The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.

Ph.D students in participating departments can obtain a specialization in Language, Music, and Communication by taking two courses from each of three areas: [1] Instrumentation and Algorithms [2] Biological mechanisms [3] Architectures of Language and Music, or a total of six courses.

Courses in area [1] Instrumentation and Algorithms:

EECS 332: Digital Image Analysis

EECS 349: Machine Learning

EECS 359: Digital Signal Processing

EECS 420: Digital Image Processing

Linguistics 330: Research Methods in Linguistics

Courses in area [2]  Biological Mechanisms:

Communication Sciences and Disorders 301: Anatomy and Physiology of the Vocal Mechanism

Communication Sciences and Disorders 302: Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Hearing Mechanism

Communication Sciences and Disorders 310/410:  Biological Foundations of Speech and Music

Communication Sciences and Disorders 507: Neural Mechanisms of Language Processing

Courses in area [3] Architectures of Language and Music:

Communication Sciences and Disorders 402: Speech Perception

Communication Sciences and Disorders 306: Psychoacoustics

Linguistics 350: Fundamentals of Laboratory Phonology

Linguistics 360: Fundamentals of Syntax

Linguistics 370:  Fundamentals of Meaning

Music Theory 351: Music Cognition

Three of the selected courses must be outside of the student's home department. In each category, the student is free to substitute a more advanced course for one requiring a listed course as a prerequisite. Additional substitutions may be authorized by the LMC Director of Graduate Studies.