Faculty of Humanities creates new School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

UVic’s new School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures will launch in September 2024 and will integrate the Departments of French and Francophone Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, and Linguistics.

The new School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) will provide a home for interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration while protecting the integrity and identity of the distinct disciplines of the original units. The SLLC will preserve existing degree programs and names of degrees offered by the original units, while creating new interdisciplinary opportunities, including the potential for new, interdisciplinary courses.  The new unit will also present exciting opportunities for research collaboration and knowledge sharing and mobilization.

I’m currently taking a program in Germanic and Slavic Studies. Will the creation of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures impact my program?

There will be no changes to programs and courses currently offered by Germanic and Slavic Studies or other departments. Your program requirements will stay the same, and you’ll graduate with the same degree as planned.

I’m starting at UVic in the Fall and I want to take a program in Germanic and Slavic Studies. Will I still be able to?

Yes. Incoming students and those who have not yet declared a program in Germanic and Slavic Studies will be able to take all existing programs offered by Germanic and Slavic Studies:

  • Major in Germanic Studies
  • Minor in Germanic Studies
  • Honours in Germanic Studies
  • Certificate in Language and Cultural Proficiency – German
  • Major in Slavic Studies
  • Minor in Slavic Studies
  • Honours in Slavic Studies
  • Certificate in Language and Cultural Proficiency – Russian
  • MA in Germanic and Slavic Studies – Germanic stream (next intake Fall 2025)
  • MA in Germanic and Slavic Studies – Slavic stream (next intake Fall 2025)
  • MA in Germanic and Slavic Studies – Holocaust stream (next intake Fall 2025)