BA Italian Studies and English Language

Description:
This course is the ideal choice if you are interested in language, its uses and varieties, and if you are considering a career working with languages or as a language teacher in the UK or abroad. Students taking this combined degree will find they can choose specialist modules in linguistics on offer in Italian Studies.  

Year 1

Compulsory modules:

In Italian Studies:
Italian Language (at beginners, intermediate, or advanced level)
Twentieth-Century Culture

In English Language:
Sounds, Grammar and Meaning
English Language and Society

Optional modules:*

English Language in Use
Italian Medieval and Renaissance Culture (in translation)
Making Italians

Year 2

Compulsory Modules
In Italian Studies:
Italian Language

In English Language:
English Grammar
English Phonology
Research Methods
Sociolinguistics

Optional Modules
In Italian Studies, 2 modules chosen from a list of topics including:
History of the Italian Language
Italian Cinema
Italian History and Society since 1945
Writing Women in Renaissance Italy
Contemporary Italian Literature
Intellectuals and Society in Twentieth Century Italy

In English Language, 1 module chosen from a list of topics including:
Child Language Development
Language and the Mind
From Saxons to Shakespeare
Approaches to Spoken Discourse
English in the World

Year 3 (spent in Italy)

Compulsory modules:
Dissertation
Italian University courses
Italian oral and written exams

Year 4

In Italian Studies: one compulsory language module, plus one or two optional "cultural" modules from a list of topics including:
Dante
European Cinema
Voice and the Self in Modern Italian Poetry 1900s-1980s
The South since 1860: Images and Reality
Court Culture in the Italian Renaissance
Intellectuals and Society in Twentieth Century Italy
Italian and its Varieties (Sociolinguistics)

In English Language, a choice of optional modules including:
Second Language Teaching and Learning
Core Issues in English Language Teaching
Language Pathology
Philosophy of Language
Language and Gender

*Not all optional modules will necessarily be available every year.

 

Fact File

More Information:
Visit the Department of Modern Languages and European Studies website

UCAS Code: QR3H

Mode & Duration: 4 years full-time , also available part-time

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff: BBB/ABC from three A level subjects. Total points exclude Key Skills and General Studies. The total must include grade B at A Level English Language, English Literature or English Language and Literature

Subject: Italian can be taken from beginners' level so no previous language qualifications are necessary.
International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma and achieve 6,5,5 in three higher level subjects including English.
Deferred Entry available.
Scholarships available.

 

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