List of Requirements
| Specialization: Computational Linguistics | |||||
| Courses | Hours | Credit Points | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computational Linguistics - 1st area | ||||
| CL | Foundations of Language Science and Technology | 4lec 2ex | 9 | obligatory course; must be graded | |
| CL | Computational Linguistics | 2lec 2ex | 6 | obligatory course; must be graded | |
| Total | 15 | ||||
| 2 | Linguistics - 2nd area | ||||
| L | Syntactic Theory | 2lec 2ex | 6 | obligatory course; must be graded | |
| L | Semantic Theory | 2lec 2ex | 6 | obligatory course; must be graded | |
| Total | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Additional Courses with ≥48, consisting of | ||||
| a | Specialization Courses (non-core courses) from CL and L | ≥ 9 | ≥38 CP of the courses in 3 must be graded; thus you can determine a total of ≤10 CP from these courses to count as ungraded. | ||
| b | Courses from areas LT, CP and/or SS&T | ≥ 9 | |||
| c | Courses from Computer Science and/or Cognitive Psychology | 8-15 | |||
| d | Courses in 3a-c must include a seminar (presentation and paper) | 7 | must be graded | ||
| e | In one of the courses in 3a-d (preferably in a seminar) one oral exam has to be taken | ||||
| Total | ≥ 48 | ||||
| 4 | Master Seminar | 12 | ungraded; must result in a thesis prospectus; 3rd semester | ||
| 5 | Colloquium | 3 | oral presentation of main points of M.Sc. thesis; must be graded | ||
| 6 | Master's Thesis | 30 | 4th semester | ||
| Total | ≥ 120 | ||||
Sample Study Schedule
This schedule serves only as an example. Your own schedule may deviate from this except for the obligatory core course(s), providing the requirements of your specialization are satisfied and depending on the availability of courses.| Semester | Area CL | Area L | Specialization Courses (min. 9 Pts.) L/CL |
Additional Courses (min. 9 Pts. from LT, CP or SS&T; 8-15 Pts. from Computer Science and/or Cognitive Psychology) |
points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 (Winter) |
Foundations of Language Science and Technology 9 Pts. |
Syntactic Theory 6 Pts. |
Language Technology I 6 Pts. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 9 Pts. |
30 Pts. | |
|
2 (Summer) |
Computational Linguistics 6 Pts. |
Semantic Theory 6 Pts. |
Lecture in L/CL 3 Pts. |
Seminar in SS&T 7 Pts. Lecture in Cognitive Psychology 6 Pts. |
28 Pts. |
|
3 (Winter) |
Master Seminar 12 Pts. |
|
Seminar in L/CL 7 Pts. |
Seminar 7 Pts. Lecture 3 Pts. |
29 Pts. |
|
4 (Summer) |
Master's Thesis 30 Pts. |
Colloquium 3 Pts. |
33 Pts. | ||
Legend
| Courses | lec | Lecture |
| ex | Excercise | |
| Areas | L | Linguistics |
| CL | Computational Linguistics | |
| CP | Computational Psycholinguistics | |
| LT | Language Technology | |
| SS&T | Speech Science & Technology |