Portfolio Program in Romance Linguistics

The Doctoral Portfolio Program in Romance Linguistics offers graduate students who combine an interest in linguistics and Romance languages the opportunity to develop the analytic skills necessary to conduct research of comparative and typological nature. While completing a Doctoral degree in their chosen field, students will have the opportunity to widen their expertise by being exposed to a variety of linguistic sub-fields and to allied disciplines that support the development and refinement of theoretical apparatus. Expanding research perspectives and strengthening academic training will support higher and broader standards of professional development that will enable them to respond more competitively to job markets.

The Portfolio Program in Romance Linguistics is restricted to doctoral students but it is open to students from departments with no faculty representatives in the program. Students can join the Portfolio Program at any point in their graduate career.

Students who participate in the Doctoral Portfolio Program in Romance Linguistics will complete the course of study for their doctoral degree and the portfolio in the same amount of time required for completion of the doctoral degree alone.

Certification for completion of the Doctoral Portfolio Program is independent of the requirements of the doctoral program in the student’s home department. However, courses in the major or supporting areas of work may be counted toward completion of the program upon approval of the graduate adviser.

Although not required, students will be encouraged to ask a professor from the student’s portfolio area of concentration to serve on her or his doctoral dissertation committee.

For additional information about the Graduate Portfolio Program in Romance Linguistics please contact:

Dr. Cinzia Russi, Program Director
HRH 3.110B, Mail Code B7600
512-471-7024
russi@mail.utexas.edu