BA Linguistics

Entry Requirements

• A Level: A*AA
• IB: 40-41 points, with 776 at Higher Level

English language requirements

• IELTS – normally a minimum overall grade of 7.5, usually with 7.0 or above in each element
• EU students – a high grade in English taken as part of a leaving examination (eg the European/French Baccalaureate, Abitur etc) may be acceptable
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English – grade A or B
• Singapore Integrated Programme (SIP) – may be considered an acceptable English language qualification

Curriculum

Year 1

• Sounds and Words
• Structures and Meanings
• Language, Brain and Society
• History and Varieties of English

Year 2

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Semantics and Pragmatics
• Historical Linguistics
• History of Ideas on Language
• History of English/History of French
• Language Acquisition
• Psychology of Language Processing and Learning
• Language Typology

Year 3

• Linguistic Theory – a general theory paper
• two further papers