Linguists

Authors and writers (except technical)

Translators, terminologists and interpreters

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. These programs include courses in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioural linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theory and theoretical linguistics, philosophical linguistics, philology and historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, phonetics, phonemics, dialectology, semantics, functional grammar and linguistics, language typology, lexicography, morphology and syntax, orthography, stylistics, structuralism, rhetoric, and applications to artificial intelligence.

Linguistics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the German language and related dialects. These programs include courses in philology; dialects; and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

German language and literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Italian language and related dialects. These programs include courses in philology, dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

Italian language and literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the languages and literatures of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of the world, including the Iberian, Latin American, and Lusophone worlds. These programs include courses in Spanish and Portuguese language and linguistics; regional and Latin American dialects; and Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish American, Luso-Brazilian, and Chicano literature.

Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures and linguistics, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the languages native to the Western Hemisphere. These programs include courses in philology; oral and written literatures; Inuit and Aleut languages; North American language families, including, but not limited to, Algonkian, Athabascan, Siouan, Muskogean, Iroquoian, Kumeyaay, Yuman, Mayan, Zapotecan, and Uto-Aztecan; South American language families, including, but not limited to, Andean-Equatorial, Ge-Pano-Carib, and Macro-Chibchan, and other minor languages.

Indigenous languages, literatures, and linguistics of the Americas

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Greek language and literature from its origins through the fall of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, as a secular and/or theological subject. These programs include courses in philology, Attic and Hellenistic dialects, Koine (Biblical) Greek, and Medieval or Byzantine Greek.

Ancient/classical Greek language and literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the development of proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking French for those for whom French is not their mother tongue. These programs include courses in the use of basic communication skills to develop and transmit ideas and thoughts in French as well as specialized programs that focus on the development of proficiency in French sufficient to meet specific occupational or academic demands. Note: These programs are for academic credit towards a postsecondary credential. For second language programs that are not for academic credit towards a postsecondary credential, see 32.0109.

French as a second language

Language And Linguistics Doctoral Degrees

Language And Linguistics Master's Degrees

Authors and writers plan, research and write books, scripts, storyboards, plays, essays, speeches and other non-journalistic articles for publication or presentation. They are employed by advertising agencies, governments, large corporations, private consulting firms, publishing firms, multimedia/new-media companies and other establishments, or they may be self-employed.

Translators translate written material from one language to another. Interpreters translate oral communication from one language to another during speeches, meetings, conferences, debates and conversation, or in court or before administrative tribunals. Terminologists conduct research to itemize terms connected with a certain field, define them and find equivalents in another language. Sign language interpreters use sign language to translate spoken language and vice versa during meetings, conversations, television programs or in other instances. Translators, terminologists and interpreters are employed by government, private translation and interpretation agencies, in-house translation services, large private corporations, international organizations and the media, or they may be self-employed. Sign language interpreters work in schools and courts, and for social service agencies, interpretation services, government services and television stations, or they may be self-employed.

Language And Linguistics Bachelor's Degrees

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[Curriculum & Instruction - L'éducation en français en contextes de diversité: Master of Education (MEd)]( https://www.sfu.ca/education/gs/degreediploma/masters/fr-campus-fr.html)

Curriculum & Instruction - L'éducation en français en contextes de diversité: Master of Education (MEd)

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[Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA)]( http://www.sfu.ca/linguistics/graduate/prospective-students.html)

Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA)

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[Teaching Additional Languages: Master of Education (MEd)](https://www.sfu.ca/students/calendar/2024/summer/programs/teaching-additional-languages/master-of-education.html)

Teaching Additional Languages: Master of Education (MEd)

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[Germanic Studies: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)]( https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-arts-germanic-studies)

Germanic Studies: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)

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[Hispanic Studies: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)]( https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-arts-hispanic-studies)

Hispanic Studies: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)

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[Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)]( https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-arts-linguistics)

Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)

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[Modern Languages Education: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)]( https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-arts-modern-languages-education)

Modern Languages Education: Master of Arts (MA) (UBCV)

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[Modern Languages Education: Master of Education (MEd) (UBCV)]( https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-education-modern-languages-education)

Modern Languages Education: Master of Education (MEd) (UBCV)

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[Applied Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA)](https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/programs/graduate-programs/credential-pages/linguistics-cred/applied-linguistics-ma.php)

Applied Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA)

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[Germanic or Slavic Studies: Master of Arts (MA)]( https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/programs/graduate-programs/pages/germanic-and-slavic-studies.php)

Germanic or Slavic Studies: Master of Arts (MA)

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[Greek and Roman Studies: Master of Arts (MA)](https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/programs/graduate-programs/credential-pages/greek-and-roman-studies-cred/greek-and-roman-studies-ma.php)

Greek and Roman Studies: Master of Arts (MA)

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[Hispanic Studies: Master of Arts (MA)](https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/hispanicitalian/graduate/index.php)

Hispanic Studies: Master of Arts (MA)

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[Indigenous Language Revitalization - Master of Arts (MA)](https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/programs/graduate-programs/credential-pages/linguistics-cred/indigenous-language-revitalization-ma.php)

Indigenous Language Revitalization - Master of Arts (MA)

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[Indigenous Language Revitalization - Master of Education (MEd)](https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/programs/graduate-programs/credential-pages/linguistics-cred/indigenous-language-revitalization-med.php)

Indigenous Language Revitalization - Master of Education (MEd)

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[Linguistics: Master of Arts (MA)](https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/programs/graduate-programs/credential-pages/linguistics-cred/linguistics-ma.php)

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