Linguistics BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Linguistics BA (Hons)
Linguistics is the systematic study of human language. On the course, you will use methods and knowledge from many disciplines. These include philosophy, physics, engineering and psychology.
Your studies will be varied – one day you might be poring over a medieval text for evidence of how the grammar of a language has changed, and the next, learning about how the larynx creates sound energy for speech, or how we can record brain responses in a categorisation task.
From your second year, you can choose to specialise through optional papers, if there is a particular ...
Linguistics is the systematic study of human language. On the course, you will use methods and knowledge from many disciplines. These include philosophy, physics, engineering and psychology.<br/><br/>Your studies will be varied – one day you might be poring over a medieval text for evidence of how the grammar of a language has changed, and the next, learning about how the larynx creates sound energy for speech, or how we can record brain responses in a categorisation task.<br/><br/>From your second year, you can choose to specialise through optional papers, if there is a particular discipline that interests you.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
10/2026
Campus
Pembroke
Application Details
15 October
Application deadline
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Codes/info
Course Code
Q100
Institution Code
C05
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
41
42
Minimum IB offer level: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level Please check the website for subject requirements for this course (www.cam.ac.uk/courses)
A level
A*,A,A
Please check the website for subject requirements for this course (www.cam.ac.uk/courses) Please be aware that the entry requirements listed above are the minimum offer level for this course. Entry requirements may vary across our Colleges, and some may set additional conditions for most or all offers. For example, some Colleges may require additional subjects, make a higher offer or specify an A* (or equivalent) in a particular subject. It’s important that you check the entry requirements for your shortlisted College(s) before you make an application, as these may be different to what is listed above. You can find a list of Colleges that usually make offers at the minimum offer level, as well as Colleges that have additional conditions, on our course pages (linked below).
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