BA (Hons) English Language and Communication at Anglia Ruskin University

Gain a thorough understanding of how the English language works and how it reflects the most important issues of our times. Explore the power of the English language in communication, and discover how it expresses and reflects global issues like culture wars, social justice, equality, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. You’ll learn to identify and analyse spoken and written language, critically evaluating its role in shaping norms, identities and realities in both public and private domains, and in relation to globalisation, mobility, sustainability and social justice.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years; 4 years with placement  |  Study mode: full-time (placement year available)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In Year 1 you’ll analyse verbal and non-verbal communication as a process, and consider its relationship with culture and identity. You’ll also learn about semiotics and structuralism, sociolinguistics and the psychology of language. Year 1: Psychology of Communication, Deconstructing Communication, How Texts Work, Language, Communication and Society, Psychology of Language. Year 2: Bridging Cultures, Digital Stylistics, Researching Society and Culture, Ruskin Module; options include Key Paradigms 2: Sociology and Politics, Woke Wars, Digital Media Theory: Social Media, AI, and the Cultures of the Internet, Online Journalism. Year 3: Undergraduate Major Project in English Language, Linguistics, New Media Discourse, Research Communication; options include Communication Disorders, Prejudice and Ideologies, The Cultural Politics of Celebrity, Hitler to the Hashtag: Political Communication in Peace and War.

Career pathways

I've been at Amazon since I graduated… working on things like the development of the neural voice, to make Alexa more natural. Gain vital skills particularly valued by business leaders, including narrative communication, empathy and perspective taking, critical analysis, synthesis of and managing complex data, creativity and imagination, and digital skills.

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