Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Linguistics – Minor (Arts)

LING-Y

Subject: Administered by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Plan: Consists of 30.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, in combination with a Major Plan in another subject, and with sufficient electives, will lead to an Honours Bachelors Degree.

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Introduction to Linguistics
or
Introduction to Linguistics: Words, Sentences, and Meaning
and Introduction to Linguistics: Sounds, Signs, and Perception
B. Complete the following:
LING 202Canadian English3.00
C. Complete the following:
LING 310Phonetics3.00
LING 320Phonology3.00
D. Complete the following:
LING 330Morphology3.00
LING 340Syntax3.00
2. Option
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following course list:6.00
LANG_Languages
B. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
LANG_Languages
LING at the 200-level
LING at the 300-level
LING at the 400-level
LING_Min_Options
Total Units30.00

3. Notes

A. Students should note that many of the LING_Min_Option courses, particularly in CISC, FREN, PHIL, PSYC, and SOCY require prerequisites.

B. Course prerequisites for Option Courses should be taken early in the program (i.e. first and second year).

C. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Linguistics Course Lists

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

LANG_Languages

Courses must develop competence in at least one of the following skills: reading, writing, or speaking and listening in a language other than English.
ANSH
ARAB
CHIN
FREN
GREK 1
GRMN
HEBR
INDG 111Introduction to an Indigenous Language and Culture I3.00
INDG 112Introduction to an Indigenous Language and Culture II3.00
INUK
ITLN
JAPN
LATN
LLCU 103Beginning Language and Culture l3.00
LLCU 104Beginning Language and Culture ll3.00
MOHK
PORT 103Beginning Portuguese and Culture l3.00
PORT 104Beginning Portuguese and Culture ll3.00
SPAN
1

Excluding GREK 430/6.0*. 

LING_Min_Options

Options in the Linguistics Minor/General Plan
FREN 363Histoire de la langue française3.00
FRST 105Reading French3.00
LLCU 110Linguistic Diversity and Identity3.00
LLCU 200Semiotics: Interpreting the World3.00
LLCU 201Introduction to Romance Philology3.00
LLCU 260Multilingualisms3.00
LLCU 360Ethnographic Approaches to Language3.00
PHIL 359Philosophy of Language3.00
PSYC 321Psycholinguistics3.00
PSYC 353Atypical Development3.00
PSYC 452Developmental Psycholinguistics3.00