Forensic Linguistics Certificate Overview
这个高级的法律语言学实践证书是为有兴趣在刑事和民事法律背景下获得科学应用于语言的基础理解的专业人士而设计的.
This certificate is offered entirely online, 该证书的课程学分可用于我校提供的多个硕士学位.
Program Highlights
Pathway to a Master’s
该证书课程的学分可用于获得法医行为科学或法医领导管理的理学硕士学位.
Entirely Online
The program is offered online, 让您灵活地从您选择的位置完成您的课程.
From Discourse Analysis to Linguistic Profiling
You will gain skills in language and discourse analysis, forensic phonetics, linguistic dialectology, linguistic pattern analysis, plagiarism detection, and author profiling.
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Degree Information
Curriculum Plan
Course One: The Fundamentals of Forensic Linguistics
This course covers basic concepts in forensic linguistics, 包括该领域的简史和它被应用的背景, such as author identification, discourse analysis, forensic phonetics, linguistic dialectology, and plagiarism detection.
Case examples that include death threats and suicide letters, valid and false confessions, authorship investigations, 并将调查伪证，以说明在刑事和民事法庭诉讼中使用法律语言学, investigations, and intelligence. 与法律语言学和司法程序有关的考虑, 例如Frye和Daubert标准下的可采性，以及法医语言学家作为司法系统顾问以支持外行理解一系列法律问题的背景, both in the U.S. and internationally, will also be examined.
Course Two: Discourse as Evidence
本课程概述了语言分析的方法论方法, 特别检查一下警察审讯时的语言, emergency calls, victim-witness and witness statements, confessions, and criminal threats.
Course Three: Evaluating Authorship
本课程将教学生如何使用元数据来评估语言模式和变化，以支持准确的作者分析.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this course taught online or on-campus?
The certificate program is offered exclusively online. 所有的课程和作业都可以虚拟完成，让您可以灵活地安排您的时间表.
Are scholarships and financial aid available?
Yes, 有私人和公共奖学金来帮助你支付你的教育费用，阿连特为我们的许多学生提供机构奖学金. Learn more about these scholarship opportunities here. 对于那些符合贷款条件的人，可以获得额外的经济援助, grants, federal work study, and military aid. Learn more in our Financial Options Guide.
Why Alliant
At Alliant, 我们的使命是让学生为服务和领导的职业生涯做好准备，并促进知识的发现和应用，以改善生活. We offer an education that is accredited, focused on practical knowledge and skills, connected with diverse faculty and alumni, and aimed at the student experience.
Why CSFS
CSFS致力于培养受过严格教育和训练的专业人士，他们对社会有影响, public opinion, and policy by applying science in preventing, investigating, and mitigating conflict and violence. CSFS是国际执法教育和培训师协会(ILEETA)的企业合作伙伴。, 我们的许多高级执业证书都有资格获得继续教育学分.
