If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
We also welcome applications from students who are taking a combination of qualifications listed above.
Our English Language and Global Communication BA develops your understanding of the English language and the complexities of global communication in order to help you thrive in a professional global context.
You'll achieve a thorough knowledge of culture through comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches and via the analysis of the forms and practices of cultural transmission. You'll develop the linguistic resources, strategies and intercultural awareness and flexibility essential for effective communication in global professional environments.
Our combination of disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning will ensure that you graduate with an array of important transferable skills including cultural insight, the ability to evaluate and apply theory, undertake research and utilise creative and precise analytic capabilities. Engagement in small research projects and the associated ethical issues ensures that you'll have experience of considering and complying with ethical requirements.
Between Years 2 and 3, you'll have the opportunity to study for a year abroad at one of our partner institutions, giving you the valuable experience of participating in the academic and cultural life of another country.
Our focused development of your employability through career workshops, placements and internships will equip you to choose from a wide range of jobs or further training.
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Year 1
Subjects of study include:
English and Global Communications Tutorial
Words and Meaning
Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
Interpersonal Global Communication: Concepts and Strategies
Intercultural Communication: An Introduction
Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
Credit Level 4
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
English and Global Communications Tutorial
Discourse Across Time
Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
Complex Narratives: Representation, Meaning and Identity
Language and Literary Style
Child Language Acquisition
Multilingual e-Collaboration: Transposing Current Affairs
Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution across World Cultures
Credit Level 5
Year Abroad
Between Years 2 and 3, you'll have the option to immerse yourself in another culture through spending a full academic year abroad. You can spend one or two semesters at a partner institution in Europe, the USA, Canada, or Australia.
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Language and Power
Professionalising Global Communication
English and Global Communication Dissertation
Language Contact and Change
Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness across Cultures
Developing Career Competences for Linguists
Applied Language Studies
Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
Credit Level 6
Job roles
Graduates from our English Language and Global Communication BA will be suited to employment in a range of areas, including:
Communications careers in business, marketing, public relations, advertising, media
Diplomacy
Foreign civil service
Language teaching and education
Web content management and copywriting
Graduate employers
English Language and Global Communication BA is a new course, but graduates from our other English Language and Global Communication courses have found employment in organisations including:
BBC
HSBC
Spider PR
The British Council
The Civil Service
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
