Linguistics Department

Montclair State University

Advisement

Every student in Linguistics at Montclair State has an advisor. (See the list of advisors below.) Although current procedures for phone registration make it easy to register without seeing your advisor, we strongly recommend that you meet with your advisor every semester prior to registration. This is the best way to avoid problems and to ensure that you are taking the correct courses in the proper sequence.

Since we are a small department, we cannot offer every course every semester. Some required courses are offered in alternate years, and most electives will be offered only every two, three, or four years. You cannot, therefore, expect that the particular course that you need will be offered whenever you need it. If you miss a required course when it is offered, the course will not be waived. You will have to wait until it is offered again. It is therefore essential that you meet with your advisor every semester at registration time so that you do not miss an opportunity to take an important course.

Advisors

• Eileen Fitzpatrick (last names A-F) Alice Freed (last names G-M) and Susana Sotillo (last names N-Z) are the advisors for undergraduate Linguistics majors who are not seeking TESL certification.



• Alice Freed is the advisor for MAT students.



• Steve Seegmiller is the advisor for MA students.
  
  

• Longxing Wei is the advisor for all candidates for TESL certification except MAT students.