Ling 602: Graduate Seminar 2.

Winter 2023
Instructor: Meghan Clayards, meghan.clayards@mcgill.ca

Time and Location: Thursday 2:30-4:00pm, LING 117 (see schedule!)

Office Hours: 10:00-11:00 Mondays

Office: zoom/201

Goals. The purpose of this seminar is twofold:

• to give you the opportunity to get feedback on the development of your

evaluation paper
• to serve as a professional training course, covering topics relevant to the
academic life of linguists.

Topics and structure: We will mostly be discussing things together but you will
have some assignments to do to facilitate these discussions. See attached for a
tentative plan.

Library Resources: Note that the McGill library has a dedicated librarian for
issues related to Linguistics who’d be happy to help with your questions: Tatiana
Bedjanian (tatiana.bedjanian@mcgill.ca). Information about linguistic resources
can be found here: http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/linguistics.

Course Work in French: In accord with McGill University’s Charter of Students’

Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in English or in French any
written work that is to be graded.

Integrity: McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore, all students

must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other
academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary
Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/ for more information).

Copyright: Instructor generated course materials (e.g., handouts, notes,

summaries, exam questions, etc.) are protected by law and may not be copied or
distributed in any form or in any medium without explicit permission of the
instructor. Note that infringements of copyright can be subject to follow up by the
University under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures.
Tentative Schedule

Jan 5 no class

Jan 12 no class Department meeting

Jan 19 no class Admissions meeting

Jan 26 Topic TBD

Feb 2 no class Department meeting

Feb 9 no class Admissions meeting

Feb 16 Topic TBD

Feb 23 Topic TBD

Mar 2 no class March break

Mar 9 no class Department meeting

Mar 16 Topic TBD

Mar 23 Topic TBD

Mar 30 no class

April 6 TBD

Possible topics

• Job preparedness (website development, the academic job market, making
your own CV)
• Eval 1/MA preparation and writing
• Stumbling blocks in Eval 1/MA
• Time management/stress management/work-life balance
• Journal publication and review process
• internships