If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster.
Whether you do not feel ready for degree-level study, don’t have the right qualifications, want to change your subject specialism or return to study after an absence from education, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year in order to progress onto their full honours degree with us.
The Foundation year is designed to give you the opportunity to explore new ideas, opening up new perspectives on the key debates within your chosen field. Core modules accelerate your academic and professional development and you will also take modules from areas closely related to your chosen field, giving you the chance to develop a cross-disciplinary perspective on your course.
On successful completion of the Foundation year, you will be able to move on to study for the Arabic and Global Communication BA Honours degree.
Our Arabic and Global Communication BA develops your knowledge of the Arabic language and culture, and develops your communication skills for the professional global environment.
Our course helps you to achieve a good or high level of linguistic proficiency in Arabic in reading, writing, listening and speaking. It also gives you insight into and practice in communicating internationally as well as mediating between English and Arabic speakers.
The curriculum integrates applied language skills and cultural studies, while ensuring a rigorous development of your foreign language competence in all areas. We teach in an integrated interdisciplinary way, exploring the connections between language and culture and the broader historical and cross-cultural contexts in which they are produced.
You'll improve your ability as an intercultural communicator by studying how our ideas are shaped and communicated in a global society, where our interactions are no longer confined by national, regional or cultural boundaries.
Studying the Arabic and Global Communication BA, you'll acquire qualities and skills in areas such as interpersonal communication and organisational skills, analysis and argument, autonomy and team working, and team management. You’ll also build your flexibility, tolerance and organisational skills to enable you to be an effective international communicator. On graduation, you'll be able to thrive linguistically in diverse cultural situations.
Between Years 2 and 3, You'll have the option to spend a full academic year abroad at one of our partner institutions, or undertake an approved form of employment in a country where Arabic is the official language. You can work as a paid language assistant in a foreign school or undertake a work (or volunteering) placement, both of which give you a valuable opportunity to boost your employability while improving your language competence.
You can also undertake a study placement at one of our university partners in Europe, Canada, China or Latin America, or at one of our accredited Arabic language centres in Morocco or Jordan. You'll have the option to undertake a combination of both study and work.
Our Arabic courses are only available to beginners or 'false beginners' – you may be a false beginner if you're able to read the Arabic script, and/or have the equivalent to one or two years' part-time study. Please note that we may need to test you to decide your entry point.
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Foundation
Subjects of study include:
Introduction to Academic Practice
Intercultural Communication
Imagining Global Society and Politics
Critical Thinking for Academic and Professional Development
Reading Identities
Living and working in Arabic speaking countries
There are no optional or elective modules offered at Level 3, as the focus is on the development of key academic skills through a broad understanding of social sciences and humanities.
Credit Level 3
Year 1
Subjects of study include:
Intercultural Communication: an Introduction
Interpersonal Global Communication: Concepts and Strategies
Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
The Arabic World and the Word
Credit Level 4
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
Complex Narratives: Representation, Meaning and Identity
Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution across World Cultures
Expressions of Arabic Culture
Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
Multilingual e-Collaboration: Transposing Current Affairs
Transnational Issues and Local Cultures on Film
Credit Level 5
Year Abroad
Between Years 2 and 3 you'll have the option to spend a full academic year abroad at a partner institution and/or approved form of employment in a country where Arabic is the official language.
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Developing Career Competences for Linguists
Dissertation/Professional Project
Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness across Cultures
Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
People and Things on the Move: Identity, Place and Memory in and across Diasporic Spaces
Professionalising Global Communication
Themes in Contemporary Arabic Studies
Credit Level 6
The University’s Careers and Employability Service has built up a network of over 3,000 employers around the world, helping all our students explore and connect with exciting opportunities and careers and support you to achieve your full potential.
This course will prepare you for roles in a range of fields, including:
Brand management and advertising
Communications careers in business and marketing
Cultural liaison
Diplomacy
Education
International public relations
Graduate employers
Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:
BBC
The House of Commons
The Prime Minister's Office
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
