2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA English Language and Linguistics

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

A-level: AAB including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature).

Other course specific tests: When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including A in English and grade A in the EPQ.

We welcome applications from mature students with Access qualifications, and from students with a wide range of qualifications.

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

School of LCS

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of LCS

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

English Studies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-english.pdf

Linguistics:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-linguistics.pdf?sfvrsn=ecf3c881_4

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2022/2023 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2023 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA English Language and Linguistics(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)


A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

In your first year, you’ll study core modules introducing you to the structure and use of the English language, as well as the key concepts of linguistics and phonetics such as how speech sounds are produced, how grammars are organised and how language conveys meaning.

You’ll then be able to build on that knowledge in the following year, when you’ll learn more about phonetics and syntax in linguistics, and the social functions of language in English. At the same time, you’ll be able to choose from a range of optional modules. In linguistics, this could mean studying language and gender, language acquisition or psycholinguistics, while in English you could study the language of the media, corpus linguistics or forensic linguistics.

By your final year, you’ll be able to apply the critical skills you’ve gained to an independently researched dissertation in either subject. You’ll then choose at least two optional modules in the other subject and up to two in either subject. Optional modules span across the full range of English and Linguistics, in areas such as language processing, language and gender, or the politics of language.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Level 1 students are required to take the following core modules:

Optional modules:

Level 1 students are required to take 20 credits of Discovery modules, or one of the following modules:

Discovery modules:

Level 1 students may take 20 credits of Discovery modules in place of the optional modules.

Year2 - View timetable

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

Level 2 students are required to take 120 credits. Over levels 2 and 3 combined, students must take:

1. English: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at Level 3)

2. Linguistics: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at Level 3)

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules at level 2: 

Optional modules:

Level 2 students are required to take 20 credits from the following list of modules (not all modules available in each academic session):

Discovery modules:

Level 2 students are required to take 20 credits of Discovery modules, or an additional module in either of the named subjects, or FOAH2020 Towards the Future: Skills in Context.

Year3 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in Level 3. Joint Honours students must take:

- English: either 40 credits of English language modules or ENGL3022 Dissertation (40 credits)
- Linguistics: either 40 credits of Linguistics modules or LING3200 Dissertation (40 credits)
Plus
- Up to 20 credits of Discovery modules or further modules 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). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules:

Please note that ENGL3022 and LING3200 are mutually exclusive.

If candidates have chosen to take LING3200 then they must take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list of English Language modules. If candidates have chosen to take ENGL3022, then they may take up to 40 credits only from this list.

If candidates have chosen to take ENGL3022 then they must take a minimum of 40 credits from the following list of Linguistics modules. If candidates have chosen to take LING3200, then they may take up to 40 credits only from this list.

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.

Last updated: 08/05/2024 17:11:58

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