About the Courses
Course highlights
In year three, study or work abroad in two different countries where your chosen languages are spoken, immersing yourself in their culture so you can build a career across borders
Choose to specialise in one of four areas, or mix and match:
teaching and education
translation and interpreting
culture and linguistics
business and industry
Produce your own translations and build up interpreting experience in real and simulated work environments, so you can prove your skills to employers
Have the opportunity to study a third language from Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish
Course highlights
In year three, study or work abroad in two different countries where your chosen languages are spoken, immersing yourself in their culture so you can build a career across borders
Choose to specialise in one of four areas, or mix and match:
teaching and education
translation and interpreting
culture and linguistics
business and industry
Produce your own translations and build up interpreting experience in real and simulated work environments, so you can prove your skills to employers
Have the opportunity to study a third language from Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish
Modules
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
2 foreign languages (from Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Spanish, or English as a Foreign Language) – 20 credits
Investigating Language Practices - 40 credits
Language Project – 20 credits
Language, Learning and Teaching – 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
Languages
Optional modules in this year currently include:
Business and Markets in a Global Environment - 20 credits
Clinical Linguistics – 20 credits
Comparative European Politics - 20 credits
Development and Democracy in Latin America - 20 credits
East Asian States and Societies - 20 credits
Empire and Its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa – 20 credits
Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences - 20 credits
English Forms and Functions - 20 credits
Forensic Linguistics – 20 credits
France in the World: Global Actor or Global Maverick? – 20 credits
Global Security - 20 credits
Intercultural Perspectives On Communication – 20 credits
Introduction to Professional Language Services - 20 credits
Introduction to Teaching – 20 credits
Introduction to Translation – 20 credits
A third foreign language via IWLP (Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, or Spanish) – 20 credits
Language for Professional Communication 1 – 20 credits
Language in Literature: Stylistics - 20 credits
Language of Human Resource Management - 20 credits
Language Project Part 2 - 20 credits
Managing Across Cultures – 20 credits
Marketing and Communication - 20 credits
Modernity and Globalisation - 20 credits
Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday - 20 credits
News, Discourse and Media - 20 credits
Principles of Economic Crime Investigation - 20 credits
Professional Communication in a Global Workplace - 20 credits
Professional Experience L5 - 20 credits
Rethinking Nazi Germany: Politics, History, Society – 20 credits
Second Language Acquisition – 20 credits
Space, Place and Being - 20 credits
TESOL (Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages) – 20 credits
The Making of the German Nation - 20 credits
Transitional Justice and Human Rights - 20 credits
Trinity Certificate Teaching Practice – 20 credits
Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response - 20 credits
Year 3
On this degree course, you'll spend your third year in 2 countries where your chosen languages are spoken.
Year 4
Optional modules in this year currently include:
Business and Markets in a Global Environment - 20 credits
Business Planning - 20 credits
Communication Theory – 20 credits
Creativity in the Language Classroom – 20 credits
Gender, Language and Sexuality – 20 credits
General Language Grade 6 (French, German, Italian, Mandarin or Spanish)
Interpreting 1 – 20 credits
Interpreting 2 – 20 credits
Language and Social Media – 20 credits
Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates – 20 credits
Professional Experience L6 - 20 credits
Research Project – 20 credits
Spoken Discourse in the Workplace - 20 credits
Translation Theory and Practice – 20 credits
Written Discourse in the Workplace - 20 credits