Major Concentration Linguistics (36 credits)

Program Requirements

Required Courses (18 credits)

• LING 201 Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : General introduction to linguistics, the scientific study of human language. Covers the core theoretical subfields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Also provides background on other subfields including sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, linguistic variation, and language acquisition.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall and Winter

• LING 330 Phonetics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Transcription, identification, and production of speech sounds. Introduction to the acoustic properties of speech sounds, acoustic analysis of speech, and auditory phonetics.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: LlNG 201

• LING 331 Phonology 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Introduction to phonological theory and analysis.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: LING 330.

• LING 360 Introduction to Semantics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Introduction to the rudiments of semantics, focusing on those aspects of meaning that are invariant across contexts and the ways in which the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituents.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: LING 201 and PHIL 210

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LING 370.

• LING 371 Syntax 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Introduction to the study of generative syntax of natural languages, emphasizing basic concepts and formalism: phrase structure rules, transformations, and conditions on rules.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: LING 201.

• PHIL 210 Introduction to Deductive Logic 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Philosophy : An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

18 credits in Linguistics (LING) chosen according to the student's interests. At least 9 of these credits must be at the 400/500 level.

Only 3 credits at the 200 level may count towards complementary credits.