Language and Culture

This distinctive and highly flexible programme provides enormous scope for you to customise your degree according to your interest in linguistics, film, literature and history. To this is added the study of two languages, with the possibility of changing language after the first year.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

Year one mainly comprises core language and culture modules, providing a foundation for further study. You will also choose a main and a second language. In years one, two and four you also choose optional modules from a wide range offered by both your chosen language departments and the School of European Languages, Culture & Society (SELCS) (e.g. film, history, literature and linguistics courses).

You will spend your third year abroad in an academic placement in a country where your main language is spoken.
In your final year at UCL you will continue with your language studies either in both your languages, or concentrate on your main language only. You will select cultural modules in fields of your choice.

You will initially choose two languages (one as a 'major' language, the other as a 'minor' language) from the following wide range of languages taught at UC
Ancient Greek; Arabic (may only be studied as a minor language); Danish; Dutch; French (beginners French may only be studied as a minor language); German; Hebrew; Icelandic; Italian; Latin; Norwegian; Russian; Spanish (beginners Spanish may only be studied as a minor language); Swedish; Portuguese; a central or eastern European language (Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian, Slovak, Ukrainian).

Some language courses including Arabic and beginners French and Spanish are taught in the Centre for Langagues and International Education (CLIE).
Areas of cultural study offered include:

history; film studies; linguistics; literary studies; translation.

This degree allows great flexibility especially in the final year. You can continue studying your languages and follow language-specific content modules; take content modules  within one of your departments or SELCS; drop your second language in your final year to pursue a greater number of content modules; or apply to outside options.

In the past students have been allowed to take modules in anthropology, art history and journalism in other departments and London institutions. Approval for outside options is granted on a case-by-case basis and with permission by the relevant provider. Securing a place on an outside course is the responsibility of the student.

A levels

Grades

AAB

Subjects

Foreign language required to include the following if studied as the main language: Ancient Greek, French, Latin or Spanish grade A.

GCSEs

English Language at grade B, plus Mathematics at grade C. For UK-based students, a grade C or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs

IB Diploma

Points

36

Subjects

A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no score lower than 5. Higher level subjects to include the following if studied as main languages: French, Greek, Latin or Spanish at grade 6.