Linguistics (Placement Year) : BA Hons : Q101

Lancaster University

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

You’ll study various aspects of language using a wide variety of methods – from computerised study of language corpora, through acoustic analysis of sound patterns, to analysis of texts, interviews and audio-visual recordings of natural dialogues. Many of the issues addressed by Linguistics are of central relevance to our society – for example, the relationship between dialect and social prestige, the problems of education in a multilingual environment, or the development of voice recognition technologies.
During your studies, you’ll address intriguing questions, such as how language relates to thought, how a child first acquires language and how our language is similar to and different from social signalling systems used by animals. You’ll also be able to take a wide range of other courses, depending on your strengths and interests.
In your first year, your studies include a single unit of Linguistics and two other subjects of your choice.
You’ll take compulsory courses in the Structures of Language and Topics in Linguistics Theory as well as optional modules including: Forensic Linguistics, Language Acquisition and Language Origins, and Language Change in English and Beyond. You can also study up to two units in another subject.
You will have the opportunity to spend Year 3 on placement with a public, private or voluntary organisation in the UK or overseas. This experience will boost your employment prospects and will help you to decide on your career direction and the kind of organisation in which you want to work once you graduate. You will be doing a real, responsible job – with all the satisfaction that brings. Our Placements Team will support you in finding and applying for a suitable placement that will support your professional development. Applying for a placement is a competitive process and the preparatory modules you will complete in years one and two are designed to give you the best chance of success in your placement applications.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

Over 70% of our undergraduate students attain a graduate level position six months after graduating. Recent Linguistics graduates have gone to work or train as speech therapists, teachers of English, computer programmers and consultants, bankers, chartered accountants, personnel managers, journalists and social workers. A sizeable proportion of our graduates take up employment overseas.

Our Linguistics degree cultivates skills in data analysis and presentation, critical thinking and the use of statistics and IT. This expertise is valuable for careers in education, language teaching, speech therapy and translation as well as information technology, management, the mass media, creative arts, social work and counselling.

Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development.

A Level AAB

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • English
  • Communication Training
  • Linguistics
  • English Language
  • Languages
  • Structures
  • Language Acquisition
  • Corporate Communication
  • Analysis
  • English Grammar

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • Linguistics
    • Placement Preparation

Optional

    • English Language
Year 2

Core

    • Developing Academic Practice
    • Dissertation Preparation
    • Sounds of the World's Languages
    • Structures of the World's Languages
    • Work Based Learning Preparation

Optional

    • Child Language Acquisition
    • Corporate communication
    • Discourse Analysis: Looking at Language in Use
    • English Grammar
    • English Phonetics
    • Independent Study
    • Introduction to Intercultural Communication
    • Language and Pedagogic Practice
    • Language Origins and Evolution
    • Literacy and Education
    • Stylistics
    • The Language of Advertising
    • Understanding Media
Year 3

Core

    • Work Based Learning Placement
    • Work Based Learning Reflection
Year 4

Core

    • Cognitive Linguistics
    • Dissertation
    • Topics in Phonetic and Phonological Theory

Optional

    • Advanced English Phonetics
    • Corpus-based English Language Studies
    • Forensic Linguistics
    • Language and Identities: Gender, ethnicity and class
    • Language Change in English and Beyond
    • Language in the Workplace: Topics in Professional Communication
    • Language, Culture and Thought
    • Psycholinguistics
    • Schools Volunteering Module

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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Linguistics (Placement Year) : BA Hons : Q101

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