BSc Language and Linguistics
Entry requirements
Applicants should satisfy the University General Requirements e.g. 1. Provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (GCSE English Language grades A-C/ 4-9 or equivalent); and 2. Provide evidence of passes in five subjects, two of which must be at A level (grades A-E) and three at GCSE level (grades A-C/4-9); or 3. Provide evidence of passes in four subjects, three of which must be at A level (grades A-E) and one at GCSE level (grades A- C/4-9); or 4. Provide evidence of an approved qualification at an equivalent level such as a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma or Access to Higher Education qualification or equivalent; or 5. Provide evidence, for a process of formal accreditation by the University, of learning you have gained through work or other experience.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Linguistics. Core topics include data analysis, research methods, and clinical skills. Students may opt for a counselling studies exit pathway by completing three counselling modules, and a semester abroad is available in the second year. The programme culminates in a research dissertation in linguistics.
Modules
- Communication and Language
- How language works
- Children's Language
- Analysing Language I
- Analysing Language II
- Varieties of English
- Nature and Contexts of Counselling
- Talk, Interaction and Social Organisation
- Linguistic Theory I
- Counselling Theory
- Semantics
- Language Acquisition
- Research Methods in Linguistics
- Issues in morphology and morphosyntax
- Researching Talk
- Language Acquisition
- Developing the Reflective Practitioner
- Linguistic Interfaces
- Literature Review in Linguistics
- Current Issues in Linguistics
- Structure and History of English
- Investigating Ellipsis
- Dissertation in Linguistics