Hons in World Language Studies is a honours degree in Linguistics & Language Studies programme offered by Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. Tuition for international students is CAD 44,810 per year.
At a glance
Degree:Honours Degree
Field:Linguistics & Language Studies
International tuition: CAD 44,810 / year
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Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
World Language Studies is a Minor offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University, developing communication skills in at least two languages other than English, chosen from fourteen languages taught at Queen's. Not every language offered leads to 300-level study, so students plan their course sequence with guidance from the department's Undergraduate Assistant. Alongside language-acquisition courses, students may complete up to 6 units of LANG concepts courses addressing cultural criticism, linguistics, psycholinguistics, or language acquisition and communicative competence. The Minor can be paired with a Major in a wide range of fields, including Global Development Studies, Linguistics, Political Studies, and Music, and builds practical multilingual competence alongside cross-cultural understanding. The department encourages careful planning of the Minor with the Undergraduate Assistant, since course progression and 300-level availability vary by language, and full details on course offerings are set out in the LLCU section of the Faculty of Arts and Science Academic Calendar.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Queen's Faculty of Arts and Science admits humanities and social-science applicants under the Arts admission category (QA), which covers Bachelor of Arts (Honours) plans such as Classics, Classical Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Studies, Politics Philosophy and Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Linguistics, Indigenous Studies, Film and Media, the modern-language plans (German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Spanish and Latin American Studies, World Language Studies, Languages Literatures and Cultures), Jewish Studies, and Environmental Studies (Arts), as well as Economics (listed separately as QAE with identical requirements). Ontario Secondary School Diploma applicants need six 4U/4M courses: English 4U is the only mandatory subject, and the remaining five courses may be at either the 4U or 4M level. Recent admission cycles have required a low-80s overall average for this category. Applicants apply through the OUAC and submit official transcripts; applicants whose first language is not English must also meet Queen's English Language Proficiency requirement.
