Bachelor or Arts: Linguistics

Admission Process:

The following admission regulations apply to all USP degree programs, unless specified otherwise in the program tables. Further information, contact Student Academic Services, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji; tel: +679 3231433; fax: +679 3231516; email: studentinfo(at)usp.ac.fj.

The University offers the degrees of Bachelor of Agriculture (BAgr), Bachelor of Art (BA), Bachelor of Education (BEd - Primary), Bachelor of Law (LLB) and the Bachelor of Science (BSc).

Eligibility - Persons shall be eligible to be admitted to study for a Bachelor’s degree (except the BEd (Primary) degree the BA GCEd, and the BSc GCEd) if they have:

passed the Fiji Form 7 examination or its equivalent, or
passed the USP Foundation programme in accordance with 1.4 below, or
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The Bachelor of Arts consists of:

22 courses, of which eight are at 100-level, eight at 200-level and six at 300-level including 2 100-level generic courses and 2 200-level generic courses; and either
a single major structure composed of a major discipline chosen from the list appearing on the following page one or two minor disciplines and elective courses, where:

the single major is between nine and 12 courses in one discipline, of which at least:

two courses are at 100-level; and
two courses are at 200-level; and
three courses are at 300-level.

the minor is between four and five courses in one discipline, of which at least:

two courses are at 100-level; and
two courses are above 100-level.

the elective courses are from other than the major and minor disciplines, or

a double major structure composed of two major disciplines and elective courses, where:

each major is between six and eight courses in one discipline, of which at least:

two courses are at 100-level; and
two courses are at 200-level; and
two courses are at 300-level.

the elective courses are from other than the major disciplines.

Courses:

Single Major	Not offered as a single major.
One Major in Double Major	UU100 (Communications and Information Literacy) - From 2010 all students admitted to degree programmes will be required to undertake four generic courses as part of their programme. UU100 will be offered in Semester 2. UU114 (English For Academic Purposes) - By the end of this course students will be expected to have achieved a proficiency in academic writing, reading and speaking sufficient to support their language needs in courses in the humanities, social science or sciences and in future professional tasks. LL122 (Introduction To Language Studies) - This course provides a general introduction to linguistics, which is the study of (i) language as a social and intellectual phenomenon, and(ii) the human languages of the world. Language plays an extraordinarily vital role in our everyday lives, and yet it is usually learnt and used unconsciously. UU200 (Ethics And Governance) - course description is not available yet. UU204 (Pacific Worlds) - This course provides students with knowledge and information about the Pacific that all graduates of USP are expected to know upon graduation: the settlement and colonisation of the Pacific, self-determining or independence movements, contemporary issues, and regional cooperation. LL211 (The Structure Of English) - This course focuses on the analysis and description of the structure of sentences and parts of sentences in English. The grammatical units of morpheme, word, phrase, clause and sentence will be considered in terms of their form/structure (type) and function. LL311 (Varieties Of English) - There is an almost endless selection of `varieties` in any speech community. Oceania has its own language communities with its own varieties of English (and other languages). LL317 (Applied Linguistics) - This course aims to develop students` understanding of linguistic concepts which have relevance for language teaching, particularly ESL teaching. Detailed consideration will be given to the application of linguistics to pedagogical approaches and methods and to the content of instructional materials. LL318 (Meaning In English) - This course focuses on two main branches of the linguistic study of meaning: lexical semantics (concerned with word meaning) and pragmatics. The subject matter of pragmatics is meaning in context: how listeners/readers manage ... LL319 (Selected Topics In Linguistics) - Different topics may be the focus of this course in different semesters and may include: sociolinguistics, history of English, discourse analysis, stylistics, comparative linguistics, Pidgins and Creoles, World Englishes, etc.
Minor	Not offered as minor.

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