York University | 2008-2009 Undergraduate Calendar - Undergraduate Courses and Programs

Linguistics - Arts

Note: With the establishment of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies on July 1, 2009, degrees and programs in the Faculty of Arts will be moved to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies as of the Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Session. Grandparenting provisions have been developed for students continuing in degrees and programs currently offered in the Faculty of Arts. Details are available on the York University Current Students Web site (http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/cs.htm).

In any of the programs described below, a student taking both AS/LING 1000 6.00 and AS/LING 2060 6.00 will be required to complete an additional three 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 6.00;
AS/LING 2110 3.00;
AS/LING 2120 3.00;
AS/LING 2130 3.00;
AS/LING 2140 3.00;
AS/LING 3120 3.00;
AS/LING 3140 3.00;
30 additional credits in linguistics (LING), including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 42 credits in linguistics, including:

AS/LING 1000 6.00;
AS/LING 2110 3.00;
AS/LING 2120 3.00;
AS/LING 2130 3.00;
AS/LING 2140 3.00;
AS/LING 3120 3.00;
AS/LING 3140 3.00;
18 additional credits in linguistics (LING), including at least 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 approved major degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

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 six credits in linguistics and six 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 6.00;
AS/LING 2110 3.00;
AS/LING 2120 3.00;
AS/LING 2130 3.00;
AS/LING 2140 3.00;
AS/LING 3120 3.00;
AS/LING 3140 3.00;
12 additional credits in linguistics (LING), including at least six 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 approved minor degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Honours Minor BA Program

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

The Honours Minor in linguistics comprises at least 30 credits in linguistics, including:

AS/LING 1000 6.00;
AS/LING 2110 3.00;
AS/LING 2120 3.00;
AS/LING 2130 3.00;
AS/LING 2140 3.00;
AS/LING 3120 3.00 or AS/LING 3140 3.00;
nine additional credits in linguistics (LING), including at least six credits at the 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 6.00;
AS/LING 2110 3.00;
AS/LING 2120 3.00;
AS/LING 2130 3.00;
AS/LING 2140 3.00;
AS/LING 3120 3.00 or AS/LING 3140 3.00;
nine additional credits in linguistics (LING) at the 3000 level.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions, and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting linguistics program requirements:

Program Course	Course Substitutes
AS/LING 1000 6.00	GL/EN 2605 6.00 (cross-listed to: GL/LIN 2605 6.00)

With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and in-Faculty regulations, students may complete other GL/LIN courses for program credit in linguistics in the Faculty of Arts.