BA Modern Languages
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB A level grade B is required for any advanced language/s you wish to study. See below for full information.. IB: 6,5,5 32 points overall. We require a Higher Level or equivalent in any modern languages that you plan to study at Advanced level. See below for full information.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus B at A level in the required subject/s mentioned below. BTEC Diploma: DD, plus B at A level in the required subject/s mentioned below. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus AB at A level, including the required subject/s mentioned below.
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages BA, a modern languages degree focusing on multilingual communication and cultural studies. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The course spans four years and includes a compulsory period spent abroad.
Modules
- Discover: Personal, Academic and Professional Development in Modern Languages
- French Language 1 (Advanced)
- French Language 1 (Beginners)
- German Language 1 (Advanced)
- German Language 1 (Beginners)
- Spanish Language 1 (Advanced)
- Spanish Language 1 (Beginners)
- Italian Language 1 (Beginners)
- Visions of Italy on paper and screen
- Visions of Italy through music
- Mandarin Chinese Language beginners I
- Mandarin Chinese Language beginners II
- Japanese Language Beginners I
- Japanese Language Beginners II
- Red Lives: A Cultural History of Soviet Life and Its Afterlife
- Roots of the Rus': Language, Culture, and Civilisation
- Russian Language 1 (Beginners): Decoding and Discovering Russian
- Environment, Sustainability and Development in the Portuguese-speaking world
- Portuguese Language 1 (Beginners): Boas-vindas!
- Beginners Catalan Language A
- Beginners Catalan Language B
- Catalan Culture Project A
- Catalan Culture Project B
- Exploring Identities in the French and Francophone world
- Nation, Democracy, Diversity in the German-speaking world
- Introduction to Hispanic Cultures
- French Language 2(Intermediate)
- French Language 2 (Advanced)
- German Language 2 (Advanced)
- German Language 2 (Intermediate)
- Spanish Language 2 (Advanced)
- Spanish Language 2 (Intermediate)
- Exploring Italian cities: texts and contexts
- Italian Language 2 (Intermediate)
- Cultural Industries: Creativity in Change
- Portuguese Language 2 (Intermediate): Vamos lá!
- Intermediate Catalan Language A
- Intermediate Catalan Language B
- Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona
- Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity
- LI 19th Century Russia through the Lens of the Novel
- Russian Language 2 (Intermediate): Russian Language in Action
- Japanese Language Intermediate I
- Japanese Language Intermediate II
- Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate I
- Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate II
- Beginners Catalan Language A
- Beginners Catalan Language B
- Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations
- Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts
- Ideals and Ideas: The Making of Modern Germany
- Obedience and Autonomy in German Culture and Thought
- 19th Century Russia through the Lens of the Novel
- Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture
- Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights
- Icons of the Hispanic World
- Mexican and Chicano Art in the Twentieth Century: Revolution and Beyond
- Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction
- Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages
- Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State
- Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement
- Global Enterprise Project
- Language and power
- Teaching and Learning (languages) in the 21st century
- Work, The Future and You
- Translation in the Workplace
- IWLP Arabic Level 2A
- IWLP Arabic Level 2B
- French Language Final Year
- German Language Final Year
- Exploring the self: Dante and Leopardi
- Italian Language Final Year
- Portuguese Language Final Year: Avante!
- Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture
- Audio-Visual Translation Project: Russian to English
- Business Russian
- Russian Language Final Year: Towards Fluency
- Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages
- Final Year Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages
- Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 1
- Japanese Language Advanced I
- Japanese Language Advanced II
- Advanced Catalan Language A
- Advanced Catalan Language B
- Contemporary Chinese Language and Business Culture Advanced I
- Back to the Future – Hidden Histories and Utopian Possibilities, 1800-present
- Contemporary representations of the body: literature, theory and art
- Echoes of Colonialism and Imperialism Across Cultures
- Language, Culture and Communication: Digging into the text
- The Romance languages: structure, variation and change
- Translation and Creativity in the Digital Age I
- Translation and Creativity in the Digital Age II
- Uniformity and diversity in the Iberian-Romance speaking world