Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

16. - Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on Aboriginal and foreign languages and literatures, the humanistic and scientific study of linguistics, and the provision of professional interpretation and translation services.

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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • applied language studies
  • foreign languages
  • foreign languages and literature
  • foreign literature
  • modern languages

• Exclusion(s)

  • English literature(23.1401)
  • French general literature(55.1401)
  • intercultural studies(30.2301)
  • Native as a second language(16.1799)
  • teaching foreign languages(13.1306)

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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • computational linguistics
  • linguistics
  • mathematical linguistics
  • philology
  • semiology
  • semiotics

• Exclusion(s)

  • applied linguistics(16.0105)
  • English language, literature and linguistics(23.0101)
  • French language, literature and linguistics(55.0101)
  • psycholinguistics(42.2701)
  • scientific computing(30.3001)

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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • health care interpreting
  • interpreter translator
  • languages and translation
  • translation
  • translation and interpretation

• Exclusion(s)

  • health(51.0000)
  • music performance(50.0903)
  • sign language interpretation(16.1603)

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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • comparative Canadian literature
  • comparative literature

• Exclusion(s)

  • English literature(23.1401)
  • French general literature(55.1401)
  • intercultural studies(30.2301)

16.0105 - Applied linguistics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on language-related concerns in the everyday world, including language education, acquisition of first and additional languages, discourse analysis, language assessment, literacy, and language policy and planning. These programs include courses in linguistic theory; language teaching and learning; discourse analysis; language and cognition; and language, culture, and identity.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • applied linguistics

• Exclusion(s)

  • English language, literature and linguistics(23.0101)
  • French language, literature and linguistics(55.0101)
  • linguistics(16.0102)
  • linguistics of signed languages(16.1602)
  • psycholinguistics(42.2701)

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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • terminology and translation

• Exclusion(s)

  • interpreter translator(16.0103)