Course Overview
On our Modern Languages degree, you can study up to two principal languages (selected from French, German, or Spanish), helping you to become part of a global community and opening doors to a wide range of careers.
In addition to your principal language modules, via our dedicated and unique pathways you will also choose from modules in cultural studies (covering literature, film, poetry and more), education (second language teaching and pedagogy in the primary and secondary classroom) and translation (both into and out of the target language, and including documentary, instrumental and computer-assisted translation). There is also a possibility for students wishing to expand their range of languages to study introductory modules in Catalan, Italian and Portuguese.
French, German and Spanish can be studied at the following levels and in the following combinations:
- Students with an A-level in two of these languages can continue to study both languages with us at an advanced level.
- Students with an A-level in one of these languages can either concentrate exclusively on that language or learn another language, simultaneously, via our dedicated beginner language pathways.
- Students who have not had the chance to study a language at A-level or GCSE can concentrate on one beginner’s language (selected from French, German or Spanish) for the duration of their degree. Alternatively, they can also pick up a second beginner’s language (selected from French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, or Spanish) during the second year of their degree. This will enable them to graduate with advanced proficiency (C1) in their first language, and intermediate-advanced proficiency (B2-C1) in their second language.
