Are you considering a degree in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, and wonder what it’s like to be a university student for a day?
Spend a day at Carleton University during March break (March 11 – 15, 2024) and experience life as a university student firsthand!
Through the Student for a Day program, you’ll be paired up with a current student and get the chance to attend a class, enjoy a free lunch, and learn more about our programs, campus, and professors, as well as all of the amazing resources that make Carleton great.
The School of Linguistics and Language Studies is pleased to offer the following course options:
- Communication Differences (Tuesday or Thursday 11:35AM – 12:55PM): A survey course highlighting a variety of communication differences and disabilities. Specific topics vary from year to year but typically will include speech, language, fluency and hearing differences and disabilities. During the week of March 11 – 15, the topic discussed will be aphasia.
- Introduction to Linguistics (Monday or Wednesday 1:05PM – 2:25PM): Survey of topics in linguistics, which could include language change, sociolinguistics, language acquisition and processing. May include language typology, language contact and writing systems. During the week of March 11 – 15, the topic discussed will be language acquisition.
You can find more information about the Student for a Day program, including a complete list of course options here.