BA Italian and Linguistics (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Italian and Linguistics (with a year abroad), a joint honours degree spanning English Language and Linguistics and Italian. This four-year full-time course includes a year abroad spent studying at a partner institution, undertaking a work placement, or completing an internship. The first year covers initial competencies through compulsory modules such as Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginners, Language and the Mind, Understanding Language in the Real World, and Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies, with optional studies available in subjects like Phonetics and Phonology. Year 2 advances capabilities through Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced and Foundations of Meaning, alongside optional choices including Sociolinguistics and Teaching English as a Foreign Language I. The final fourth year centres on Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient, while allowing students to select from various advanced options such as Independent study in Languages and Cultures, Translation: Methodology and Practice, and Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain.
Modules
- Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginners
- Language and the Mind
- Understanding Language in the Real World
- Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies
- English Past and Present
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Syntactic Structures
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Foundations of Meaning
- The Role of Art in Italian Society
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Transnational Languages: Concepts, Strategies and Approaches
- Aspects of a Theory of Syntax
- Acoustic Phonetics and Phonological Analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Independent study in Languages and Cultures
- The Mafia from its Origins to the Present Day
- Translation: Methodology and Practice
- Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Topics in Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Universals and Variation in Syntactic Systems
- Formal Approaches to Semantics
- A Usage-based View of Language
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II