A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.
In your first year, you’ll study core modules introducing you to the structure and use of the English language, as well as the key concepts of linguistics and phonetics such as how speech sounds are produced, how grammars are organised and how language conveys meaning.
You’ll then be able to build on that knowledge in the following year, when you’ll learn more about phonetics and syntax in linguistics, and the social functions of language in English. At the same time, you’ll be able to choose from a range of optional modules. In linguistics, this could mean studying language and gender, language acquisition or psycholinguistics, while in English you could study the language of the media, global English or forensic linguistics.
By your final year, you’ll be able to apply the critical skills you’ve gained to an independently researched dissertation in either subject. You’ll then choose at least two optional modules in the other subject and up to two in either subject. Optional modules span across the full range of English Language and Linguistics, in areas such as language processing, language and gender, or the politics of language.
Students on the three-year programme may apply for transfer to an International Degree, where there are opportunities at our partner universities across the world where courses are taught in English. The opportunity to apply for a work placement year (Industrial Degree) is also available.
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1016 | English Structure, Style, Genre | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1017 | English Variation, Creativity and Use | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING1100 | Language: Meaning and Use | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
| LING1500 | Key Skills in Linguistics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1055 | Writing Matters | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING1065 | Languages of the World | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects. Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2023 | Power of Language | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2024 | Language in Society | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2330 | Phonetics | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
| LING2340 | Syntax | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2100 | Style and Authorship | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL2207 | Dialect and Heritage | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL32155 | Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3233 | Forensic Approaches to Language | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL32763 | Children, Talk and Learning | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3284 | Trial Discourse - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3294 | The Politics of Language | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32941 | ‘Global English’: Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Decolonisation | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32997 | Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2240 | Hands on Heritage | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LING2065 | Data Science for Linguists | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2131 | Psycholinguistics | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2360 | The Life Cycle of Languages | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| LING2370 | Representation, Identity and Control | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2380 | Language and Gender | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2390 | Language Acquisition | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2410 | Language Change | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2420 | Interactional Linguistics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects.
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3022 | English Language Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| LING3200 | Linguistics Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
If LING3200 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules; if ENGL3022 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules (not all modules are available in each academic session):
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3100 | Digital Englishes | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL32155 | Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32167 | Language of the Media | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3233 | Forensic Approaches to Language | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL32763 | Children, Talk and Learning | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3284 | Trial Discourse - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3294 | The Politics of Language | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32941 | ‘Global English’: Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Decolonisation | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL32997 | Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
If ENGL3022 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules; if LING3200 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LING3005 | Languages in Contact | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3065 | Experimental Syntax | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3180 | Language and Gender | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING3190 | Language Acquisition | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3220 | Representation, Identity and Control | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3250 | The Life Cycle of Languages | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| LING3290 | Language Change | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING3310 | Interactional Linguistics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3350 | Language Processing | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3600 | Sociophonetics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3650 | Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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