Graduate Course Offerings
Graduate course offerings vary from year to year, and students are required to consult with their faculty advisor or supervisor for course planning. In addition to completing courses offered by our Department, graduate students often take courses in other Departments at SFU, such as Statistics or Education, depending on their research interests. They also may choose to take advantage of the Western Dean’s Agreement (WDA), which allows them to take graduate courses at other universities in Western Canada. The deadline for the WDA is approximately two months before the beginning of the semester; check the Graduate Studies calendar for details.
2024-2025
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Fall 2024 | LING 801 | Syntax | C.Han |
| LING 810 | Topics in Linguistics I: Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis | M. Taboada | |
| LING 880 | Advanced Linguistic Research | M. Taboada | |
| LING 890* | Graduate Seminar I | Faculty | |
| LING 893 | MA Project | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
September 5: New Graduate Student Orientation | Ashley Farris-Trimble | 10:30am - 12:20 pm | RCB 7402
October 31: Work-life balance and time management | Henny Yeung and Ashley Farris-Trimble | 12:30pm - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
November 14: Topic TBA | Charity Slobod| 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
December 12: Lightening talks | Henny Yeung | 12:30pm - 2:20pm | RCB 7402
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Spring 2025 | LING 802 | Semantics | N. Hedberg |
| LING 807 | Computational Linguistics | M. Taboada | |
| LING 811 | Topics in Linguistics: Neurolinguistics | Y. Wang | |
| LING 891* | Graduate Seminar II | Faculty | |
| LING 893 | MA Project | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
*Graduate Seminar Workshops
January 9: Topic and Instructor TBD | 12:30pm-2:20pm | RCB 7402
February 6: Topic and Instructor TBD | 12:30pm - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
March 13: Poster Design | Instructor TBD| 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
April Poster Session: Date and Time TBD | Henny Yeung
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Summer 2025 | LING 810 | Psycholinguistics in Human-Computer Interaction | H. Yeung |
| LING 812 | Topics in Phonology | A. Farris-Trimble | |
| LING 893 | MA Project | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
2023-2024
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Fall 2023 | LING 801 | Syntax | C.Han |
| LING 803 | Discourse and Pragmatics |
N. Hedberg | |
| LING 890* | Graduate Seminar | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
September 7: New Graduate Student Orientation | Henny Yeung | 10:30am - 12:20 pm | RCB 7402
October 19: Work-life balance and time management | Henny Yeung and Ashley Farris-Trimble | 12:30pm - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
November 16: Public speaking, research storytelling | Charity Slobod | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
December 14: Lightening talks | Henny Yeung | 10:30am - 12:20pm | RCB 7402
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Spring 2024 | LING 807 | Computational Linguistics | M. Taboada |
| LING 811 | Topics in Linguistics II: Neurolinguistics | Y. Wang | |
| *LING 891 | Graduate Seminar II | H. Yeung | |
| LING 893 | MA Project | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
January 11: Abstract writing | Ashley Farris-Trimble | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
February 8: Publish a manuscript and peer review| Yue Wang and Maite Taboada | 12:30pm - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
March 14: Poster design |Henny Yeung | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
April 18: Poster session | Henny Yeung | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | HC 7000 Policy Room, SFU Harbour Centre
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Summer 2024 | LING 800 | Phonology | A. Farris-Trimble |
| LING 810 | Topics in Linguistics I | D. Gerdts | |
| *LING 891 | Graduate Seminar II | H. Yeung | |
| LING 893 | MA Project | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
January 11: Abstract writing | Ashley Farris-Trimble | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
February 8: Publish a manuscript and peer review| Yue Wang and Maite Taboada | 12:30pm - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
March 14: Poster design |Henny Yeung | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
April 18: Poster session | Henny Yeung | 12:30pm - 2:20 pm | HC 7000 Policy Room, SFU Harbour Centre
2022-2023
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Fall 2022 | LING 801 | Syntax | C.Han |
| LING 803 | Discourse and Pragmatics |
M. Taboada | |
| LING 807 | Computational Linguistics |
M. Taboada | |
| LING 890* | Graduate Seminar | Faculty |
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| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
September 8: Welcome & Orientation | Heather Bliss | 12:30 - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
October 6: Work/Life Balance in Linguistics | Ashley Farris-Trimble | 12:30 - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
November 9: Poster Making |Dr Chung-Hye Han | 10:30 - 12:20 pm | RCB 7402
December 8: Poster Session | Heather Bliss | 11:00 - 12:30 pm | EDB 7608
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Spring 2023 | LING 800 | Phonology |
A. Farris-Trimble |
| LING 811 | Neurolinguistics |
Y. Wang | |
| LING 891* | Graduate Seminar | Faculty |
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| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
January 5: Abstracts and Conferences | John Alderete | 12:30 - 2:20 pm | RCB 7402
February 2: Grant-writing | Claudia Wong | 12:30 - 2:00 pm | RCB 7402
March 2: Developing as an Educator |Meg Grant | 10:30 - 12:20 pm | RCB 7402
April 13 (tentative): Poster Session | Heather Bliss | 12:30 - 2:20 pm | TBD
2021-2022
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
September 9: Welcome & Orientation | remote | 12:30 - 2:20 pm | Remote
October 7: Library Orientation with Ivana Niseteo | | 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Remote
November 17: Poster Making |Dr Chung-Hye Han | 12:30 - 1:30 pm | RCB 7402
December 2: Poster Session | Heather Bliss | 12:30 - 2:20 pm | Remote
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Spring 2022 | LING 800 | Phonology | J. Alderete |
| LING 891* | Graduate Seminar * | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops - Spring 2021
January 20: Writing Abstracts | Dr Richard Compton | 12:30pm - 2:20pm | Remote
February 17: Personal Branding | Dr Maite Taboada | 12:30pm - 2:20pm | RCB 7402
March 17: Peer Reviews | Dr Andrew Cheng | 12:30pm - 2:20pm | RCB 7402
April 7: Poster Session | Heather Bliss | 12:30 pm - 2:20pm | RCB 7402
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Summer 2022 | LING 811 | Topics in Lingustics II: Neurolinguistics | Y. Wang |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
2020-2021
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* Graduate Seminar Workshops - Remote Delivery for Fall 2020
September 3: Welcome and Orientation | 12:30 pm
October 1: Library Orientation with Ivana Niseteo | 12:30 pm
November 5: Poster Making | 12:30 pm
December 10: Poster Session | 12:30 pm
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Spring 2021 | LING 800 | Phonology | J. Alderete |
| LING 851 | Research Techniques and Experimental Design | Y. Wang | |
| LING 891* | Graduate Seminar * | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops - Remote Delivery for Spring 2021 (dates and times tentative)
January 30: Academic Writing | 12:30pm
February 11: Abstract Writing and Conference Presentation | 12:30pm
March 18: Grant Writing | 12:30pm
April 15: Poster Session | 12:30 pm
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Summer 2021 | LING 811 | Topics in Linguistics II - Neurolinguistics | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
Future course offerings are subject to change.
2019-2020
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| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Fall 2019 | LING 800 | Phonology | M. Caldecott |
| LING 807 | Computational Linguistics | M. Taboada | |
| LING 813/411 | Topics in Linguistics IV: Applied Phonetics | M. Munro | |
| LING 890* | Graduate Seminar * | Faculty |
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| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | D. Gerdts |
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| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
September 5: Orientation Room | RCB 9100 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
October 3: Grant Writing Room | RCB 7402 | 1:30 - 2:20 pm
November 7: Poster Making Room | RCB 7402 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
December 6: Poster Session | Halpern 126 | 12:30 - 2:30 pm
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Spring 2020 | LING 801 | Syntax | H. Bliss |
| LING 810/480 | Topics in Linguistics I: Language Learning and Technology | T. Heift | |
| LING 811/415 | Topics in Linguistics II: Neurolinguistics | Y. Wang | |
| LING 851 | Research Techniques and Experimental Design | M. Munro | |
| LING 891 | Graduate Seminar * | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
* Graduate Seminar Workshops
January 30: Academic Writing 12:30pm - 2pm (Dr. Panos Pappas)
February 27: Abstract Writing and Conference Presentation 12:30pm - 2:30pm (Dr. Farris - Trimble)
March 26: Grant Writing 12:30pm - 2:30pm (Dr. Yue Wang)
TBA in April 2020: Poster Session
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Summer 2020 | LING 803/480 | Discourse and Pragmatics | N. Hedberg |
| LING 812 (IS)* | Topics in Linguistics III: Hot Topics in Speech Communciation | T. Wang | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
*IS Intersession (May 11 - June 22, 2020)
Future course offerings are subject to change.
2018-2019
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Fall 2018 | LING 801 | Syntax | C. Han |
| LING 806 | Sociolinguistics | S. Hilgendorf |
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| LING 813/411 | Topics in Linguistics IV Applied Phonetics |
M. Munro | |
| LING 890 | Graduate Seminar I G100 Duncan, BC G200 Burnaby, BC (Oct 14 - 20) G300 Burnaby, BC |
D. Gerdts M. Ignace C. Han |
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| LING 891 | Graduate Seminar II G100 Duncan, BC G200 Burnaby, BC (Oct 14 - 20) |
D. Gerdts M. Ignace |
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| LING 893 | FNL MA Project G100 Duncan, BC G200 Burnaby, BC |
D. Gerdts M. Ignace |
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| LING 896 | Directed Research | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty |
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| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
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| Spring 2019 | LING 800/321 | Phonology | A. Farris-Trimble |
| LING 891* | Graduate Seminar | C. Han |
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| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
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| Summer 2019 | LING 810 | Topics in Linguistics I: Psycholinguistics | H. Yeung |
| LING 812/481 | Topics in Linguistics III: Sign Language Phonology | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
2017-2018
| Semester | Course Number | Topic | Instructor |
| Fall 2017 | LING 801 | Syntax | K. Moulton |
| LING 810 | Topics in Linguistics I Psycholinguistics of Chinese Languages |
J. Alderete & H. Yeung | |
| LING 811 | Topics in Linguistics II Morphology/Syntax (Duncan, BC) |
D. Gerdts | |
| LING 812 | Topics in Linguistics III Narrative/Discourse Structure (Duncan, BC) |
D. Gerdts |
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| LING 812 | Topics in Linguistics III Narrative/Discourse of a First Nations Language (Burnaby, October 14-21, 2017) |
M. Ignace |
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| LING 820/400 | Formal Linguistics | C. Han | |
| LING 890 | Graduate Seminar I | Faculty | |
| LING 894 | Qualifying Paper I | Faculty |
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| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 896 | Directed Research | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis | Faculty |
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| LING 899 | PhD Thesis | Faculty |
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| Spring 2018 | LING 800 | Phonology | A. Farris-Trimble |
| LING 811 | Topics in Linguistics II Morphology/Syntax of a First Nations Language |
TBD | |
| LING 851 | Research Techniques & Experimental Design | M. Munro | |
| LING 891 | Graduate Seminar II | Faculty | |
| LING 895 | Qualifying Paper II | Faculty | |
| LING 896 | Directed Research | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis | Faculty |
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| LING 899 | PhD Thesis | Faculty |
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| Summer 2018 | LING 811/415 | Topics in Linguistics II Neurolinguistics |
Y. Wang |
| LING 830 | Phonetics & Phonology of a First Nations Language G100 Duncan, BC G200 Burnaby, BC (July 20-27) 9am-4pm includes weekends |
Sessional Marion Caldecott |
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| LING 833 | Socio-cultural & Cognitive Aspects of a FN Language G100 Duncan, BC |
D. Gerdts |
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| LING 834 |
Effective Pedagogies & Materials Development for First Nations Language G100 Duncan, BC G200 Burnaby, BC (July 4 – 19) 9am-4pm no weekends |
Dorothy Kennedy M. Ignace |
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| LING 896 | Directed Research | Faculty | |
| LING 898 | MA Thesis Research | Faculty | |
| LING 899 | PhD Thesis Research | Faculty |
2016-2017
| Semester | Course number |
Topic |
Instructor |
Fall 2016 |
LING 801 | Syntax | C. Han |
| LING 802 | Semantics | N. Hedberg | |
| LING 813/411 | Topics in Linguistics IV: Applied Phonetics |
M. Munro | |
| LING 890 |
Graduate Seminar I |
Faculty | |
| Spring 2017 | LING 800 | Phonology | J. Alderete |
| LING 807 | Computational Linguistics | M. Taboata | |
| LING 810/480 | Topics in Linguistics I: Human Sentence Processing | K. Moulton | |
| LING 811 | Topics in Linguistics II | Y. Wang | |
| LING 891 | Graduate Seminar II |
Faculty |
2015-2016
| Semester | Course number |
Topic |
Instructor |
Fall 2015 |
Cancelled: LING 804 | Field Methods |
Faculty |
| LING 810/480 | Topics in Linguistics I: Winners and Losers in Phonology | A. Farris-Trimble | |
| LING 850/410 | Foundations of Applied Linguistics | S. Hilgendorf | |
| LING 890 | Graduate Seminar I | Faculty | |
| Spring 2016 | LING 801/322 | Syntax | K. Moulton |
| LING 804/408 | Field Methods | A. Abbi | |
| LING 812/481 | Topics in Linguistics II: Language Production | J. Alderete | |
| Phonetics | M. Munro | ||
| LING 891 | Graduate Seminar II | Faculty |
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Summer 2016 |
LING 811/415 |
Topics in Linguistics: Neurolinguistics | Y. Wang |
2014-2015
| Semester | Course number |
Topic |
Instructor |
Summer 2015 |
Aboriginal Languages of the Americas |
D. Gerdts |
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Spring 2015 |
Phonology |
A. Farris-Trimble |
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Topics in Linguistics III: Syntax in the Mind |
K. Moulton |
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Formal Linguistics |
C. Han |
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Research Techniques and Experimental Design |
M. Munro |
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CANCELLED: LING 855 |
Topics in Applied Linguistics: Language Learning and Technology | T. Heift | |
LING 891 |
Graduate Seminar II |
Faculty |
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Fall 2014 |
Syntax |
C. Han |
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| Discourse and Pragmatics | M. Taboada | ||
| Topics in Linguistics I: Child Phonological Acquisition | A. Farris-Trimble | ||
| Topics in Linguistics III: Applied Phonetics | M. Munro | ||
| Graduate Seminar I | Faculty |
2013-2014
Semester |
Course number |
Topic |
Instructor |
Fall 2013 |
Syntax |
K. Moulton |
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Topics in Linguistics III: Corpus Linguistics |
M. Taboada |
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Foundations of Applied Linguistics |
S. Hilgendorf |
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Ling 890 |
Graduate Seminar I |
Faculty |
Spring 2014 |
Phonology | A. Farris-Trimble | |
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Semantics | N. Hedberg | |
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Phonetics | Y. Wang | |
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Research Techniques & Experimental Design | M. Munro | |
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Graduate Seminar II | Faculty | |
| Summer 2014 | Historical Linguistics | P. Pappas | |
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Topics in Linguistics II: Neurolinguistics | Y. Wang |
2012-2013
Semester |
Course number |
Topic |
Instructor |
Fall 2012 |
Syntax |
C. Han |
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Discourse & Pragmatics |
N. Hedberg |
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Field Linguistics |
D. Gerdts | |
| Topics in Applied Linguistics: Language Learning and Technology | T. Heift |
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| Graduate Seminar I |
Faculty |
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| Spring 2013 | Sociolinguistics | P. Pappas | |
| Topics in Linguistics IV: Relative Clauses: Internal & External | K. Moulton | ||
| Formal Linguistics | C. Han | ||
| Research Techniques & Experimental Design | Y. Wang | ||
| Graduate Seminar II | Faculty | ||
| Summer 2013 | Topics in Linguistics I: Language Production from Mind to Mouth | J. Alderete |