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Faculty of Humanities

School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

Four students from programs in the SLLC are standing outside in a row, smiling, on a bright spring day.
Students in the SLLC (left to right: Mina Guan, Linguistics; Cy Thompson, Linguistics; Lindsey Andrew, Germanic and Slavic Studies; Justin Salinas, French and Francophone Studies).

Welcome to UVic’s School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures!

We’re home to diverse undergraduate and graduate programs and courses in French and Francophone Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, and Linguistics. Our courses explore languages, literatures, media, cultures, and linguistics.

We cultivate interdisciplinary research, community connection, and teaching excellence.

Undergraduate courses

Fall 2024 

Spring 2025 

SPAN100A: Beginners' Spanish I

SPAN100B: Beginners' Spanish II

SPAN185: Latin America Through Contemporary Film (in English)

SPAN210: Histories of Violence in Mexico (in English)
(Please note that SPAN 210 does not appear in the calendar, but does appear in the registration guide.)

SPAN249: Intensive Intermediate Spanish

SPAN250B: Intermediate Spanish II

SPAN305A: Upper Intermediate Topics in Hispanic Culture
Topic: Diversity in Spanish-Language Texts (in English)

SPAN390: Hispanic Literature I

SPAN449: Intensive Advanced Spanish

Graduate courses

Fall 2024 

Spring 2025

Our staff

Name Role Email
Silvia Colàs Cardona Chair sllcchair@uvic.ca
Genevieve Arsenault Administrative Officer sllcao@uvic.ca
Laura Smith Assistant to the Chair sllcchairassist@uvic.ca
Emmanuelle Guenette Graduate and Undergraduate Assistant sllcstudentsupport@uvic.ca
Rowan Salverda Administrative Assistant (organization and communications) sllcassistant@uvic.ca

Frequently asked questions

The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) is a new administrative unit at UVic that will integrate four current departments: French and Francophone Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, and Linguistics. These four areas will maintain their distinct (though complementary) intellectual identities and programs as ‘subunits’ within the SLLC. Programs and services that are currently offered through the distinct departments will to be offered by the SLLC.

The SLLC has been created to preserve valuable existing programs while presenting opportunities for innovative course development. The SLLC will complement efforts by programs across the university to provide students with valuable skills and knowledge about languages, cultures, and linguistics and advance research excellence by facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration.

SLLC will also create a context for developing innovative cross-disciplinary courses tackling intersecting themes of languages, linguistics, and cultures that, we hope, will prove attractive to students across the university.  Additionally, the SLLC will work with other faculties to identify ways in which research and teaching about languages, linguistics, and cultures can be integrated into programs across campus, thereby enriching students’ educational experiences and equipping them with skills and knowledge relevant to negotiating diverse communities and cultures in their personal and professional lives.

The programs and courses currently offered through French and Francophone Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, and Linguistics are not changing as a result of integration.  All of the course offerings of Germanic and Slavic Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies and Linguistics remain intact, including their field schools and study abroad programs. Student program requirements are the same, and students will graduate with the same degree as planned.  Courses also retain the same course codes.

The SLLC preserves existing degree programs and names of degrees offered by the original units. New students and those who have not yet declared a program will continue to be able to register in all programs currently offered.

The SLLC also creates new interdisciplinary opportunities, including the potential for new, interdisciplinary courses and research.

Students who have questions about a course or programs in one of those units or who run into an issue may contact the SLLC office at .

Yes. The SLLC enables the co-location of the units’ signature language testing centres. Language testing will continue to be offered, including:

Yes, awards and financial aid specific to individual program areas are still available for students. Donors may still contribute to and establish awards and scholarships for students in specific areas.