Undergraduate Programs and Courses

SFU Linguistics offers the following undergraduate programs:

Honours
Major
Extended Minor
Minor in Indigenous Languages

We also offer Joint Majors with the following departments:

Computing Science
Indigenous Studies
Anthropology

Explore our range of Certificates and our Diploma:

Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency
Certificate in the Linguistics of Speech Science (CLSS)
Certificate in Teaching ESL Linguistics (CESL)
Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency

We offer general interest courses with no pre-requisites:

General interest courses

Consider the concurrent BA–MA Program:

Accelerated MA (5 years total)

Check out our career options page:

Careers related to linguistics

 

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Click here for current courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
LING 100 B100 Communication and Language Margaret Grant
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
LING 111 B100 The Wonder of Words Claudia Wei Wah Wong
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 160 A320 Language, Culture and Society TBA
Location: TBA
LING 160 A970 Language, Culture and Society TBA
Location: TBA
LING 160 D900 Language, Culture and Society Ivelina Koleva Tchizmarova
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
LING 190 B100 The Science of Speech Yue Wang
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 200 D100 Foundations of English Grammar Ivelina Koleva Tchizmarova
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 220 D100 Introduction to Linguistics John Alderete
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 282W A100 Writing for Linguistics
LING 282W A200 Writing for Linguistics
LING 282W A320 Writing for Linguistics
LING 282W B100 Writing for Linguistics (Solving Linguistic Puzzles) Panayiotis Pappas
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 309W A320 Sociolinguistics
LING 309W A970 Sociolinguistics
LING 323 A320 Morphology
LING 330 D100 Phonetics Sylvia Cho
Sylvia Cho
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 360 A970 Introduction to Applied Linguistics
LING 360 D100 Introduction to Applied Linguistics Claudia Wei Wah Wong
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 363 E100 Practicum in Teaching English as a Practice Second Language to Adults Claudia Wei Wah Wong
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 380 D100 STT-Practical Skills in Linguistics Maite Taboada
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 415 B100 Neurolinguistics Yue Wang
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 450 D100 Computational Linguistics Maite Taboada
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 802 G100 Semantics Nancy Hedberg
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
LING 807 G100 Computational Linguistics Maite Taboada
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 811 G100 Topics in Linguistics II (Neurolinguistics) Yue Wang
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 811 G110 Topics in Linguistics II
LING 890 G110 Graduate Seminar I
LING 891 G100 Graduate Seminar II Henny Yeung
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Apr 9 – Apr 16, 2025: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
LING 893 G110 Linguistics MA Project
LING 893 G200 Linguistics MA Project John Alderete
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 893 G300 Linguistics MA Project Heather Bliss
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 893 G320 Linguistics MA Project
LING 895 G100 Qualifying Paper II Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 895 G200 Qualifying Paper II Yue Wang
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 895 G300 Qualifying Paper II Marianne Ignace
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 896 G100 Directed Research Maite Taboada
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 896 G110 Directed Research
LING 898 G100 MA Thesis Henny Yeung
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 898 G200 MA Thesis Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 898 G300 MA Thesis Panayiotis Pappas
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 898 G400 MA Thesis Marianne Ignace
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 898 G600 MA Thesis Yue Wang
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 899 G100 PhD Thesis Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 899 G200 PhD Thesis Ashley Farris-Trimble
TBA
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LING 899 G300 PhD Thesis Murray Munro
TBA
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LING 899 G400 PhD Thesis Henny Yeung
TBA
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LING 899 G500 PhD Thesis Nancy Hedberg
TBA
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