Classification of instructional programs (CIP) Canada 2000

Classification of instructional programs (CIP) Canada 2000
Introduction

1 - Chapter I: Academic and Occupation-specific Programs

This chapter comprises academic and occupation-specific instructional programs offered for academic credit at one or more postsecondary educational levels. These programs usually result in recognized completion points and awards such as degrees, diplomas, certificates or other formal awards.

16. - Aboriginal and Foreign Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

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

16.11 - Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 16.1100 to 16.1199.

16.1100 - Semitic Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, General

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the Semitic languages of Western Asia, North Africa, and Europe. These programs include courses in philology, linguistics, dialects and pidgins, literature, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Semitic languages and literatures

  • Exclusion

    • Middle Eastern studies(05.0108)
    • Near Eastern studies(05.0108)
    • Yiddish(16.0599)
    • Arabic language, literature and linguistics(16.1101)
    • Hebrew language(16.1102)
16.1101 - Arabic Language and Literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Arabic language as spoken by the Arab and other peoples from earliest times to the present. These programs include courses in Arabic philology, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic dialects, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Arabic
    • Arabic language
    • Arabic language, literature and linguistics
    • Arabic literature

  • Exclusion

    • Middle Eastern studies(05.0108)
    • Near Eastern studies(05.0108)
    • Islamic studies(38.0205)
16.1102 - Hebrew Language and Literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Hebrew language in either pre-modern or modern forms. These programs include courses in Hebrew philology, Biblical Hebrew (including pre- and post-Exilic scripts), Modern Hebrew, dialects and offshoots such as Samaritan, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Hebrew
    • Hebrew language

  • Exclusion

    • Semitic languages and literatures(16.1100)
    • Biblical languages(16.1103)
    • Jewish studies(38.0206)
16.1103 - Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on one or more of the extinct Semitic and/or non-Semitic languages spoken in the ancient Near East, including those used to write historical Jewish and Christian religious texts. These programs include courses in languages such as Egyptian/Coptic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Aramaic, Cannanite, Phonecian, Samarian, Ugaritic, Syriac, Mandean, Hattic, Elamite, Hurrian, Hittite, Urartian, Lydian, Luwian, Lycian, Palaic, Sabaean/South Arabian, and other associated languages, plus allied disciplines such as philology, epigraphy, papyrology, numismatics, and textual studies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Biblical languages
    • Biblical literature

  • Exclusion

    • Semitic languages and literatures(16.1100)
    • Biblical studies(39.0201)
16.1199 - Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Berber languages
    • Cushitic languages
    • Maltese
    • Modern Assyrian

  • Exclusion

    • Semitic languages and literatures(16.1100)
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