Other Combined degrees with English Language or Linguistics

At the moment the following subjects may be combined with Linguistics or English Language: English Literature, French Studies, German Studies, Spanish Studies, Philosophy, Psychology. A full list of combined degrees with their UCAS codes is available.

How are combined degrees organised?

Part I

In your first year, you take Linguistics or English Language, the other subject in your degree scheme, and a third subject.

Part II

In your second and final years, you take a total of eight units (except for degree schemes combined with a modern language, which have 10 units and include an extra year abroad). Four or these units are in Linguistics or English Language and the rest will be in the other main subject. Certain courses will be compulsory, depending on the degree scheme you select. You then choose the rest of your courses from the available options.

What will I study?

Combined Linguistics

Various combined major degree schemes with Linguistics are available. Options comprise: English Literature, French Studies, German Studies, Spanish Studies, Philosophy, and Psychology.

Combined majors with Linguistics take four units within the Department (except for Linguistics and Psychology, where you will take five units of Psychology and three units of Linguistics).

In Part I you take the following:

  • Part I Linguistics
  • The other Part I subject in your degree scheme
  • A third Part I subject of your choice

In Part II the following courses are compulsory:

  • LING202 The Structures of Language (to be taken in the second year)
  • LING305 Topics in Linguistic Theory (to be taken in the final year)

The remaining units can be selected from the Department’s courses.

Combined English Language

Combined majors with English Language must take four units within the Department. The following courses are compulsory:

In Part I you take the following:

In Part II you take the following modules:

  • LING203 English Sounds and Structures (to be taken in the second year)
  • LING306 Corpus-based English Language Studies (to be taken in the final year)

The remaining units can be selected from the Department’s courses.

Entry requirements

Combined schemes with Linguistics

French and Linguistics: AAB at A level including grade B in French. French may also be taken as a beginners’ language, in which case applicants must have evidence of language-learning ability e.g. GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.

German and Linguistics: AAB at A level including grade B in German. German may also be taken as a beginners’ language, in which case applicants must have evidence of language-learning ability e.g. GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.

Spanish and Linguistics: AAB at A level including grade B in Spanish. Spanish may also be taken as a beginners’ language, in which case applicants must have evidence of language-learning ability e.g. GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.

English Literature and Linguistics: AAA/AAB at A level normally including grade A in English Literature or English Language and Literature.

Linguistics and Philosophy: AAB at A level

Linguistics and Psychology: AAB at A level (admission via Psychology department)

 

Combined schemes with English Language:

English Language and Linguistics: AAA/AAB at A level including grade A or B in English Language or English Language and Literature or a modern/classical language.

English Language and Literature: AAA/AAB at A level, including Grade A in English Literature or English Language and Literature, or grade B in English Language and grade A at AS level in English Literature or English language and literature.

English Language and French Studies: AAB at A level including grade B in French. French may also be taken as a beginners’ language, in which case applicants must have evidence of language-learning ability e.g. GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.

English Language and German Studies: AAB at A level including grade B in German. German may also be taken as a beginners’ language, in which case applicants must have evidence of language-learning ability e.g. GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.

English Language and Spanish Studies: AAB at A level including grade B in Spanish. Spanish may also be taken as a beginners’ language, in which case applicants must have evidence of language-learning ability e.g. GCSE (grade A) in a foreign language.

How is my work assessed?

As in all courses, there are examinations at the end of the first year before proceeding to the second and final years. In the second and final years, you will normally take an examination for each course at the end of the year in which you study it. Coursework typically involves an essay (2000-2500 words) each term for each course, but it often comes in other forms. The weighting of coursework varies with departments: in the Department of Linguistics and English Language the final mark is usually based on 40% coursework and 60% examination.

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