2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Linguistics and Philosophy

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Linguistics
Philosophy

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Linguistics and Philosophy(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

This joint honours degree explores how language works, how it’s structured, interpreted and used, alongside key philosophical questions and thinking.
Studying linguistics will allow you to develop an understanding of human communication using approaches from the arts and sciences to equip you with a variety of skills. Compulsory and optional modules will allow you to explore topics such as language acquisition, syntax, language change and processing as well as phonetics – the study of how speech sounds are physically produced.
With philosophy at Leeds, you can explore fundamental questions about how we understand the world: what’s the difference between belief and knowledge? Why are we here? How do we know what we know – and can we ever know anything at all? Through core and optional modules you’ll learn how to construct arguments and study key topics such as ethics and logic, as well as specialist knowledge in topics from ancient and moral philosophy to the ethics of life and death, philosophy of language or aesthetics.
Throughout the course, you will develop valuable interpretative and analytical skills, as well as becoming a confident researcher. You will demonstrate these qualities in when you undertake a Dissertation or Final Year Project on a topic of your choice in either Philosophy or Linguistics.
Students on this programme may apply for transfer to an International Degree, where there are opportunities at our partner universities across the world where courses are taught in English. The opportunity to apply for a work placement (Industrial Degree) is also available.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or in either of the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates may choose to study one of the following optional modules:

- Not all modules will be available every year.

Students will be required to study at least 40 credits and may study up to 60 credits from the following optional modules:

Students may also choose to study the below module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject, pursue additional modules in the two named subjects or take the above FOAH module.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Linguistics and 40 credits in Philosophy.

All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in – and count towards – either Linguistics or Philosophy.

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).  

Optional modules:

All students are required to take Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules:

Students who take their FYP in Philosophy are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.

Students who take their FYP in Linguistics may take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.

Students who take their FYP in Linguistics are required to take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.
Students who take their FYP in Philosophy may take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.

Discovery modules:

All students may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Philosophy or Linguistics.   Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits

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