultation with your faculty advisor, you have to prepare a memo requesting permission and outlining a rationale which must be approved by the Graduate Supervisor.
- Graduate Courses at Other Universities
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If, after having begun the graduate program at Carleton, you wish to enrol in courses at another university, credit (up to the equivalent of 2.0 course credits) will be granted only if written permission is received from the Dean of Graduate Studies IN ADVANCE of registration for the course work. Once approval has been granted by Carleton, you should obtain the appropriate form from GSRO to take to the other university, and pay Carleton the tuition.
To take a course at a university outside Ontario you must first get approval in advance from Carleton and then register at the other university as a special student (or equivalent). You must get a transcript from the university after the course is completed, and request that the Graduate Supervisor submit a revision of program form to GSRO.
Important: credit will only be given if there has been prior approval by Carleton University; before registering, you must procure the approval of the Supervisor of Graduate Studies of the School, and then the Dean of Graduate Studies.