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Linguistics with French BA Honours (Q1R1)
Bachelor's degree
In Newcastle Upon Tyne ()
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
This degree combines the study of linguistics with French, to explore how language works and what it does.
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Subjects
- IT
- English
- School
- Syntax
Course programme
Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Stage 1 Compulsory modules- FRE1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) French General Language
- SEL1007 The Nature of Language
- SEL1012 Language Through Time: Introduction to the History of English
- SEL1027 Shaping Sounds and Syntax
- SEL1028 Building Blocks of Language
- SEL1029 Language Across Space: Introduction to English Dialects
You take either of the following optional modules:
- FRE1006 La France de 1789 à nos jours
- SML1019 Introduction to Linguistics
- FRE2061 Level C (HE Advanced) French
- SEL2000 Phonological Theory
- SEL2089 Syntactic Theory
You choose three modules from the following list:
- SEL2084 The Syntax of the World’s Languages
- SEL2086 Introduction to Language Acquisition
- SEL2091 Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language
- SEL2211 Contexts: Mind, Cognition and Computation
- SEL2212 Early English: Texts, Patterns and Varieties
- SEL2223 Speakers as Wordsmiths: the Creation of New Words in Present-Day English
You may replace one of the above modules with an optional Stage 2 module in French offered within the School of Modern Languages.
Stage 3You spend this year in a French-speaking country, either studying at one of our partner universities or on an approved work placement.
During your year abroad, you take the following compulsory module:
- SML3004 Year Abroad ePortfolio (YAeP)
Plus, one of the modules below:
- SML3006 Study Abroad
- SML3007 Year Abroad Work Placement Report 1
- SML3008 Year Abroad Work Placement Report 2
- FRE4061 Level D (HE Further Advanced) French
You choose one of the following modules:
- SEL3326 Extended Study 1: Linguistics and English Language
- SEL3327 Extended Study 2: Linguistics and English Language
- SML4099 Dissertation
You take a further four modules from the following list:
- SEL3005 Language Origins and Evolution
- SEL3012 Immigrant Second Language and Literacy Acquisition
- SEL3341 Old English: Texts and Translations
- SEL3349 History of Linguistic Ideas
- SEL3006 Topics in Phonological Theory
- SEL3343 Syntactic Puzzles and How to Solve Them
- SEL3352 Language Development: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches
- SEL3372 Language and Ethnicity in 21st Century Britain
- SEL3094 Accents of English
You may replace one of the above modules with an optional Stage 4 module in French offered within the School of Modern Languages.
Other optional modules may also be available, including Stage 2 modules from the following list (if not already studied at Stage 2):
- SEL2084 The Syntax of the World’s Languages
- SEL2086 Introduction to Language Acquisition
- SEL2091 Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language
- SEL2211 Contexts: Mind, Cognition and Computation
- SEL2212 Early English: Words, Patterns and Varieties
- SEL2223 Speakers as Wordsmiths: the Creation of New Words in Present-Day English
Careers Linguistics careers
English students acquire a range of valuable skills, which they can transfer to many different employment situations. Your literary and linguistic training can be used in journalism, librarianship, teaching and the highly competitive fields of writing, acting and directing.
You will also gain other skills such as the capacity to analyse and summarise material, to communicate, to work to a deadline, to argue a case, to work independently as well as collaboratively, to think logically and to be able to use computers.
This is excellent preparation for a wide number of professions and as such, our graduates have gone on to a variety of career areas including editorial, marketing, PR and other forms of media. Others have gone to work in law, politics, HR, teaching and supporting specialist learning.
Visit the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics website to watch video interviews with former students talking about their experiences at Newcastle and their careers since graduating.
Find out more about the career options for Linguistics from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.
Linguistics with French BA Honours (Q1R1)