BA (Hons) History and English Language
Bachelor's degree
In Hatfield
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Hatfield
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
In your first year, you’ll learn the foundations of language. You’ll study phonetics, syntax and the building blocks that make up language. You can choose to explore language in societal groups, humans and even animals! In History, you’ll, explore Africa from the 15th to the 19th century, trade between 1600-2000 and the Heritage Industry in England. You can also choose to study 20th Century American culture, which covers music, sport, and entertainment, including early film.
In your second year, you can take modules on English language teaching, psycholinguistics, forensic linguistics and more. Learn how language is processed in the brain, how children learn language, and learn more about phonetics, phonology, and syntax. All your History modules are optional as well. Explore family life in the 18th century or learn how to make a historical documentary.
Work placement/study abroad option: Between your second and final year, you’ll have the option to study abroad or do a work placement for up to a year. Not only will this give you an amazing experience to talk about but will also give your CV a boost. If you’d rather go straight to your final year, that’s fine too. You’ll decide in your second year with us, so there is still plenty of time to think about this.
In your final year, you can choose from a wide range of modules, from Child Language and Communication to Pacific Histories which explores colonisation, conflict and connections. You also have the opportunity to select to do a final year project of your choosing in either History or English language.
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About this course
Ever wondered how the past shapes the current world? Or why animals can’t talk but humans can? At Herts, you’ll explore this and more in our flexible joint programme. You’ll learn how people learn (or don’t learn) from past events. You’ll start seeing patterns and parallels between the past and present. Maybe even the future.
English language allows you to explore the foundations of language. The specialist optional modules include psycholinguistics, forensic linguistics, and clinical linguistics. You can investigate human communication, the psychology behind language and the use of language in different settings. How is language used to identify criminals? History will teach you the links between past and present. Does history really repeat itself?
Our English Language graduates have gone on to work within various fields, including psychology, speech and language therapy, marketing, and communication. Our History graduates have obtained jobs in research, marketing, data analysis and more. You’ll learn to be critical, identify reliable primary and secondary sources and evaluate data effectively. These are all highly sought-after skills by employers and educational institutions alike.
UCAS points 104
A Level BCC
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Subjects
- English Language
- English
- Magic
- Communication Training
- Teaching
- Phonetics
- Syntax
- Project
- Industry
- Music
Course programme
Degree programmes are structured into levels, 4, 5 and 6. These correspond to your first, second and third/final year of study. Below you can see what modules you’ll be studying in each.
Level 4
Module
- Communication, Interaction, Context
- Belief and Disbelief: Faith, Magic and Medicine, 1500 - 1800
- Investigating Language
- The Fight for Rights: Freedom and Oppression, 1790s-1990s
- Historians' Toolkit
- Africa and the World, 1450-1850
- Introduction to English Linguistics 1
- Introduction to English Linguistics 2
- Language and Mind
- Cashing In: Traders and Consumers, 1600 - 2001
- Language in the Media
- Introduction to Public History
- The Heritage Industry in Britain
- Leisure and Lifestyle: 20th Century American Music, Sport and Entertainment
Module
- Graduate Skills
- USA 1861 to 1969: From Civil War to Civil Rights A
- Learning and Teaching Language 2
- English Grammar
- Language and Species
- Language in Society
- Sounds of English
- Forensic Linguistics
- Language Competencies in Career Development
- History of the English Language
- Research Methods in English Language & Communication
- Learning and Teaching Language 1
- Hearth & Heart: Family Life in the Long Eighteenth-Century
- Propaganda in Twentieth-Century War and Politics
- Nation & Identity: Newly Independent States in Interwar Europe, 1918-1939
- Making a Historical Documentary
- Making Histories: Public History Work Experience
- Postcards from the Empire: Experiences of British Imperialism
- Maladies and Medicine in Early Modern Europe
- Crime and Society in England, 1550-1750
- The Age of the Cold War, 1945-1991
Module
- Child Language & Communication
- Clinical Linguistics
- Language & Communication Project
- Language Processing
- Communication and Cultures
- Meaning and Context
- Chunky Language: Investigating Formulaic Sequences
- Gender in Language and Communication
- Global Englishes
- Corpus-based Studies in English Language
Additional information
EU Students Fee
Full time - £13450 for the 2021/2022 academic year
International Students Fee
Full time - £13450 for the 2021/2022 academic year
BA (Hons) History and English Language