Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA)

Admission Requirements: MA applicants to Linguistics must have completed the department's core undergraduate sequence: introduction to linguistics, phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology and semantics. The department defers its GPA floor to Graduate General Regulations 1.3.6a/1.3.7a rather than stating its own figure, so SFU's institution-wide master's threshold of 3.0 on the 4.33 scale (or 3.33 on the final 60 undergraduate units) applies. Linguistics sets its own, higher English-language thresholds for applicants from non-English-speaking countries: IELTS Academic 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each section, or TOEFL iBT 90 or above with a minimum of 20 in each section (CAEL 70/60, PTE Academic 65/60, Cambridge C1/C2 180, or Duolingo 125/105 also accepted); every accepted test must include a writing component and scores remain valid for two years.