MSc Forensic Speech Science 2023-24

Core modules

Semester One

• Introduction to Forensic Speech Science   LAN000100M - 20 Credits

• Technical Foundations of Forensic Speech Science  LAN00082M - 20 Credits

Option modules

You will also study two option modules:

• Either Advanced Phonetics LAN00097M - 20 Credits  or Phonetics and Phonology   LAN0009C - 20 Credits  

• Research in Forensic Speech Science  LAN00032M - 20 Credits

• Quantitative Methods  LAN00017M - 20 Credits

• Sociophonetics   LAN00044M - 20 Credits (or other options as available)  

The options available to you in Semester 2 will be confirmed after you begin your course.

• Dissertation  LAN00047M - 60 Credits

You'll prepare and write a research dissertation over Semester 2 and the vacation. This will be supervised by a member of staff. 

Recent topics for a dissertation have included:

• Electronic voice disguise: witness anonymity

• The phonetics of distress

• The use of hesitation markers

• The effects of ANC technology in mobile phones and effects of listener age on perceived guilt