MA Italian and Linguistics
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Italian and Linguistics, a degree in English Language and Linguistics and Italian combining the study of a modern language with the scientific study of language. Students can enter the course with no prior experience of Italian. The programme features a full academic year spent studying or working in Italy. The first year covers foundational modules such as Linguistics and English Language 1A and Linguistics and English Language 1B alongside outside subjects. The second year explores topics through modules including Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, Gender and Culture, The Coming-of-Age Narrative, Introduction to European Cinema, Dynamics of Language and Power, and Languages Beyond University. The third year consists of a full academic year abroad with opportunities for study or work in destinations such as Bologna, Milan, Rome and Venice. The fourth year focuses on advanced linguistic and cultural proficiency with modules including spoken Italian - discussing, reflecting and presenting on Italian culture, politics and society, essay and creative writing, and Italian-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts.
Modules
- Linguistics and English Language 1A - this course offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general and of English in particular
- Linguistics and English Language 1B - this course helps you learn how to investigate the different subsystems of language
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and language sciences
- philosophy, divinity and law
- the variation observed in the languages of the world
- the structure and history of world languages
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Bologna
- Catania
- Florence
- Milan
- Pisa
- Rome
- Siena
- Verona
- Venice
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- spoken Italian - discussing, reflecting and presenting on Italian culture, politics and society
- essay and creative writing
- Italian-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts