BC,
Canada
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MA in Linguistics in Langley Canada | Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University
|
Langley Canada
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD
9,900
(c. USD7,118.97)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months
The MA Linguistics program equips students to excel and innovate in linguistics through comprehensive training in both theoretical and practical applications.
Trinity Western University focuses on developing professionals, scholars, and mission leaders. This intensive 36-semester-hour graduate program emphasizes hands-on linguistic fieldwork, enabling students to combine academic rigor with global language community service—documenting linguistic systems, creating writing systems for unwritten languages, and more. Alumni are equipped to publish scholarly articles, continue professional growth, pursue PhD studies, and align their faith with their vocation. Unlike theory-heavy linguistics programs, this curriculum takes a functional-typological approach, prioritizing real-world language analysis for initiatives like language preservation, writing system creation, literacy programs, and translation. Backed by the Canada Institute of Linguistics, the program offers North America's premier fieldwork-focused training, with faculty renowned for their practical expertise.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
A Bachelor of Arts or equivalent degree from an accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 based on the last two years of the B.A.
Completed at least 12 semester hours of linguistics prerequisites including courses equivalent to Articulator Phonetics, Phonological Analysis, Morphology and Syntax, and Sociolinguistics. All prerequisite courses must have been completed with a minimum grade of B.
Completed at least 6 semester hours (or equivalent) of a foreign language. If the applicant does not meet this requirement, the requirement may be met later during the program; however, any credits earned towards the foreign language requirement will not be included in the total hours needed to complete the M.A. degree.
Submit an academic paper (e.g. undergraduate term paper), 10-20 pages in length, which demonstrates the student's ability to address an academic topic and follow a style guide convention.
A minimum IELTS score of 7.0 on all bands (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking) or a TOEFL score of 100 iBT (with the Writing section assessed at no lower than 27 points) for students who are not mother-tongue speakers of English.
Two academic references.
The application deadline for Fall is July 15.
Tuition
CAD
9,900