Program Admission

Applicants must submit the following:

1. A completed graduate school application
2. A personal statement (we recommend that these statements be 1 to 2 pages in length)
3. Official transcripts from ALL prior colleges and universities (note: If you attended EMU, you do not need to request your EMU transcript)

   International Transcripts - Students with non-U.S. post-secondary credentials must submit an evaluation of their international transcripts from one of four approved evaluation services for a detailed, course-by-course report. Applicants should allow 2-6 weeks for the completed evaluation. Please visit International Admissions for additional information.

4. Two letters of recommendation
5. A writing sample (a short, 5-20 page, a piece of academic writing in any area is encouraged but not required)

Department Information

English Language & Literature | Joseph Csicsila, Ph.D., Interim Department Head | 612 Pray-Harrold, 734.487.4220, jcsicsila@emich.edu

Matt Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Graduate Coordinator | 613J Pray-Harrold, 734.487.0399, mkirkpa1@emich.edu

Advisor Information

Veronica Grondona, Ph.D., 612F Pray-Harrold, 734.487.4220, vgrondona@emich.edu

Christine Neufeld, Ph.D., 613J Pray-Harrold, 734.487.4220, cneufeld@emich.edu

Degree Requirements: 13 hours

• Introductory Computer Science

• COSC 514 - Fundamentals of Computer Science I 4 hrs

• Applied Computer Science

  Choose one course from the following:

• COSC 552 - Human-Computer Interaction 3 hrs
• COSC 571 - Database Management Systems Design 3 hrs

• Advanced Computer Science and Language Technology

  Choose six credit hours from the following. Special topics courses must be approved by the department.

• COSC 541 - Automata, Computability and Formal Languages 3 hrs
• COSC 561 - Artificial Intelligence 3 hrs
• COSC 590 - Special Topics 1 hr
• COSC 591 - Special Topics 2 hrs
• COSC 592 - Special Topics 3 hrs
• COSC 679 - Special Topics 1 hr
• COSC 680 - Special Topics 2 hrs
• COSC 681 - Special Topics 3 hrs
• LING 501 - Current Trends in Linguistics 3 hrs
• LING 519 - Technology for Language Documentation 3 hrs
• LING 538 - Multilingual Text Processing 3 hrs
• LING 590 - Special Topics 3 hrs
• LING 591 - Special Topics 3 hrs
• LING 592 - Special Topics 3 hrs