GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Applied Linguistics Program

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In partnership with the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL), Dallas Baptist University provides an Applied Linguistics Program through which undergraduate students may include GIAL foundational courses as a minor in their degree plan or as a concentration in their interdisciplinary major.  The GIAL offers training for individuals interested in world missions and/or serving with SIL International, Wycliffe USA, or other various organizations translating the Bible into thousands of languages worldwide.

• The program will prepare students for the work of developing a written language and translating the Bible into the language of people groups who are oral communicators.

• The program will allow students to explore the discipline of applied linguistics, and to meet prerequisites for graduate study in the discipline.

• The program will prepare students for service abroad where the ability to acquire and to use a new language with proficiency is necessary.

The GIAL provides graduate training in the scientific study of language and culture to equip graduates for translation, literacy, and language-based development.  The GIAL is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of the GIAL.

Once a student has been accepted into the Applied Linguistics Program, he or she may register at DBU for the courses, which are offered in two time frames: summer/fall and spring/summer. A student should plan to complete all of these courses in one of the two blocks of time. The courses will be taught through the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics by its faculty at the GIAL campus in Dallas, just a five-minute drive from DBU. Grades for the courses will be recorded in the same way as all other DBU courses.

MINOR IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS

The following courses, comprising the 16 credit hours necessary for a linguistics minor, are required:

The same courses may be used for a concentration in Linguistics by students in the College of Adult Education. The professors simultaneously serve as faculty members of the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics and adjunct faculty of Dallas Baptist University.

PREREQUISITES

Prior to applying for a Linguistics minor, a student must complete ENGL 1301, 1302, and either 2301 or 2302 as well as completing 60 semester hours while maintaining a GPA of 2.8 or higher.

Program Faculty Contact: Professor Amie Sarker (214-333-5515) Email amie@dbu.edu

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