Communication & Society and Linguistics - BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Nottingham

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

It enables you to shape your study according to your strengths, interests and career ambitions. Combining two subjects can give your degree an international or industry perspective that will make you stand out in the graduate employment market.

Our course combinations are designed so that what you learn in one subject will complement and enhance what you learn in the other. In your final year you can choose either to split your time evenly between your two subjects, or to specialise in one.

Communication & Society and Linguistics are two subjects that have a natural synergy. The in-depth knowledge of language and its social functions you’ll gain from your Linguistics modules can enhance and directly influence your understanding of human communications and identity.

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Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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About this course

Because you’ll develop such a wide range of skills and knowledge, your career options are really broad. In addition to the course content, you’ll develop key transferable skills including written and oral communication, critical analysis and a variety of IT skills. Plus you’ll become more self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.

104 UCAS tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)
GCSEs - English and Maths grade C / 4.
If you are unsure whether the qualifications you have, or are currently studying for, meet the minimum entry requirements for this course, please contact us before submitting an application through UCAS.

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Subjects

  • Communications
  • Media
  • Linguistics
  • Digital Cultures
  • Psychology
  • Methods
  • Communication disorders
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Discourse Analysis

Course programme

Year One
  • Introduction to Language and Linguistics
  • Language in Context
  • Face-to-Face to Facebook: Understanding Communication in an Age of New Media
  • Introducing Media Communications: Publicity, Persuasion and Propaganda
  • Media Communications and Digital Cultures
  • Psychology of Communication
Year Two
  • Applying Methods in Linguistics
  • Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Explorations of Identity and Selfhood
  • Humanities at work
Linguistics optional modules
  • Communication Disorders
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Child Language Acquisition
  • Phonetics
  • Discourse Analysis
Communication & Society optional modules
  • Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism 1: The New Creativity
  • Communications and Creativity Toolkit
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Media and Culture in Asia
  • Digital Identities: The Politics of Communication in the Globalised World
Year Three
  • Dissertation
Linguistics optional modules
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Language, Gender and Sexuality
  • Clinical Linguistics
  • Media Discourse
  • Forensic Linguistics
Communication & Society optional modules
  • Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism 2: Convergence and Creativity in the Digital Age
  • Self in Crisis: Power, Prejudice and Otherness
  • DJ Cultures: History, Theory and Technique
  • Trans-National and Alternative Media
  • Humanity in the Natural World

Communication & Society and Linguistics - BA (Hons)

Price on request