BSc Language Sciences
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BSc Hons in Language Sciences, an English Language and Linguistics degree centred on the scientific investigation of human speech, cognitive processes, and computational frameworks. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students examine linguistic structures, language acquisition, and forensic contexts through an empirical lens. The first year establishes foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as English across Space and Time, Foundations of Language, Language in Mind and Society, and Linguistic Inquiry and Applications, with options to study modern languages or computing essentials. The second year progresses into specialized technical applications with compulsory modules including Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language, Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World, Language Acquisition, Sounds of the World's Languages, and Structures of the World's Languages, alongside optional studies in phonetics, advertising, and discourse. The final year centers on advanced theory through compulsory modules like Cognitive Linguistics and Phonetic and Phonological Theory. Optional modules in the final year allow students to explore forensic linguistics, psycholinguistics, and media, with an opportunity to complete a linguistics and English language dissertation.
Modules
- English across Space and Time
- Foundations of Language
- Language in Mind and Society
- Linguistic Inquiry and Applications
- Becoming Independent in Languages (CEFR B1/B2) 1
- Beginners Languages (CEFR A1/A2) 1
- English in Use
- Explaining Criminology
- Crime and Popular Culture
- Computing Essentials: Programming
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language
- Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World
- Language Acquisition
- Sounds of the World's Languages
- Structures of the World's Languages
- English Phonetics
- Language and Creativity in Advertising
- Discourse Studies
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Phonetic and Phonological Theory
- Forensic Linguistics
- Language, Culture and Cognition
- Linguistics and English Language Dissertation
- Psycholinguistics
- Language and Social Identities
- Language and Media