BA Linguistics and Sociology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB including one essay based subject
About this course
BA in Sociology and English Language and Linguistics, exploring social life alongside the human faculty of language. Core topics include Research Methods. The curriculum spans three years of full-time undergraduate study.
Modules
- English Word and Sentence Structure
- The Sounds of Language
- Study of Meaning
- Language, Mind and Brain
- History and Varieties of English
- From Text to Linguistic Evidence
- Digital Sociology
- Environment and Society
- Inequalities in Contemporary British Society
- Contested Foundations of Social Thought
- Contemporary Social Thought
- Researching Culture and Society
- Global Social Challenges
- Getting Personal: Intimacy and Connectedness in Everyday Life
- Language, Mind and Brain
- History and Varieties of English
- From Text to Linguistic Evidence
- Phonology
- Analysing Grammar
- Societal Multilingualism
- Quantitative Methods in Language Sciences
- Semantics : The Composition of Meaning
- Pragmatics: Meaning, Context, and Interaction
- The Changing English Language
- Variationist Sociolinguistics
- Stylistics of English
- Inequalities in Contemporary British Society
- Contested Foundations of Social Thought
- Contemporary Social Thought
- Global Social Challenges
- Social Network Analysis
- Qualitative Research Design & Methods
- Sustainability, Consumption & Global Responsibilities
- Global Migration
- Social Change in China
- Decolonising Sociology
- Social Class and Inequality in Britain
- Families, Relationships and Everyday Life
- Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Racism and Ethnicity in the UK
- The Survey Method in Social Research
- Spanish Linguistics
- Phonology
- Analysing Grammar
- Societal Multilingualism
- Semantics : The Composition of Meaning
- Pragmatics: Meaning, Context, and Interaction
- The Changing English Language
- Variationist Sociolinguistics
- Stylistics of English
- Dissertation
- Topics in the Study of Meaning
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Language Contact
- Topics in Child Language Development
- Language Policy and Planning
- Forensic Linguistics
- Romance Linguistics
- Quantitative Methods in Language Sciences
- Qualitative Research Design & Methods
- Sustainability, Consumption & Global Responsibilities
- Social Class and Inequality in Britain
- Families, Relationships and Everyday Life
- Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Racism and Ethnicity in the UK
- Sociology of Life and Death
- Cities and Urban Life
- Forced Migration
- Racism and Resistance in Education
- A Sense of Inequality
- Connections matter: Sociological Applications of Social Networks
- Power and Protest
- Social Thought from the Global South
- Art and Society
- Dissertation (20 credits)
- Dissertation B (40 credits)
- The Survey Method in Social Research
- Spanish Linguistics