Many departments in the Faculty of Arts offer courses outside linguistics that complement our Honours, Major, and Minor programs in Linguistics and Speech Sciences.
The following courses are recommended electives outside of linguistics. Note that depending on your program (e.g. major in linguistics, Honours in Speech Science, etc.) you may be allowed to take a certain number of non-LING credits as part of your program; the following is a list of recommended courses that complement our programs and may be acceptable.
You will still need to contact an Undergrad Advisor to *manually enter* the course towards your program, instead of as electives, on your Degree Navigator report. Any course not listed here has not been vetted by our advisors, and you should contact an Undergrad Advisor *before* taking the course to discuss whether it could be applied toward your program.
ANTH 317 – Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 332 – Oral Tradition
ANTH 417 – Language, Culture & Cognition
ASIA 307 – Korean Language and Writing in Culture and Society
ASIA386 – Chinese Grammar & Usage I
ASIA 396 – Chinese Grammar & Usage II
ASIA 402 – Language, Writing & Linguistic Thought in the History of the Sinographic Cosmopolis
ASTU 400U (2015W only) – Bilingualism
ASTU 402 – Living Language: Science & Society
AUDI 402 – Neuroanatomy for Audi. & SLP
AUDI 403 – Introduction to Neurolinguistics
CENS 315 – Becoming Multilingual: Experience, Aesthetics, Community
CPSC 322 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 422 – Intelligent Systems
CPSC 436N – Topics in Computer Science: Natural Language Processing [*NB: CPSC 436 is a general ‘topics’ course, and not all topics will be approved! Please check with Linguistics Advising before taking a specific version of the course.]
ENGL 318 – History of the English Language: Early History
ENGL 319 – History of the English Language: Later History
ENGL 320 – History of the English Language
ENGL 321 – English Grammar & Usage
ENGL 322 – Stylistics
ENGL 323 – Varieties of English
ENGL 324 – English Corpus Linguistics
ENGL 326 – Studies in English Language
ENGL 327- Cognitive Approaches to Meaning
ENGL 330 – Structure of Modern English: Sounds/Words
ENGL 331 – Structure of Modern English: Sentences/Uses
ENGL 342 – Introduction Old English (note that before 2019W, the course code was ENGL 340)
ENGL 350 (pre-2019W only) – Linguistic Identity in Canada (note that after 2019W, ENGL 350 is on Milton, and this does not count toward the linguistics program)
FNEL 380 – Technologies for Endangered Language Documentation & Revitalization
FNEL 381 – Biocultural Diversity: Language, Community & Environment
FNEL 382 – Lexicography for Endangered Languages
FNEL 389 – Collaborative Heritage Research in First Nations Languages: Practicum & Workshop
FNEL 480 – Endangered Language Documentation & Revitalization
FNEL 481 – Heritage Resources in Endangered First Nations Languages
FNEL 489 – Topics in First Nations and Endangered Languages
FREN 351 – Corrective French Phonetics
FREN 353 – Advanced French Grammar
FREN 473 – Syntactic Description of the French Language
FREN 476 – French Language and Societies
JAPN 422 – Classical Japanese I
KORN 420- Readings in Middle and Early Modern Korean
*LLED 478 A/B – Introduction to TESL
*LLED 489 A/B – Applied Linguistics for Teachers
PHIL 320 – Symbolic Logic II
PHIL 321 – Induction & Decision
PHIL 322 – Modal Logic
PHIL 326 – Philosophy of Language I (formerly PHIL 425)
PHIL 426 – Topics in the Philosophy of Language
PSYC 301 – Brain Dysfunction & Recovery
PSYC 302 – Infancy
PSYC 304 – Brain & Behaviour
PSYC 309 – Cognitive Processes
PSYC 315 – Childhood & Adolescence
PSYC 333 – Memory
PSYC 336 – Psychology of Language I
PSYC 367 – Sensory Systems
PSYC 368 – Perceptual Processing
(*To receive the 12-credit TESL Coursework Certificate from the Department of Language and Literacy Education, a student must complete LLED 489 (6 credits) and LLED 478 (6 credits) in that order. The 15-credit TESL Certificate with Practicum requires LLED 489 (6 credits), LLED 478A (3 credits), LLED 478B (3 credits) and LLED 399 (3 credits) in that order.)