Intercultural Communication and/with Language with International Experience (BA): 4-year, full-time

The programme comprises 420 module credits, of which 180 are normally taken in language/culture and 180 in linguistics and communication; 60 credits are also taken during a year abroad.

You follow one of five language pathways, depending on your level of attainment in your chosen language at entry. There is a minimum language entry requirement for French, German, Italian and Spanish of CEFR level A2 (GCSE or equivalent). Japanese only may be taken from beginner level.

In Year 1, you take two core modules (Approaches to Language and Approaches to Study), one language module and one option module.

In Year 2, you take two core modules (Language, Culture and Communication and Intercultural Communication in Business Contexts), one language module, and the remaining credits consist of option modules relating to culture, language or linguistics.

In Year 3, you spend a year at a partner institution and earn an equivalent of 60 credits in culture and language.

In Year 4, you choose two core modules (Professional Communication and Intercultural Communication Final-Year Project), take one language module, and the remaining credits consist of option modules relating to culture, language or linguistics.

• Approaches to Language (Level 4)
• Approaches to Study
• Intercultural Communication in Business Contexts
• Language, Culture, and Communication

• Intercultural Communication Final Year Project
• Professional Communication

• Cultural Perspectives on German History
• Exploring Contemporary Germany (level 6)
• Film and Politics
• Imagining France: An Introduction to French Studies
• Reading the Signs: Text and Image in French Culture
• Reading Transnational Cultures
• Rethinking Japan: Introduction to Modern Japanese Society and Culture (Level 5)
• Spanish Pragmatics (Level 6)
• Studying the Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and Native American Worlds
• Theorising Japanese Cinema
• Understanding Culture: Language and Texts

• French 1
• French 2
• German 1
• German 2
• Italian 1
• Italian 2
• Japanese 1
• Japanese 2
• Spanish 1
• Spanish 2

• Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (Level 5)
• Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (Level 6)
• Corpus Linguistics (level 6)
• Identity in Applied Linguistics Research Level 6
• Language and media (level 5)
• Language and media (level 6)
• Language Learning Level 5
• Language Learning Level 6
• Language Teaching Research Level 5
• Language Teaching Research Level 6
• Multilingual and Multicultural Individuals Level 5
• Multilingual and Multicultural Communities Level 5
• Multilingual and Multicultural Individuals Level 6
• Multilingual and Multicultural Communities Level 6
• Neurolinguistics (level 5)
• Neurolinguistics (level 6)
• Psycholinguistics (level 5)
• Psycholinguistics (level 6)
• Sociolinguistics (Level 5)
• Sociolinguistics (Level 6)