BA English Language (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in English Language (Study Abroad), an undergraduate degree in English Language and Linguistics, examines the evolution, structure, and global use of the English language. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The third year includes an international study placement at a partner university abroad. The first year introduces foundational elements through core modules such as English across Space and Time, English in Use, Foundations of Language, and Linguistic Inquiry and Applications. The second year focuses on data-driven approaches and grammar with compulsory studies including Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World, English Grammar, and English Phonetics. The third year consists of Your Year Abroad. The final year deepens knowledge through core modules like Language and Social Identities and Language Variation and Change in English. Students can choose optional modules spanning various topics such as Cognitive Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, Language and Media, Psycholinguistics, and Pragmatics, and may also undertake the Linguistics and English Language Dissertation.
Modules
- English across Space and Time
- English in Use
- Foundations of Language
- Linguistic Inquiry and Applications
- Language in Mind and Society
- World Literatures
- Explaining Criminology
- The Arts and Identity (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change
- Re-Making Tradition
- Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World
- English Grammar
- English Phonetics
- Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language
- Discourse Studies
- Language Acquisition
- Language and Creativity in Advertising
- Language and Pedagogic Practice
- Professional Communication
- Sounds of the World's Languages
- Transnational Debates on Gender and Society
- Your Year Abroad
- Language and Social Identities
- Language Variation and Change in English
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Forensic Linguistics
- Language and Media
- Language, Culture and Cognition
- Linguistics and English Language Dissertation
- Phonetic and Phonological Theory
- Pragmatics
- Psycholinguistics