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English Language and Linguistics Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Course Overview - English Language and Linguistics Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Discover how societies communicate and how language shapes our experience of the world around us.
Develop your technical knowledge of language, how it works, and how it is analysed and classified, then use this to understand how language is used in the world around us.
Choose from topics like the use of language in social media or business, how and why language varies in different contexts, and specialist areas such as authorship analysis, language and AI, psycholinguistics, and teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Why study this course?
Discover how societies communicate and how language shapes our experience of the world around us.
Develop your technical knowledge of language, how it works, and how it is analysed and classified, then use this to understand how language is used in the world around us.
Choose from topics like the use of language in social media or business, how and why language varies in different contexts, and specialist areas such as authorship analysis, language and AI, psycholinguistics, and teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Why study this course?
• Develop your communication skills – understand how language shapes human behaviour, relationships and worldviews.
• Explore a broad range of specialisms – choose from areas like historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, or language and media.
• Access excellent resources including our Linguistics Research Laboratory and online language databases (corpora).
• With our active English Language and Linguistics student community, you’ll enjoy a range of social activities from quizzes to sports matches to a yearly summer ball.
Top 15 for English in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2025
Top 30 in the world for English Language and Literature (QS World Subject Rankings 2025)
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2027-09-28
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
13 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
A04-I40
Institution Code
B32
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
A level
With at least one A level in English Language, English Literature, English Language and Literature, a Modern Foreign Language, Psychology, Sociology, History, Geography, Philosophy, Law, Religious Studies, Media Studies, Business Studies, Computing/Computer Science, Classical Civilisation, Classics, Politics, Mathematics, Anthropology, Biology.
UCAS Tariff
Not accepted
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects, to include at least one subject at HL5 from the list below: English Language, English Literature, English Language and Literature, a Modern Foreign Language, Psychology, Sociology, History, Geography, Philosophy, Law, Religious Studies, Media Studies, Business Studies, Computing/Computer Science, Classical Civilisation, Classics, Politics, Mathematics, Anthropology, Biology.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus an A at A-level in the required subject/s mentioned above. BTEC Diploma: DD, plus an A at A-level in the required subject/s mentioned above. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus AB at A-level, including an A in the required A-level subject/s mentioned above.
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
Accepted in place of a non-required A level with the equivalent grade.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Accepted in place of A levels with the following grade equivalencies: D2 = A*; D3 = A; M2 = B. Combinations of A levels and Principle subjects are accepted. NB required subjects must be offered (see A level Section)
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands | £10,050 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
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