Carleton University offers Linguistics (BA), a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Language Studies programme in Ottawa, Canada. Tuition for international students is CAD 39,000 per year (CAD 7,624 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Linguistics & Language Studies
Local tuition: CAD 7,624 / year
International tuition: CAD 39,000 / year
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Linguistics (BA) is a Bachelor of Arts offered by Carleton University studying the scientific structure of language, including language knowledge, processing, structure, acquisition, global variation, disorders and historical change, through theoretical and experimental approaches. Alternative credentials are also available in Linguistics as a Bachelor of Science and in Psycholinguistics and Communication Differences as a Bachelor of Science. Faculty conduct research in syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics, experimental phonetics, psycholinguistics and language acquisition. Students in the Psycholinguistics and Communication Differences concentration can take a practicum course providing clinical experience in speech-language pathology. Sample courses include Linguistic Analysis, covering phonological, morphological and syntactic analysis of linguistic data, and Language Processing and the Brain, covering adult language processing and neuro-cognitive mechanisms. Graduates develop skills in analytical and critical thinking, logical reasoning, and written and verbal expression, for careers including artificial intelligence, audiology, communications, education, forensic linguistics, interpretation, language documentation, speech-language pathology, translation and research.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Bachelor of Arts (Honours), covering majors such as English, Film Studies, Law, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, Women's and Gender Studies, European and Russian Studies, and Environmental and Climate Change Studies (Environmental Studies), requires the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent with six Grade 12 U or M courses, one of which must be 4U English (or anglais). An approved English-language proficiency test may be used to satisfy this prerequisite instead. Advanced standing beyond first year is assessed on merit; applicants must normally be Eligible to Continue in their year level and meet the university's CGPA thresholds, with credit granted only for subjects judged appropriate to the chosen major. A co-op option with direct first-year entry is available for several of these majors, including English, European and Russian Studies, Law, and Women's and Gender Studies, and requires meeting the program's cut-off averages, full-time Honours registration, and eligibility to work in Canada. Admission averages are set each year on a program-by-program basis.
