BA (Hons) English Language at Newcastle University

Pursue your passion for the English language by exploring the historical, structural and socio-cultural nature of English in an inspiring city and region with a distinct dialect. This English Language BA Honours course encourages you to explore the English language in all its diversity – past and present, national and international, offline and online. You'll investigate how English has developed over time.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of English Literature Language and Linguistics  |  Duration: Full time: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will build a foundation for describing and analysing the English language. There will be a focus on sounds, words, meaning and sentence structure. Compulsory modules include: The Nature of Language, Introduction to the Structure of Language 1: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology, Introduction to Language Structure 2: Syntax, semantics and pragmatics, Dealing with Data, Sociolinguistics, Early English: Texts, Patterns and Varieties, Module, Phonological Theory, Syntactic Theory, Pragmatic Theory.

Career pathways

English Language and Linguistics students acquire a range of valuable skills which equip them to pursue diverse career paths. You will gain skills such as critical reasoning and problem solving, project and data management, oral and written communication, collaboration and independent research. Graduate roles and employers include: teaching English as a foreign language; publishing and journalism; advertising, branding and marketing; law and policy; information services and data science; lexicographers; translators and interpreters; speech and language therapists; social researchers; legal sector workers (including forensic linguists).

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