Course Descriptions

Not all courses described in the Course and Program Catalogue are offered each year. For a timetable of courses offered in 2013-2014, please consult the online registration information.

As of 2005-2006, certain course abbreviations have changed. Students with credit for a course under its former label may not take the relabeled course for credit.

The following conventions are used for course numbering:

• 010-099 represent non-degree level courses
• 100-699 represent undergraduate degree level courses
• 700-999 represent graduate degree level courses

Please use the following form to look up courses and find detailed information on course prerequisites, corequisites, and other special notes. To view all 100-level courses in a subject, select a Subject Code and type 1% in the Course Number field. (200-level = 2%, etc.)

Subject Code:	Select Subject Code ACB -- Anatomy and Cell Biology ACC -- Accounting AGMD -- Agricultural Medicine AGRC -- Agriculture AGRN -- Agronomy ANBI -- Animal Bioscience ANSC -- Animal Science ANTH -- Anthropology APMC -- Applied Microbiology ARCH -- Archaeology ART -- Art ARTH -- Art History ASTR -- Astronomy BAC -- Business Admin Certificate BINF -- Bioinformatics BIOC -- Biochemistry BIOE -- Biomedical Engineering BIOL -- Biology BIOS -- Biostatistics BLE -- Biological Engineering BMSC -- Biomedical Sciences BMST -- Biomolecular Structures BPBE -- Bioresource Policy Bus Econ CACE -- Adult and Continuing Education CE -- Civil Engineering CHE -- Chemical Engineering CHEM -- Chemistry CHEP -- Community Hlth and Epidemiolog CHIN -- Chinese CLAS -- Classics CLR -- Clinical Research CME -- Computer Engineering CMPT -- Computer Science CMRS -- Classical Medieval Renaissance COMM -- Commerce CORR -- Corrections CREE -- Cree CSCH -- College Scholar CTST -- Catholic Studies DENT -- Dentistry DRAM -- Drama EADM -- Educational Administration EART -- Art Education EBAC -- Executive Business Admin Cert. ECNT -- Continuing Education ECON -- Economics ECUR -- Curriculum Studies EDST -- Education Student Teaching EDUC -- Education EE -- Electrical Engineering EFDT -- Educational Foundations EIND -- Indian and Northern Education EMUS -- Music Education ENG -- English ENT -- Entrepreneurship ENVE -- Environmental Engineering ENVS -- Environment and Sustainability EP -- Engineering Physics EPIP -- Engin Profess Intern Program EPSE -- Ed Psych and Special Education ERES -- Education Research ETAD -- Educational Tech and Design EVSC -- Environmental Sciences EXPR -- Extended Practicum FABS -- Food and Bioproduct Sciences FDSC -- Food Science FIN -- Finance FREN -- French GE -- General Engineering GEOE -- Geological Engineering GEOG -- Geography GEOL -- Geology GERM -- German GERO -- Gerontology GRK -- Greek GSR -- Graduate Studies and Research HEB -- Hebrew HED -- Home Economics Education HIST -- History HLTH -- Health HORT -- Horticulture HRM -- Human Resources Management HSC -- Health Sciences INCC -- Interdisc Stud Culture Creat INDR -- Industrial Relations INTD -- Interdisciplinary Grad Studies INTS -- Interdisciplinary Studies IPRM -- Indigenous People Resource Mgt IS -- International Studies ITDL -- Interdept Medicine and Dentist JSGS -- JSG School of Public Policy KIN -- Kinesiology KINA -- Kinesiology Activity KIST -- Kinesiology-Stats Equivalents LATN -- Latin LAW -- Law LING -- Linguistics LIT -- Literature LUES -- Land Use and Enviro Studies MATH -- Mathematics MBA -- Master Business Administration MCIM -- Microbiology and Immunology MDSP -- Medicine Special Topics ME -- Mechanical Engineering MED -- Medicine MGT -- Management MKT -- Marketing MPAC -- Master Professional Accounting MUAP -- Music Applied MUS -- Music NEPS -- Nursing Ed Program of SK NORD -- Northern Govern and Develop NRTH -- Northern Studies NS -- Native Studies NURS -- Nursing NUTR -- Nutrition OB -- Organizational Behaviour OBGY -- Obstetrics and Gynecology OM -- Operations Management PATH -- Pathology PBIO -- Palaeobiology PCOL -- Pharmacology PGCL -- Post Graduate Clinical PHAR -- Pharmacy PHIL -- Philosophy PHPY -- Physiology and Pharmacology PHSI -- Physiology PHYS -- Physics PLSC -- Plant Science POLS -- Political Studies PSIA -- Psychiatry PSY -- Psychology PTH -- Physical Therapy PUBH -- Public Health RCM -- Rhetorical Communication RLST -- Religious Studies RRM -- Renewable Resource Management RUP -- Regional and Urban Planning RUSS -- Russian SC -- Science SCP -- School and Counselling Psych SLSC -- Soil Science SNSK -- Sanskrit SOC -- Sociology SOSC -- Social Science SPAN -- Spanish SPST -- Special Studies STAT -- Statistics SURG -- Surgery SWIT -- Std Well Init Toward Comm Hlth SYNC -- Synchrotron Sciences TECH -- Technical Vocational Education TEFL -- Teaching Engl as Foreign Lang TESL -- Teaching Engl as Second Lang TOX -- Toxicology UKR -- Ukrainian VACC -- Vacc and Immunotherapeutics VBMS -- Veterinary Biomedical Sciences VINT -- Veterinary Interdepartmental VLAC -- Large Animal Clinical Sciences VSAC -- Small Animal Clinical Sciences VTMC -- Veterinary Microbiology VTPA -- Veterinary Pathology WGST -- Womens and Gender Studies WRIT -- Writing
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LING 110.3 — 1/2(3L)
Introduction to Grammar

Provides a survey of classical English grammar. It covers word classes, roles of constructing phrases, clauses, and sentences in English. Challenging areas of English grammar such as passive, tense, aspect, participles, gerunds, will be studied in detail. Finally, aspects of grammar pertinent to teaching English as a foreign language will be studied.

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LING 111.3 — 1/2(3L)
Structure of Language

An introduction to the findings, theories and methods of modern structural linguistics. Includes phonetics, phonology, word-formation, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Basic analytical skills are emphasized. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of natural languages.

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LING 112.3 — 1/2(3L)
Dynamics of Language

An introduction to language acquisition, dialectology and historical linguistics. Includes how language varies geographically and socially, how it changes, borrowing, common descent and typological similarities among languages. The human biological propensity to acquire language and language universals are considered.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111.

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LING 241.3 — 1/2(3L-1P)
Introduction to Syntax

Advanced introduction to traditional, structural, and transformational models of grammar. Emphasizes recent trends in linguistic analysis and theory. Natural language data will be analyzed extensively.

Prerequisite(s): LING 110, or LING 111, or permission of the department.

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LING 242.3 — 1/2(3L-1P)
Phonetics

Introduces articulatory phonetics, the structure and functioning of the vocal tract, the major classes of speech sounds and systems of phonetic notation. A brief discussion of acoustic and perceptual phonetics will be given. Recognition, production and notation of speech sounds and the preliminaries of phonological analysis will be emphasized.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111.

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LING 243.3 — 1/2(3L)
Morphological Patterns in Language

Investigates the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed. Material from a wide variety of languages is drawn upon to explore morphological processes, their relationship to syntactic structures, and to language typology. Practical work in morphological analysis is emphasized.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111.

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LING 244.3 — 1/2(3L)
Sociolinguistics

Presents language in its social context, covering aspects of linguistic variation within and across speech communities. Topics include language and class, gender, age, speech context and ethnicity. Language standardization, code-switching, bilingualism and diglossia, rules of conversation and appropriate address, and societal features of language change will be discussed.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111 and one of LING 112; or SOC 111; or SOC 112; or WGST 210.

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LING 245.3 — SP(3L)
Lexicology

General Lexicology is one of the basic courses of theoretical linguistics. This course addresses fundamental issues of general lexicology and lexicography. It provides understanding of the lexis as a systemic whole, its development, latest theories about the processes. The course focuses on the basic unit of the language word (lexeme), its structure, meaning, etymology, variants. The word is viewed in three aspects: structural, semantic and functional. There is thorough treatment of word-formation, its historical development, semantic and morphological aspects. Much attention is paid to phraseology. Lexicographical issues cover entries, dictionary types and size, explanations, translation, computer dictionaries, databases. The course will also dwell upon aspects of stylistics from the lexicological point of view. Examples will come from many languages including English, German, Russian, Italian, Estonian, etc.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111 and LING 112.

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LING 247.3 — SP(3L)
The Worlds Major Languages

Gives an overview of six most influential languages of the world: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese. The course explores the main concepts of geographical linguistics, factors that make a language influential, globalization and language ideology, the language life cycle and the role of globalization in language obsolescence. The focus will be on the spread of each of these languages in two aspects: geographical-historical (the origins of the languages, their spread in space and time) and socio-cultural (linguistic variation, language as national identity marker). A considerable portion of time will be devoted to the linguistic portraying of these languages: characterization of their typological features on the levels of phonology, grammar and syntax, as well as study of fragments constituting their different linguistics pictures of the world.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111 and LING 112.

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LING 248.3 — 1/2(3L)
Second Language Acquisition

The course provides an overview of second language acquisition theories. It considers views on the nature of language learning, on first and second language acquisition and native/non-native language processing.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111 and LING 112.

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LING 298.3 — 1/2(3L)
Special Topics

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

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LING 299.6 — 1&2(3L)
Special Topics

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

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LING 340.3 — 1/2(3L-1P)
Principles of Phonology

Basic concepts of phonology and the procedures of phonological analysis are introduced, with an emphasis on generative phonology. Data from a variety of natural languages is analyzed.

Formerly: LING 240.3
Prerequisite(s): LING 111; or permission of the department.
Note: Students with credit for LING 240 may not take this course for credit.

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LING 341.3 — 1/2(3L)
Semantics

Will introduce advanced linguistics students to the foundations of lexical and grammatical semantics. It will also deal with the semantics-pragmatics interface and introduce students to the basics of formal semantics in order to enable them to work with computational models of language and learn how to do simple semantic processing.

Prerequisite(s): LING 241 or permission of the department.

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LING 342.3 — 1/2(3L)
Aboriginal Languages of Canada

Linguistic structures of native America, with special reference to the families of North America. Genetic relationship and areal typology will be included.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111 and at least one of the following: LING 112, NS 107, or CREE 101.

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LING 345.3 — 1(3L)
Introduction to Linguistic Research

Provides an undergraduate-level introduction to research methods in their application to language and linguistics studies. The major focus is on research methodology: project design, data collection, and data analysis. Students will develop practical skills in writing research proposals and grant applications.

Formerly: LING 298.3.
Prerequisite(s): LING 111, LING 112, 6 credit units of senior Linguistics.

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LING 346.3 — 1/2(3L)
Language in Time and Space

An introduction to the historical linguistics of unwritten and written languages. Topics will include genetic and topological relationship, comparative reconstruction, dialect formation, phonological, morphological and semantic change, and writing systems. The integration of linguistics with prehistory and historical ethnology will be emphasized.

Formerly: LING 246.
Prerequisite(s): LING 112.
Note: Students with credit for LING 246 may not take this course for credit.

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LING 347.3 — 1(3L)
Conversation and Discourse Analysis

The course will introduce students to conversation and discourse analysis. It will deal with the foundations of pragmatics, such as speech acts, felicity conditions and the cooperative principle in conversation. Later, the focus will shift to discourse analysis in which language use is examined within its sociocultural context. Students will be introduced to current research paradigms such as critical discourse analysis and sociocultural theory. Finally, the implications of research findings on language teaching within a communicative framework will be discussed.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111.

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LING 348.3 — 1/2(3L)
Principles of Materials Design in Second Language Acquisition

Introduces students to key applied linguistic principles and criteria used in assessing and selecting materials in second/foreign language teaching. The course addresses the main types of materials available to ESL teachers and develops skills in adapting and developing materials for second/foreign language acquisition.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111.3, LING 112.3 and 6 credit units 200, 300 or 400-level LING.

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LING 349.3 — 1/2(3L-1P)
Computational Linguistics

The course will introduce advanced linguistic students to the foundations of computational linguistics. Using freely available resources for natural language processing, students will be introduced to corpus linguistics, data mining, tokenizing, part-of-speech-tagging, morphological analysis and syntactic parsing.

Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of LING or CMPT; or permission of department.
Note: Participants should have completed LING 111 and at least one other Linguistics course at 200 or 300-Level. Alternatively they should have completed at least 6 credit units of Computer Science courses.

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LING 350.3
Career Internship

This course provides students with an internship experience which allows them to develop a better appreciation of the relationship between their studies and potential careers routes as well as develop leadership roles in community while fostering the outreach connections between the university and community.

Prerequisite(s): Minimum 48 credit units of university study and permission of the Linguistics Program Chair.

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LING 398.3 — 1/2(3L)
Special Topics

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

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LING 399.6 — 1&2(3S)
Special Topics

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

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LING 402.3 — 1(3L)
Language and Culture

Focuses on the relationship between language and culture. Language is represented as a tool for the expressing, storing and transmitting of some cultural elements. Examples are drawn from a variety of languages and include folk tales and narratives, popular song lyrics, spells, shamanism, mass media and everyday speech.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111 plus either LING 112 or LING 244, and 6 credit units of senior Linguistics courses.

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LING 403.3 — 1(3L)
Research Methods in Linguistics

Helps students to develop an ability to obtain, organize, and analyze language-related experimental data. Empirical methods are explored with some attention given to data-driven quantitative methods employed in natural language analysis. The course includes language data collection, language corpora, the fundamentals of automated syntactic parsing, text classification, information extraction, tagging, and summarization.

Prerequisite(s): LING 112, 6 credit units of senior LING, and LING 345.

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LING 404.3 — 1/2(3L)
Language and Gender

Focuses on the role of languages in constructing and sustaining gender in different societies around the world. Students will also examine linguistic mechanisms of creating gender divisions and stereotypes, as well as remedying gender-related inequalities.

Prerequisite(s): LING 111; and LING 244 and 3 credit units of senior LING or permission of the department.

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LING 478.3 — 1/2(IS)
Honours Project

A reading course on a specialized topic combining at least two of the components of the student's program: linguistics, languages and/or literature. This course will also provide an initiation into research methods leading to a term paper.

Permission of the department and the instructor required.

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LING 498.3 — 1/2(3L/2S-1R)
Special Topics

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

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LING 499.6 — 1&2(3S)
Special Topics

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

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LING 898.3
Special Topics

Offered occasionally in special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.

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LING 899.6
Special Topics

Offered occasionally in special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.

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LING 990
Seminar

Students and faculty will make presentations concerning their current research. All candidates for a graduate degree must make one presentation. Attendance is required throughout the graduate program.

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LING 994
Research

Students writing a Master's thesis must register for this course.

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LING 996.0
Research

Students enrolled in Special Case PhD in Linguistics must register for this course. This course is designed to enhance the student’s knowledge of the subject area. Readings are assigned on an individual basis. The course is expected to prepare the student for writing the PhD thesis. Attendance is obligatory. The course in non-credited.

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