Electives (50 EC)
The ways to obtain elective credits are as follows. Students can:
take more courses offered in the programme of the Research Master’s in Linguistics, i.e. more Topics in Linguistics courses;
choose courses within the Master’s programme in Linguistics from among the courses offered by the specialisations ‘Linguistics’ and ‘Modern Languages’ ;
take courses via the RM Mobility Programme in ResMA Linguistics Programmes all over the Netherlands;
select other linguistic courses within other Master's programmes in Leiden. You may search for such courses in this Prospectus, on the web pages and timetables of various departments. Such courses need to have at least the 500 level and are subject to prior approval by the Board of Examiners of Linguistics;
organize tutorials with an LUCL professor. Tutorials are small-scale classes worth 5 or 10 EC (subject to prior approval by the Board of Examiners). Please discuss the possibilities with the expert lecturers and consult the study adviser.;
take some courses at another university in the Netherlands or abroad. Approval from the Board of Examiners is required in advance. The usual limit is a maximum of 15 EC at another Dutch university and maximum 30 EC abroad;
take courses at Research Schools in the Humanities. Such courses are subject to prior approval by the Board of Examiners of Linguistics;
do an internship (10 or 20 EC). For more information, please contact the Humanities Career Service and the study adviser.
If your plan requires approval from the Board of Examiners, see also this webpage about Exemptions and petitions.