Faculty of Humanities creates new School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
UVic’s new School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures will launch in September 2024 and will integrate the Departments of French and Francophone Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, and Linguistics.
The new School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) will provide a home for interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration while protecting the integrity and identity of the distinct disciplines of the original units. The SLLC will preserve existing degree programs and names of degrees offered by the original units, while creating new interdisciplinary opportunities, including the potential for new, interdisciplinary courses. The new unit will also present exciting opportunities for research collaboration and knowledge sharing and mobilization.
I’m currently taking a program in Linguistics. Will the creation of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures impact my program?
There will be no changes to programs and courses offered by Linguistics or other departments. Your program requirements will stay the same, and you’ll graduate with the same degree as planned.
I’m starting at UVic in the Fall and I want to take a program in Linguistics. Will I still be able to?
Yes. Incoming students and those who have not yet declared a program in Linguistics will be able to take all existing programs offered by Linguistics:
- BA Honours in Linguistics
- BA Major in Linguistics
- General and Minor in Linguistics
- BSc Honours in Linguistics
- BSc Major in Linguistics
- BA Honours in Applied Linguistics
- BA Major in Applied Linguistics
- Diploma in Applied Linguistics
- Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization
- Certificate in American Sign Language
- Micro-certificate in Indigenous Language Documentation