BA/BS in Linguistics is a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Language Studies programme offered by University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 39,007 per year (CAD 8,059 per year for local students).
Linguistics is a Bachelor of Arts offered through the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan, available in three-year, four-year, and honours formats, with full-time, part-time, and off-campus study options. The program studies how language functions for individuals, groups, and societies, covering speech sounds, word and sentence structure, language variation, and cognitive dimensions such as child language development and language processing. Within the four-year format, students can follow one of two streams: General and Applied Linguistics, or Language and Speech Sciences. Courses include sociolinguistics, Aboriginal languages of Canada, child language development, and an introduction to speech-language pathology. Class sizes are moderate, supporting interaction between students and instructors, and credits earned through study abroad may count toward the degree. The program suits students interested in how language works and in fields that apply that knowledge, such as speech-language pathology, language teaching, translation, and technologies like speech recognition and natural language processing. Career paths linked to the degree include speech-language pathologist, ESL instructor, language documentation specialist, and roles in language-technology development.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from high school requires senior secondary mathematics and a minimum overall admission average of 70%, assessed against the applicant's own curriculum: Saskatchewan applicants need Foundations of Mathematics 30 or Pre-Calculus 30 (Pre-Calculus recommended for a Bachelor of Science stream), with an equivalent senior math course required from other provinces and countries; students missing the course can still be admitted with a math deficiency to clear under advisement. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis until seats fill, and applicants below 70% may be considered for the University of Saskatchewan Transition Entrance Program or special (mature) admission. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet USask's English proficiency requirement, shown on this programme's own admission page as IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 per band, or TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with a minimum of 4.0 per section (the university-wide equivalents also include Duolingo English Test 120, PTE Academic 63 and CAEL 70), or through prior English-medium study.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January, May and July
Application Deadline:The University of Saskatchewan does not publish fixed general application deadlines for its direct-entry undergraduate colleges (Agriculture and Bioresources, Arts and Science, Education, Edwards School of Business, Engineering, Kinesiology, Dental Hygiene, Dental Therapy): admission requirements and deadlines for the 2027-28 cycle become available only once applications open on 25 September 2026, and the site gives no separate international closing date. Non-direct professional programs set their own dates instead: for September 2027 entry, the College of Law's JD opens 15 October 2026 with rolling review to a 1 February 2027 documents deadline and is not currently accepting international applicants; the College of Medicine's MD applications close 1 October 2026 for domestic (Canadian citizen/PR) applicants only; and the Nutrition program's single deadline is 15 March 2027 for both domestic and international applicants, with no late applications considered. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
