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Description
Any study of history engages a natural human curiosity about the past. Taking History and English Language and Linguistics enables you to develop a broad understanding of changes the world has undergone, and how language powers our understanding.
The School of History has established itself as one of the leading History departments in the country, recognised for its research excellence, flexible programmes and quality teaching. The diverse topics you encounter may include anything from the Crusades to the Cold War; from the impact of science on 19th-century culture to the totalitarian regimes of Stalins Russia and Hitlers Third Reich.
Language is fundamental to everything we do: it helps us communicate ideas, express our feelings, persuade, and present ourselves to different audiences. English Language and Linguistics is therefore an ideal complement to subjects where an understanding of how language works is important.
Combining theoretical and practical elements, the programme explores both the structure of language and its relationship with culture, society, and the mind. A broad choice of theoretical topics encompasses such areas as syntax, phonetics and phonology, morphology, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, semantics, pragmatics, literary stylistics and critical and cultural theory, while courses in language learning and teaching, creative and media writing, and language and media have a more vocational focus.
Independent rankings
History at Kent was ranked 1st for research in The Complete University Guide 2014. And, in the National Student Survey 2013 History was ranked 10th and Linguistics was ranked 9th for student satisfaction.
English at Kent was ranked 12th in The Guardian University Guide 2014.
Detailed Course Facts
Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee- GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
- GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)
Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTS
Credits Total Kent credits: 360
Duration full-time 36 months Partnership Joint Languages Take an IELTS test
- English
Course Content
The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take wild modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.
Stage 1
Possible modules may include:
HI426 - Making History: Theory and Practice
LL310 - Foundations of Language 1: Sounds and Words
LL311 - Foundations of Language 2: Structure and Meaning
HI430 - Modern British History (Part Two)
HI431 - The English Renaissance: Society, Politics and Culture 1400-1600
HI433 - Early Modern History: The Age of Enlightenment c. 1600-1750
HI436 - A Global History of Empires: 1850-1960
HI353 - Britain and the Second World War: The Home Front
HI359 - Empire and Africa
HI366 - Britain in the Age of Industrialisation 1700-1830
HI385 - Introduction to the History of Medicine
HI391 - The Rise of the United States Since 1880
HI397 - Cinema and Society, 1930 - 1960
HI411 - Later Medieval Europe
HI419 - England in the Age of Chivalry: c1200-1400
HI425 - Revolutionary Europe 1700-1850
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Stage 2
Possible modules may include:
HI5013 - Popular Religion and Heresy, 1100-1300
HI5023 - The American Civil War Era 1848-1877
HI5031 - African History since 1800
HI5035 - History of Modern Medicine and Medical Ethics,1800-2000
HI5041 - Gothic Art: Image and Imagination in Europe, c.1140-1500
HI5055 - Russia: 1855-1945 Reform, Revolution and War
HI5065 - British History c. 1480-1620
HI5075 - Marvels, Monsters and Freaks 1780-1920
HI5092 - Armies at War 1914-1918
HI5094 - Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: The British and French Experienc
HI566 - History Dissertation
HI6002 - The British Army and Empire c1750-1920
HI6009 - Europe and the Islamic World, c 1450-1750
HI6018 - Victorian Science
HI6025 - Everyday Life in Early Modern Europe
HI783 - Anglo-Saxon England
HI789 - The Art of Death
HI795 - Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental
HI763 - How the West was Won (or lost): The American West in the Nineteenth Cen
HI6036 - Science Satirised
HI6042 - The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset
HI6032 - Persecution, Repression and Resistance
HI6034 - Anglo-French Relations 1904 - 1945
HI6047 - Communist Eastern Europe, 1945-89
HI613 - Conflict in Seventeenth Century Britain
HI632 - The Tools of Empire 1760-1920
HI707 - Britain and The Falklands War
HI742 - The Cold War, 1941-1991
LL512 - Language Processing
LL513 - Language Variation and Change
LL518 - Stylistics: Language in Literature
LL519 - Syntax 1
LL539 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 1
LL540 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 2
LL534 - Semantics and Pragmatics
LL536 - English Language in the Media
LL537 - English Language in the Media 2
LL538 - First Language Acquisition
LL521 - Research Skills - ELL
LL522 - Morphology
LL524 - History of British English
LL525 - The Study of Speech
LL530 - Writing In The Media: A Practical Approach
LL531 - Atypical Language
LL532 - Learning and Teaching Languages
LL533 - Topics in Pragmatics
PL602 - Philosophy of Language
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Stage 3
Possible modules may include:
HI747 - The Cold War, 1941 - 1991
HI6049 - The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the Atlantic World, c. 1500 - 1900
HI605 - Independent Documentary Study in History
HI6035 - Anglo-French Relations 1904 - 1945
HI6044 - British Politics 1625-1642
HI6045 - Origins of the Second World War
HI6046 - Wolves, Walruses and the Wild
HI6037 - Science Satirised
HI6039 - The Rights Revolution: The 20th Century US Supreme Court & Society
HI6040 - The Discovery of the World c.1450 - 1800
HI6041 - The Crusades in the Thirteenth Century
HI770 - From Blitzkrieg to Baghdad: Armoured Warfare in Theory, Practise and Im
HI796 - Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental
HI6029 - The Great War: British Memory, History and Culture
HI6030 - Empires of Religion
HI6021 - Famine in Pre-Industrial Societies
HI6024 - Napoleon and Europe, 1799 - 1815
HI6012 - From Crisis to Revolution: France 1774-1799
HI6014 - Riders on the Storm
HI6016 - The English Reformation and the Invention of the Middle Ages
HI5095 - Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: The British and French Experienc
HI5099 - The Wars of the Roses
HI5093 - Armies at War 1914-1918
HI5068 - War and Modern Medicine 1850-1950
HI5072 - The American Revolution
HI5024 - The American Civil War Era 1848-1877
LL533 - Topics in Pragmatics
LL532 - Learning and Teaching Languages
LL531 - Atypical Language
LL530 - Writing In The Media: A Practical Approach
LL525 - The Study of Speech
LL524 - History of British English
LL522 - Morphology
LL521 - Research Skills - ELL
LL538 - First Language Acquisition
LL537 - English Language in the Media 2
LL536 - English Language in the Media
LL534 - Semantics and Pragmatics
LL540 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 2
LL599 - Dissertation
PL576 - Philosophy of Language
LL539 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 1
LL519 - Syntax 1
LL518 - Stylistics: Language in Literature
LL513 - Language Variation and Change
LL512 - Language Processing
English Language Requirements
IELTS band : 6.5
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test.Requirements
The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.
Qualification Typical offer/minimum requirement- A level: ABB including grade B in History
- Access to HE Diploma: The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma): The university will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF;OCR) on a case by case basis please contact us via the enquiries tab for further advice on your individual circumstances.
- International Baccalaureate: 34 points overall or 16 at HL, including History 5 at HL or 6 at SL (where taken)
Work Experience
No work experience is required.
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- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
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