Close Menu

Language, Communication and Society

BA LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY

This programme focuses on the social and communicative value of language, while also including courses which develop a deeper understanding of the organising principles behind the structure of language. Some signature courses in this major include Language, Gender & Sex, The Language of Negotiation, and Language Planning, alongside courses in Phonology, Syntax, Structure of the English Language, and the Sociology of Language.

The Major in Language, Communication & Society requires a minimum of 42 credits in Linguistics courses.

LEVEL ONE LEVEL TWO LEVELTHREE

LING1401

LING1001*

LING1002*

AND:

FOUN1016/FOUN1019**

FOUN1002

Foreign Language***

4 Free electives^

LING2001

LING2002

LING2301

LING2302

LING2402^^ 

LING2501^^

AND:

FOUN1201

FOUN1301

2 Free electives^

LING3201

LING3303

LING3304

LING3399

5 Free electives^

NOTE:

* LING1001 & LING1002 are anti-requisites for LING1402 (and vice versa) and should therefore not be taken together for credit.

**Registration in FOUN1019 reduces the number of credits which can be taken in free electives at Level I.

***Students who are exempt from the Foreign Language requirement MUST substitute same with an additional Level I elective to complete this Level.

^Electives MUST include at least three (3) Humanities and Education courses outside of department of major (LANG-coded courses not included)

^^To achieve a better distribution of courses over the second and third years, one of these courses can be taken in the final year of the programme.

 

Top of Page