Applied Linguistics (BA) at Trinity Western University

Programme overview

Applied Linguistics at TWU is the study of language and how it is used in society. Courses teach students to learn and describe languages, including unwritten ones, covering recognition and pronunciation of non-English speech sounds, alphabet formation, description of grammars, and systems of meaning and belief.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | Department: Linguistics | Location: Langley, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Courses in language description and analysis drawing on research across hundreds of languages, with opportunities in translation, cross-cultural communication, international development, speech-language pathology and teaching English as a second language.

Career pathways

Translator, computational linguist, dialect coach, speech pathologist, ESL teacher, neurolinguist, psycholinguist, lexicographer.

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Application information

Entry requirements

TWU undergraduate admission: Applicants from Canadian high schools (British Columbia): graduation from a university-preparatory high school program with a 70% average in English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 and three additional Grade 12 academic courses (English, science, language, math and social studies courses count; physical and health education, career education, applied design, skills and technology and religious studies do not). Alberta, NWT and Nunavut: 70% in English 30-1 plus three additional Grade 12 academic courses. Saskatchewan: 70% in English A30 plus three additional 30-level academic courses. Early admission is possible on in-progress grades; final admission requires the official final transcript.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall semester: first day of classes September 9, 2026. Spring semester: first day of classes January 5, 2027. Summer session begins April 26, 2027.

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