About this course

This course starts in September 2024.

Develop your language skills as you explore how languages are created, learned and shaped as they are used. Choose to study French, German or Spanish alongside linguistics with this degree.

Spend a year of this 4 year degree abroad on a workplace, teaching or university placement. Develop your language skills and critical thinking while learning about the French, German or Spanish speaking world's culture, history and thought.

Whichever languages you choose, you'll:

• become immersed in the languages and familiar with how they are spoken
• develop the skills to interpret cultures and their beliefs and behaviours
• study societies and cultures related to your chosen languages

You can choose one language you have not studied. You'll get extra hours of teaching and funding for a language course abroad at the end of year 1 to make fast progress.

Choose topics and gain expertise in areas that interest you most, including:

• translation and interpreting
• contemporary society
• literature and film
• anthropology
• history

Language study paths

These are the language combinations you can choose from:

• BA Modern Languages (French and German) and Linguistics
• BA Modern Languages (French and Spanish) and Linguistics 
• BA Modern Languages (German and Spanish) and Linguistics