BSc Experimental Linguistics
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (At least one subject from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology.) IB: 36 points (A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects including one from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics or Psychology with no higher level score below 5. If Mathematics is offered at higher level, the programme will accept either ‘Analysis and Approaches’ or ‘Applications and Interpretation.)
About this course
BSc in Experimental Linguistics, a linguistics degree exploring language processing, sound patterns, and meaning through empirical methods. Core topics include Statistics. Students complete a final-year long essay or project alongside laboratory work. The first year establishes foundations through Introduction to Statistical Methods, Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics A, Introduction To Generative Grammar, and Introduction to Phonetics. The second year advances methodologies with Intermediate Statistical Methods, Introduction to Children's Language Development, and Psycholinguistics: General Processing, while offering optional modules such as Introduction to Speech Science and Semantic Theory. The third year centres on the Long Essay/Project and the Experimental Linguistics Laboratory, complemented by optional studies in areas like Pragmatics in a Social Context, Introduction to Computational Linguistics, and Neurolinguistics.
Modules
- Introduction to Statistical Methods
- Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics A
- Introduction To Generative Grammar
- Core Issues and Academic Skills in Linguistics
- Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics B
- Introduction to Phonetics
- Introduction to Phonology
- Intermediate Statistical Methods
- Introduction to Children's Language Development
- Psycholinguistics: General Processing
- Introduction to Speech Science
- Semantic Theory
- Intermediate Pragmatics
- Intermediate Generative Grammar: Locality
- Intermediate Phonology
- Intermediate Generative Grammar: Word Order
- Long Essay/Project
- Experimental Linguistics Laboratory
- Pragmatics in a Social Context
- Semantic-Pragmatic Development
- Model-based phonetic science
- Current Issues in Syntax
- Stuttering
- Sociolinguistics
- Introduction to Computational Linguistics
- Stages in Language Development
- Linguistics of Sign Language
- Neurolinguistics