Course description
15-credit BA with Concentration in Linguistics
Program requirements
A minimum of four full credits, as outlined below. At least two of the four credits must be at or above the 3000 level.
• A two semester (full credit equivalent) Introduction to Linguistics, listed under Core Program Requirements (above);
• Two of the half-credit classes (or equivalent), listed under Core Program Requirements (above);
• The equivalent of one full credit selected with the advice of the program coordinator. This requirement may be met by regularly scheduled classes listed or cross-listed as linguistic classes, by special topics / directed readings classes in linguistics, by second year (intermediate) classes in a language other than the student's first language or in formal logic, or by a computer language class; and,
• One full credit selected from the list of options below.
A. Classes Offered at Dalhousie University
Contemporary Studies
• CTMP 2304.03: Semiotics
• CTMP 4115.06: Language and Politics: The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Political Thought
English
• ENGL 2201.06: The English Language
• ENGL 3007.06: Old English
French
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all courses are taught in French.
• FREN 3025.03: Linguistics: Introduction to Acadian Dialectology
• FREN 3026.03: Quebec French
• FREN 4001.03: History of French: The Middle Ages
• FREN 4001.03: History of French: The Modern Period
• FREN 4011.03: Lexicology
• FREN 4012.03: Aspects of French Structure
• FREN 4013.03: Pragmatics
• FREN 4014.03: Language and Society
• FREN 4015.06: Advanced Translation into English
• FREN 4016.06: Introduction to Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (taught in English)
• FREN 4017.03: General Translation
• FREN 4018.03: Electronic Tools and Resources for French (taught in English)
Philosophy
• PHIL 3300.03: Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 4510.03: Topics in the Philosophy of Language
Psychology
• PSYO 3052.03: Sensory Neuroscience II: Hearing and Speech
• PSYO 3093.03: Language & Literacy
• PSYO3190.03: Psycholinguistics
• PSYO 3790.03: Neurolinguistics
Russian
• RUSS 4000.06:The Structure of Contemporary Standard Russian
Sociology
• SOSA 3081.03:Sociolinguistics
B. Classes offered at Saint Mary's University (SMU) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU)
Anthropology
• SMU ANT 1290.1(2): Introduction to Human Communication
• SMU ANT 2391.1(2): Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
• SMU ANT 2392.1(2): Language, Culture and Society
• SMU ANT 3395.1(2): Language Use and Issues in Northern Canada
• SMU ANT 4491.1(2): Ethnography of Communication
• SMU ANT 4492.1(2): Anthropological Analysis of Linguistic Communities
• MSVU LING 2281.1(2): Language and Culture
Education
• MSVU LING 3385.1(2): Teaching English as a Second Language I
• MSVU LING 3386.1(2): Teaching English as a Second Language II
English
• SMU EGL 2311.1(2): Modern English Language
• SMU EGL 3312.1 (2): Modern English Language in Canada
• SMU EGL 3402.0: History of the English Language
• SMU EGL 2308.1(2): English Prose Style from 1500
• SMU EGL 4490.0: Discourse Analysis
French
• SMU FRE 3321.1(2): French Phonetics
• SMU FRE 3341.1(2): Linguistic Study of French
• SMU FRE 3305.1(2): Acadian Language and Culture
• SMU FRE 4440.1(2): Canadian French: Sociolinguistic Perspectives
• MSVU LING 3371.1(2): Structure and Variety in Contemporary French I: Phonetics
• MSVU LING 3372.1(2): Structure and Variety in Contemporary French II: Grammar
• MSVU LING 3384.1(2): The Development of Modern French
Linguistics
• SMU LIN 4410.1(2): Directed Readings in Linguistics I
• SMU LIN 4411.1(2): Directed Reading in Linguistics II
• SMU LIN 3431.1(2): Special Topics in Linguistics I
• SMU LIN 4432.1(2): Special Topics in Linguistics II
• SMU LIN 3341.1(2): Advanced Morphology
• SMU LIN 3342.1(2): Comparative Linguistics
Political Studies
• MSVU LING 3308.1(2): Language and Politics
Philosophy
• SMU PHI 402.1(2): Philosophy of Language: Meaning
• SMU PHI 403.1(2): Philosophy of Language: Speech Acts
Psychology
• MSVU LING 3311.1(2): Language Development
Sociology
• SMU SOC 3338.1(2): Language Change and Social Change
• SMU SOC 3366.1(2): Field Methods in Linguistics I
• SMU SOC 3367.1(2): Field Methods in Linguistics II *
• SMU SOC 4417.0: Seminar on Endangered Languages
Women's Studies
• SMU WMS/EGL 2326.1(2): Language and Gender
• SMU WMS/EGL 3427.1(2): Language, Gender and Power
