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How language and linguistics fits into your degree programme

All first-year undergraduates who are interested in studying Language and Linguistics (and/or English) at Honours level are required to take either English Structure and Use or Communication and Language in the Modern World. At Level 2, there are four course options:

• Words and Meanings: Lexis and Semantics (15 credit points)
• Constructing Words and Meaning Morphology (15 credit points)
• History of Language in the British Isles (15 credit points)
• Sounds of English (15 credit points)

These then lead on to Junior and Senior Honours-level courses on a wide range of theoretical and practical topics, which in several cases allow students to plan and conduct original research projects.

There are two ways in which you can study language and linguistics as a major component of your degree at Honours level:

• As a Single Honours programme.
• As a Joint Honours programme along with your other subject - this will be English for many students, but it's also possible to do Joint Honours Language and Linguistics with the following subjects: Anthropology, Celtic Civilisation, Divinity, Film & Visual Culture, French, Gaelic Studies, German, Hispanic Studies, History, History of Art, Literature in a World Context, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Sociology.

In order to qualify for either Single or Joint Honours, you must have 60 credits from:

• Words and Meanings: Lexis and Semantics (15 credit points)
• Constructing Words and Meaning Morphology (15 credit points)
• History of Language in the British Isles (15 credit points)
• Sounds of English (15 credits)
• Introduction to French Linguistics (15 credits)
• Philosophy of Language (15 credits)

If you have fewer than 60 credits from these courses you can still apply, but you should explain in your application that your interest was raised after you would have been able to achieve the required credits.

Further information can be found in the online undergraduate prospectus.

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