The M.A. in Linguistics - Applied Linguistics involves coursework (five three-credit-units courses) in the areas of linguistics and applied linguistics, plus writing and defending an M.A. thesis based on individual research. Graduate students in this concentration can pursue original research related to anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, language maintenance in Canada and abroad, heritage languages of Canada, computational linguistics, TESOL, second/ foreign/ native language acquisition, and other areas listed below. Students can also make inquiries about other possible areas of language-related studies.