Undergraduate Programs and Courses

SFU Linguistics offers the following programs:

Honours
Major
Extended Minor

Joint Majors with the following departments:

Computing Science
Indigenous Studies
Anthropology

We offer general interest courses with no pre-requisites:

General interest courses

Consider the concurrent BA–MA Program:

Accelerated MA (5 years total)

 

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Linguistics Current Courses

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
LING 100 B900 Communication and Language Dasha Gluhareva
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
LING 100 D100 Communication and Language Lauren Schneider
Lauren Schneider
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 111 B100 The Wonder of Words Claudia Wei Wah Wong
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 160 A325 Language, Culture and Society
LING 190 D100 The Science of Speech Sylvia Cho
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 220 A010 Introduction to Linguistics TBA
Location: TBA
LING 220 A320 Introduction to Linguistics Sessional
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 220 D100 Introduction to Linguistics Ivelina Koleva Tchizmarova
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
LING 250 D100 Computational Text Analysis Yifang Yuan
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 282W A320 Writing for Linguistics
LING 282W A970 Writing for Linguistics TBA
Location: TBA
LING 282W D100 Writing for Linguistics (Solving Linguistic Puzzles) Ivelina Koleva Tchizmarova
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, Wed, 3:30–4:50 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 301W B100 Linguistic Argumentation Ashley Farris-Trimble
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 309W A320 Sociolinguistics
LING 315 D100 Psychology of Language Margaret Grant
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
LING 321 B100 Phonology Ashley Farris-Trimble
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 322 B100 Syntax Chung-hye Han
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 323 A970 Morphology TBA
Location: TBA
LING 323 B100 Morphology John Alderete
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 324 A320 Semantics TBA
Location: TBA
LING 324 A970 Semantics TBA
Location: TBA
LING 324 B100 Semantics Nancy Hedberg
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 350 B100 First Language Acquisition Henny Yeung
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 362 D100 Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults Claudia Wei Wah Wong
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 801 G100 Syntax Chung-hye Han
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
LING 810 G100 Topics in Linguistics I Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 810 G110 Topics in Linguistics I Maite Taboada
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 810 G120 Topics in Linguistics I
LING 833 G110 Socio-cultural and Cognitive Aspects of an Indigenous Language
LING 833 G900 Socio-cultural and Cognitive Aspects of an Indigenous Language
LING 880 G100 Advanced Linguistic Research for Professional Development Maite Taboada
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 890 G100 Graduate Seminar I Henny Yeung
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 891 G320 Graduate Seminar II Henny Yeung
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 893 G100 Linguistics MA Project John Alderete
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 893 G110 Linguistics MA Project Marianne Ignace
Peter Jacobs
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 893 G200 Linguistics MA Project Heather Bliss
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 893 G320 Linguistics MA Project Donna Gerdts
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 894 G100 Qualifying Paper I Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 894 G200 Qualifying Paper I Yue Wang
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 894 G300 Qualifying Paper I Marianne Ignace
TBA
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LING 895 G100 Qualifying Paper II John Alderete
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 896 G100 Directed Research
LING 898 G100 MA Thesis Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
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LING 898 G300 MA Thesis Panayiotis Pappas
TBA
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LING 898 G400 MA Thesis Ashley Farris-Trimble
TBA
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LING 898 G500 MA Thesis Yue Wang
TBA
Location: TBA
LING 898 G600 MA Thesis Henny Yeung
TBA
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LING 899 G100 PhD Thesis Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
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LING 899 G200 PhD Thesis Ashley Farris-Trimble
TBA
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LING 899 G500 PhD Thesis Henny Yeung
TBA
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LING 899 G600 PhD Thesis Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBA
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LING 899 G700 PhD Thesis Murray Munro
TBA
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LING 899 G800 PhD Thesis Nancy Hedberg
TBA
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LING 899 G900 PhD Thesis Donna Gerdts
TBA
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