MA Portuguese and English Language
Entry requirements
A level: from A*AA to AAA (required: a language other than English at B) IB: from 36 points with 665 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Portuguese and English Language, a joint honours degree centred on English Language and Linguistics and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. The programme includes a full academic year spent abroad studying or working in destinations such as Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon and Coimbra. The first year covers introductory foundations through Linguistics and English Language 1A, Linguistics and English Language 1B, alongside a range of outside subjects. The second year explores specialised themes via structure and history of world languages, variation in English over time and across geographical space, and Dynamics of Language and Power. The third year is spent abroad in Portuguese-speaking destinations either studying, working, or combining both approaches across one or two institutions. The fourth year focuses on advanced linguistic and cultural proficiency through modules including presenting and discussing cultural, political and societal topics in Portuguese and advanced comprehension, summary writing, translation and composition.
Modules
- Linguistics and English Language 1A - this offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general and of English in particular
- Linguistics and English Language 1B - this will help you develop the tools and knowledge needed to investigate the different subsystems of language in a systematic way
- 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
- structure and history of world languages
- variation in English over time and across geographical space
- 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
- Catalan or Spanish (either starting from scratch or continuing from Year 1) to expand your knowledge of Iberian cultures
- different aspects of linguistics
- Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
- Lisbon and Coimbra in Portugal
- 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)
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- presenting and discussing cultural, political and societal topics in Portuguese
- advanced comprehension, summary writing, translation and composition