French: Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Language Studies programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered fully online. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,214 per credit (CAD 216 per credit for local students).
This degree combines interactive language classes, online courses, and the use of mass and social media to build French proficiency to a professional level. Coursework includes French writing, French literary studies, linguistics and accents. Graduates are prepared for careers in immigration, journalism, policy, diplomacy and the foreign service.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from a B.C. high school requires at least five approved Grade 12 courses, including English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 at 70% or better in Language Arts 11/English 12, plus Simon Fraser University's separate quantitative-and-analytical-skills requirement; no additional Grade 11 courses are specified for this major. The programme's requirements page publishes no GPA figure, standardized English test score (IELTS/TOEFL), portfolio or interview requirement beyond the university-wide English language requirement, and AP or IB courses may substitute for the Grade 12 prerequisites. International secondary-school applicants are instead assessed on a first-semester senior-year transcript, with country-specific equivalencies published; early B.C. decisions are typically released November to January, standard decisions February to April, and all applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC.
Application Details
Start Date:Three intakes a year: Fall (September–December), Spring (January–April) and Summer (May–August). First day of classes is 5 January 2027 for Spring 2027, 10 May 2027 for Summer 2027 and 7 September 2027 for Fall 2027.
Application Deadline:Undergraduate applications are submitted on EducationPlannerBC and SFU publishes one set of dates per applicant type — high-school or college/university transfer — with no separate international deadline; document deadlines are stated as applying to all applicants. Fall 2027 entry: applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027 for high-school applicants, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Spring 2027 entry: open 1 July 2026, closes 15 September 2026. Summer 2027 entry: open 1 December 2026, closes 15 January 2027. Admission documents are due 28 February 2027 (Fall, high-school applicants), 15 May 2027 (Fall, transfer applicants), 1 October 2026 (Spring) and 1 February 2027 (Summer); B.C. high-school applicants must also file the Student Transcript Service form by 31 January. Decisions are released on a rolling basis — early Fall offers from mid-November 2026 to January 2027, standard offers from January to late April, transfer decisions from mid-March to late June — and most Fall entrants must accept by 1 May. These are SFU's university-wide undergraduate dates, not a deadline set by this program; a few programs admit in one term only, so confirm on the program's own SFU page.
