Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
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03 - Humanities

16. - Indigenous and foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on Indigenous and 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 - Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic languages, literatures and linguistics, general

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on one or more of the Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic languages of the ancient and modern Middle/Near East, 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.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Middle Eastern languages
    • Middle Eastern linguistics
    • Middle Eastern literature
    • Near Eastern languages
    • Near Eastern linguistics
    • Near Eastern literature
    • Semitic languages
    • Semitic languages and literature
    • Semitic linguistics
    • Semitic literature

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

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

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Arabic language. These programs include courses in philology, classical Arabic, modern Standard Arabic, dialects, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

  • Illustrative example(s)

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

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Islamic studies(38.0205)
    • Near and Middle Eastern studies(05.0108)
16.1102 - Hebrew language and literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Hebrew language. These programs include courses in philology, Biblical Hebrew (including Pre- and Post-Exilic scripts), modern Hebrew, dialects, and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Hebrew
    • Hebrew language
    • Hebrew language and literature

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Biblical languages and literature(16.1103)
    • Jewish studies(38.0206)
    • Semitic languages and literature(16.1100)
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 languages include, but are not limited to, Egyptian/Coptic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Aramaic, Canaanite, Phoenician, Samarian, Ugaritic, Syriac, Mandean, Hattic, Elamite, Hurrian, Hittite, Urartian, Lydian, Luwian, Lycian, Palaic, Sabaean/South Arabian, and other associated languages. These programs include courses in philology, epigraphy, papyrology, numismatics, and textual studies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Akkadian
    • Ancient Near Eastern languages and literature
    • Assyrian
    • Babylonian
    • Biblical languages
    • Biblical languages and literature
    • Biblical literature
    • Hittite
    • Phoenician
    • Sumerian

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Bible studies(39.0201)
    • Semitic languages and literature(16.1100)
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.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Berber languages
    • Cushitic languages
    • Maltese
    • modern Assyrian
    • other Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic languages, literatures and linguistics

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Semitic languages and literature(16.1100)
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