Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings
Abbreviations, acronyms and superscripts

16.01 - Linguistic, Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 16.0101 to 16.0199.

16.0101 - Aboriginal and Foreign Languages and Literatures, General

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on one or more modern aboriginal or foreign languages that is not specific as to the name of the language(s) studied; that is otherwise undifferentiated; or that introduces students to language studies at the basic/elementary level.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Foreign languages
    • Foreign languages and literature
    • Modern languages

  • Exclusion

    • Teaching foreign languages(13.1306)
    • Native as a second language(16.1799)
    • Spanish as a second language(16.1799)
    • Intercultural studies(30.2301)

16.0102 - Linguistics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. These programs include courses in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioural linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theory and theoretical linguistics, philosophical linguistics, philology and historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, phonetics, phonemics, dialectology, semantics, functional grammar and linguistics, language typology, lexicography, morphology and syntax, orthography, stylistics, structuralism, rhetoric, and applications to artificial intelligence.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Applied linguistics
    • English linguistics
    • French linguistics
    • Linguistics
    • Philology
    • Semiology
    • Semiotics

  • Exclusion

    • Psycholinguistics(42.0301)

16.0103 - Language Interpretation and Translation

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to be professional interpreters and/or translators of documents and data files, either from English or French into another language or languages or vice versa. These programs include courses of an intensive nature in one or more languages plus courses in subjects such as single and multiple-language interpretation, one- or two-way interpretation, simultaneous interpretation, general and literary translation, business translation, technical translation, and other specific applications of linguistic skills.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Interpreter translator
    • Translation

  • Exclusion

    • Sign language interpretation(16.1603)
    • Music performance(50.0903)

16.0104 - Comparative Literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on two or more literary traditions in the original languages or in translation. These programs include courses in comparative linguistics; applicable foreign languages; English/French language and literature; literary criticism; and applications to genre, period, national, and textual studies as well as literary forms such as poetry, prose, and drama.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Comparative Canadian literature
    • Comparative literature

  • Exclusion

    • Intercultural studies(30.2301)

16.0199 - Linguistic, Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Linguistic, Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services.

  • Exclusion

    • Interpreter translator(16.0103)
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