BA English Language and Sociology (Including Foundation Year)

University of Essex

Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    4 Years

About the course
Our BA English Language and Sociology (including foundation year) is open to Home, EU and international students

It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your academic skills


This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study

During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory academic skills module


You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK


After successful completion of Year Zero in our International Academy, you progress to complete your course with the Department of Language and Linguistics

This course enables you to apply the study of the structure of modern society to sociolinguistic concerns such as accent and dialect variation, multilingualism and language in the media

You even have the opportunity to investigate this further through spending an additional year abroad as part of your degree


You explore topics including:
Language variation
Language and culture
Globalisation and Identity
Conversation and social interaction
New media, cultural change, and institutional talk
We are one of the most prestigious language and linguistics departments in the world, a place where talented students become part of an academic community in which the majority of research is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’; placing us firmly within the top 10 departments in the UK and among the top 150 departments on the planet (QS World University Rankings 2016)

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • English
  • Sociology
  • Teaching
  • English Language
  • University
  • Media
  • Employability
  • International

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 0
An Introduction to the History of the United Kingdom During the Twentieth Century
Major Writers in English Literature
Political and Social Theory From Plato to the Present Day
Western Philosophy: Fundamental Questions, Major Thinkers
Academic Skills
Year 1
Sounds
Skills for Linguists
Words and Sentences
Language Variation and Change
Researching Social Life I
The Sociological Imagination
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Year 2
Continuity and Controversy in Sociology: Sociological Analysis II
Phonology
Analysing the structure of English
Semantics and Pragmatics
Research methods for language and linguistics
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Researching Social Life II (optional)
Final year
Current Disputes in Sociology: Sociological Analysis III
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Varieties of English (optional)
Globalisation and Crime (optional)
Linguistic Description of English (optional)
Teaching
Teaching is arranged to allow freedom in how you organise your learning experience
Examples of practical work include digitally recording dialect speakers in a small traditional fishing community, or scouring digitised child language databanks
Other teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations and learning by teaching others
Lab sessions to improve technical research skills
Assessment
You are assessed through a combination of coursework (assignments, essays and tests) and end-of-year examinations
Weighted 50% coursework and 50% examinations
In your final year, you conduct research on a topic chosen with one of your lecturers, for your dissertation. Your lecturer supports you throughout your project and is an expert in the research area.
Other methods of assessment include graded participation in seminars and classes, presentations, or group work
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Additional information

Meanwhile, our Department of Sociology is rated top 10 in the UK for research quality (REF 2014), and we consistently receive strong student satisfaction scores, including 91% overall student satisfaction in 2014 Our expert staff We have some of the best teachers across the University in our International Academy, all of whom have strong subject backgrounds and are highly skilled in their areas Our English Language staff are internationally recognised for their language research (REF 2014) Their books dominate the reading lists at other universities We maintain excellent student-staff ratios, and we integrate language learning with linguistics wherever there is synergy Our world-leading sociology staff also have their fingers on the pulse of modern society; whether it’s the battle between Apple and Spotify or the exploitation of female bodybuilders, we embed our innovative and sometimes controversial research into your course As well as publishing bestselling books, our academics have appeared in radio and television broadcasts such as Professor Mike Roper on the BBC World Service broadcast, London: The Psychology of War and Professor Pam Cox in the BBC TWO series Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter and Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs Specialist facilities By studying within our International Academy for your foundation year, you will have access to all of the facilities that the University of Essex has to offer, as well as those provided by our Academy to support you: We provide computer labs for internet research; classrooms with access to PowerPoint facilities for student presentations; AV facilities for teaching and access to web-based learning materials Our new Student Services Hub will support you and provide information for all your needs as a student Our social space is stocked with hot magazines and newspapers, and provides an informal setting to meet with your lecturers, tutors and friends In our...

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