Intercultural Communication (BA): 3-year, full-time

The programme comprises 360 module credits, of which 180 are normally taken in language/culture and 180 in linguistics and communication.

The language and culture modules tend to specialise in contexts relating to French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. If you choose to take language modules, you can start at beginner or near-beginner level and attain a language level equivalent to at least one year’s study beyond A-level. Many of the modules relating to the culture of the language studied are primarily in that language, while the cross-cultural modules are taught in English.

In Year 1, you take two core modules (Approaches to Language and Approaches to Study) and two option modules relating to culture (e.g. Understanding Culture: Language and Texts) or language (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish).

In Year 2, you take two core modules (Language, Culture and Communication and Intercultural Communication in Business Contexts) and the remaining 90 credits consist of option modules relating to culture, language or linguistics.

In Year 3, you take two core modules (Professional Communication and Intercultural Communication Final-Year Project) and the remaining 60 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 5)
• 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
• Investigating Language
• 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
• Linguistics Final Year Project
• 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)