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Linguistics

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics offers courses in Linguistics leading to Honours BA degrees and a BA degree.

In any of the programs described below, a student taking both AS/LING 1000 6.0 and AS/LING 2060 6.0 will be required to complete an additional 3 credits in Linguistics to satisfy the Linguistics component of the degree.

Specialized Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 54 credits in Linguistics, including AS/LING 1000 6.0; AS/LING 2110 3.0; AS/LING 2120 3.0; AS/LING 2140 3.0; AS/LING 3120 3.0; AS/LING 3140 3.0; and an additional 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 42 credits in Linguistics, including AS/LING 1000 6.0; AS/LING 2110 3.0; AS/LING 2120 3.0; AS/LING 2140 3.0; AS/LING 3120 3.0; AS/LING 3140 3.0; and an additional 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours Double Major BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours Bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a major in Earth and Atmospheric Science or Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Programs

Linguistics may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Arts. Students must take at least 36 credits in Linguistics and at least 36 credits in the Interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet Linguistics requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the Interdisciplinary program. Students in these Interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 6 credits in Linguistics and 6 credits in the Interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Students will take at least 36 credits in Linguistics, including AS/LING 1000 6.0; AS/LING 2110 3.0; AS/LING 2120 3.0; AS/LING 2140 3.0; AS/LING 3120 3.0; AS/LING 3140 3.0; and an additional 6 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor Bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a minor in Biology, Chemistry or Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.

Honours Minor BA Program

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

The Honours Minor in Linguistics comprises at least 30 credits in Linguistics, including AS/LING 1000 6.0; AS/LING 2110 3.0; AS/LING 2120 3.0; AS/LING 2140 3.0; and one of either AS/LING 3120 3.0 or AS/LING 3140 3.0, and an additional 9 credits in Linguistics at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation specifies that, in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits) students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours Major or Specialized Honours Major.

BA Program

Students will take at least 30 credits in Linguistics, including AS/LING 1000 6.0; AS/LING 2110 3.0; AS/LING 2120 3.0; AS/LING 2140 3.0; and one of either AS/LING 3120 3.0 or AS/LING 3140 3.0, and an additional 9 credits in Linguistics at the 3000 level.

Please refer to the current departmental/divisional supplemental calendar for updated program/major requirements.