Linguistics

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 2L03 - Phonetics

• LINGUIST 3C03 - Child Language Acquisition

• LINGUIST 3II3 - Semantics

• LINGUIST 3M03 - Morphology

Winter Classes:

• LINGUIST 2PH3 - Phonology

• LINGUIST 2SY3 - Syntax

This requirement includes secondary linguistics classes you can take as electives to your degree, for a more specialized focus:

These courses run in ALTERNATING years, verify the course is running via our 'Current Courses' page.

• HUMAN 2DH3 - Creative, Collaborative, Critical: Approaches to Digital Scholarship 

• LINGUIST 2E03 - The Nature of Texts: From Slang to Formal Discourse 

• LINGUIST 2FL3 - Introduction to Forensic Linguistics 

• LINGUIST 2LC3 - Historical Linguistics: Language Evolution and Change 

• LINGUIST 2LL3 - Languages of the World and Linguistic Universals 

• LINGUIST 2PS3 - Psycholinguistics 

• LINGUIST 2S03 - Language and Society 

• LINGUIST 3DS3 - ASL & Deaf Studies 

• LINGUIST 3E03 - Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) 

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

• LINGUIST 3LA3 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition 

• LINGUIST 3P03 - Pragmatics 

• LINGUIST 3PG3 - Introduction to Programming for Linguistics 

You are required to complete 24 units of language courses other than English. At least 12 units must be in a one language group (e.g. 12 units of French). The following languages are offered at McMaster:

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

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

You are required to complete two seminars in Linguistics to complete your degree. These include any Level IV Linguistic Course except for LING 4SL3, LING 4TE3, LING 4TP3, & LING 4Y06A/B.

You must take 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.

Want to know what courses are currently being offered? Navigate to our 'Current Courses' page below!

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note: many of these overlap with a B.A. in Cognitive Science of Language!