Bachelor of Art in Linguistics

at University of New Brunswick - Saint John Campus Canada

Economists are excited by changing environments and unique challenges. When you study economics, you’re examining decision-making processes at the personal and political level and contributing to a way of thinking that will influence countless social issues, including: poverty, climate change, health care, international development, globalization, immigration, financial institutions, and government regulations. Economics will prepare you for a career of investigating and analyzing economic events, forecasting trends, and creating efficient policies while innovating current systems.

Why Economics at UNB?
We take a comprehensive approach to the study of economics. At UNB, students build strong fundamentals by gaining knowledge about modern economic issues and problems facing our current system.

Hands-on learning:

• Enjoy work-study opportunities that engage your interests
• Travel abroad through our exchange programs
• Attend/participate in conferences and workshops

Skills you will acquire: 

• Knowledge of economic policies
• Effective Communication
• Statistical and quantitative analysis
• Writing coherent and persuasive economic reports

Electrical engineers oversee the production, transmission and use of electricity.

That includes everything from managing large power grids that deliver electricity to designing microprocessors for computers and other electric devices.

With the many applications of electricity, the areas of specialization are wide-ranging:

• Power apparatus and systems
• Electronics and digital systems
• Computer networks and communications
• Eletromagnetics
• System dynamics and control

Transform your two-year diploma from a recognized college into a university degree at the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Business.

Our Bachelor of Applied Management (BAM) program is tailored to the needs of professionals and college students from any field who are interested in advancing their education, making a career change or advancing within their current workplace.

• The BAM program provides students with a broader understanding of how key operations integrate in the business environment including:
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Human resource management
  • Marketing
  • E-commerce
  • Communications

Psychology is the science of human thought, behaviour and emotion. All that we think, feel and do is a possible topic for psychological study. Psychology applies its knowledge to human activity in order to improve lives and alleviate suffering.

At UNB, we offer a broad spectrum of research areas in psychology, including: human sexuality, depression, feminist perspectives, Autism, women’s studies, internet and gambling addictions, gender and laterality, pain assessment and management, infant and adolescent development, cultural psychology, self-concept and identity, bilingualism and cognitive neuroscience.

Hands-on learning:

• Experiential learning through in-class exercises and small group tutorials
• Conduct and analyze innovative experiments in the department research lab
• Volunteer with community organizations, such as the 24-hour CHIMO helpline.
• Skills you will acquire:
• Quantitative and qualitative research skills
• Critical thinking
• Oral and Written Communication
• Organizational
• Interpersonal
• Research
• Laboratory experience

Linguistics courses offer insights into the relationship between the brain, mind and language. By studying linguistics, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to understand foreign languages and the difficulties foreign students encounter in English and French. 

Linguistic courses complement programs in Education, English, Languages, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Science, and Computer Science. Linguistics is a requirement for Speech Therapy, TESL, and other programs related to language processing and language engineering.

What you'll learn
This program provides students with a solid knowledge of basic concepts that form the foundation of linguistic theories including:

• The modules of grammar (phonology, syntax, semantics).
• The relationship between cognition and language (psycholinguistics).
• The relationship between brain and grammar (generative grammar.
• Mental processes involved in the acquisition of the first and second languages.

The study of English is about the appreciation of language at work.  English students explore the impact and possibilities of words as they form into narratives and speak through characters to wider cultural communities at home and across the globe. 

English offers creative inspiration and critical thinking skills while empowering students to become highly literate in a society that values communication.

We will help develop your analytical and communication skills; studying literature will refine your reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, as well as cultivate your love of literature.  Through in-class discussions and seminar presentations, you’ll build strategies for public speaking. 

As an effective communicator, you’ll excel in any professional environment and bring a wealth of verbal, analytical, and written strengths to every team dynamic.

At UNB, we encourage thinking and doing. If you’re looking for a creative outlet, try our Creative Minor in one of these three areas: film/video, creative writing, and theatre.

Hands-on learning

• Internship: use your knowledge to shape the community by applying for an unpaid, for-credit internship. You’ll work directly with local organizations and non-profits, including the Charlotte Street Arts Centre and the New Brunswick Film Co-op.
• Enjoy mentorship opportunities with a work-study position in the department, or on campus
• Study English literature abroad through UNB’s Exchange program
• Attend small seminar courses where you can passionately engage with unique and focused topics in literature that excite you

Skills you will acquire

• Ability to read, write, and speak effectively and persuasively to diverse audiences, and to use rhetorical techniques for persuasion
• Analytical skills to manage information, make sound decisions, and articulate the rationale for those decisions
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Go surfing in the Pacific and write about it. Book a dream honeymoon for someone. Entertain tourists through interpretive re-enactments. Manage a beachfront hotel. These are just a few of the cool things you can do with a degree in Hospitality and Tourism.

In UNB’s Bachelor of Applied Management in Hospitality and Tourism (BAMHT) program, you’ll combine practical experience in a community college setting with theoretical studies in UNB classrooms. You’ll study in Canada’s oldest incorporated city and gain valuable hands-on training and experience.

The BAMHT is available as a certificate and a degree, if entering from high school, or as a diploma and a degree, if entering from college. For the co-op mode, work terms follow Years Two and Three for high school-entry students while a work term follows Year Three (i.e. first year at UNBSJ) for college-entry students. These work terms provide hands-on, multi-level practical experiences.

Why Hospitality and Tourism at UNB?

Through UNB’s unique program, you’ll gain hands-on experience through the community college component of the program in addition to the theoretical component you’ll receive in UNB’s classrooms.

In addition, Saint John's distinctive historic and geographic significance makes it an ideal place to study and experience tourism first hand.

Hands-on learning: 

• Co-operative Education (Co-op) program
• Field trips to museums, world heritage sites, cruise ships in port, event venues, and other tourist sites
• Volunteer and paid opportunities with local organizations
• Opportunities to work with professors on tourism research projects
• Coursework involving case studies and group projects

Skills you will acquire:

• Business management skills, such as accounting, finance, marketing and strategy
• Manage staff and visitors
• Plan events, festivals, and conferences
• Manage historic and natural parks
• Manage hospitality operations
• Create new hospitality and tourism products and improve existing ones

Mathematics puts our world in order. Arts students may major or minor in Mathematics, studying calculus, geometry, algebra, statistics and mathematical theory. Mathematics provides the framework for scientific theory in applied, natural and social sciences and the principles underlying economics and business studies.

Possible careers include:-

• Climatologist
• Cryptographer
• Financial Analyst
• Public Opinion Researcher
• Statistician
• Sports Analyst

Simply put, statistics is the science of learning from data.

With vast amounts of data being gathered every day and from all aspects of our society, we need statistics to help us make sense out of the information collected. The beauty of statistics is that it can be combined with virtually any other discipline, whether its science, medicine, computer science, sports, finance or engineering. As the awareness of the importance of statistics continues to grow, so does the demand for statisticians and statistical expertise.

At UNB Saint John we offer general introductory statistics courses covering the core elements of statistics, specialized introductory statistics courses as well as third and fourth year courses designed to fit the needs of students working on major projects, heading to graduate school or looking for employment in the industry.

Hands-on learning

• Statistical theory is motivated by real-life data problems.
• The latest statistical software is used to analyze larger data sets.
• Projects requiring analysis of real-life data are required in some courses.

Skills you will acquire:

• The ability to summarize and to present data in a meaningful way.
• An understanding of basic probability theory.
• An understanding of statistical inference in a variety of settings.
• An understanding of key concepts in regression analysis.
• The ability to design experiments and to analyze data resulting from them.
• An understanding of common multivariate analysis techniques.
• Proficiency in one or more statistical software packages.

As a Bachelor of Information Sciences (B.I.Sc.) graduate, you will learn how to establish programs to collect and analyze data, which will better equip people to function within their work environments.

The interdisciplinary B.I.Sc. program at University of New Brunswick Saint John draws upon business administration, mathematics, computer science, and economics, with a focus on the methods and techniques for effective collection and analysis of data.

You can choose a specialization which will allow you to concentrate on your areas of interest and application:

• Decision and Business Management
• Decision and Systems Science.