CogSci of Language

This includes all courses taken during your Humanities Level I entry program, including both introductory linguistic courses. 

This requirement includes all of the fundamental linguistics classes you will take throughout your degree, organized by the semester they typically run in:

Fall Classes:

• LINGUIST 2D03 - Research Methods

• LINGUIST 2PS3 - Psycholinguistics

• LINGUIST 2L03 - Phonetics

• LINGUIST 3C03 - Child Language Acquisition

• LINGUIST 3II3 - Semantics

• LINGUIST 3M03 - Morphology

Winter Classes:

• LINGUIST 2DD3 - Statistics for Language Research

• LINGUIST 2PH3 - Phonology

• LINGUIST 2SY3 - Syntax

• LINGUIST 3NL3 - Cognitive Neuroscience of Language

For this requirement, you must choose an introductory psychology course to take alongside PSYCH 2H03 for a total of six units:

Introductory Psychology

• PSYCH 1XX3 - Foundations of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour 

OR

• PSYCH 1FF3 - Survey of Biological Basis of Psychology

Second-Year Psychology

• PSYCH 2H03 - Human Learning & Cognition

You may choose one course from the following list to satisfy this requirement:

• PSYCH 2E03 - Sensory Processes 

• PSYCH 2NF3 - Clinical Neuropsychology 

• LINGUIST 3F03 - Anatomy and Physiology for Speech, Language and Hearing

You are required to complete 12 units of language courses other than English. The following languages are offered at McMaster:

• Indo-European Languages: German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Sanskrit

• Non Indo-European Languages: American Sign Language Arabic, Cayuga, Chinese (Mandarin), Hebrew, Inuktitut, Japanese, Korean, Mohawk, Ojibwe

For this requirement, you must take HUMAN 2CP3 - Humanities Career Planning & Development.

You are required to complete the following course at some point during your degree. If the course is not previously taken, a secondary course from group A may be used to satisfy group B requirements.

GROUP A:  (3 Units)

• HUMAN 2AR1 - Adaptability and Resiliency 

• HUMAN 2DU1 - Diversity and Intercultural Understanding 

• HUMAN 2IC1 - Social Change and Innovation 

• HUMAN 2PS1 - Problem Solving 

• HUMAN 2TC1 - Teamwork and Collaboration 

• HUMAN 2TP1 - Time and Project Management 

• HUMAN 3IF1 A/B S - Full-time Internship

• HUMAN 3IP1 A/B S - Part-time Internship 

GROUP B: (3 Units)

• HUMAN 3CL3 - Community Leadership at McMaster 

• HUMAN 3EL3 - Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 

• HUMAN 3W03 A/B S - Applied Humanities I 

• HUMAN 4LC3 - Major Leadership Project: Theory and Practice 

• HUMAN 4RM3 - Boundaries and Bridges: Relationship Skills for Effective Leaders 

• HUMAN 4SI3 - Innovation for Social Impact 

• HUMAN 4W03 A/B S - Applied Humanities II

For this requirement, you must take two Level IV linguistics courses, excluding the the SLP Practicum (LINGUIST 4SL3) and the Teaching Practicum for Linguists (LINGUIST 4TP3).

For this, requirement you may choose one of the following courses:

• LINGUIST 4D03 - Computers and Linguistic Analysis

• LINGUIST 4EL3 - Laboratory in Experimental Linguistics

• LINGUIST 4II3 A/B S - Independent Study

• LINGUIST 4NN3 - Laboratory in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language

• LINGUIST 4PL3 - Advanced Programming for Linguistics

• LINGUIST 4Y06 A/B - Honours Thesis

You must take at least six courses that are not a mandatory requirement for your degree program to satisfy this requirement.

These courses can be ones that satisfy grad school prerequisites, go towards a minor or certificate, etc.

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note: many of these overlap with a B.A. in Linguistics!