Modern Languages BA at Royal Holloway, University of London

If you want to focus on gaining fluency in one, two or even three modern languages, our BA Modern Languages degree is for you. You will combine language study with translation and cultural modules in a ratio which suits you and your ambitions. Choose to study French, German, Italian and/or Spanish at beginners' or advanced level, developing your writing, reading, speaking and listening skills.

Department: Modern Languages  |  Duration: 4 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: Critical Analysis for Linguists; French Advanced Written I, French Advanced Oral I, French Ab Initio Written I, French Ab Initio Oral I, German Advanced Written I and others; Year 3: Year Abroad; Year 4: Pratique du Français III. Optional modules: Year 1: Key French Texts: The Individual and Society, The Visual Image in French Culture and Society, Tales of the City: Introduction to Thematic Analysis, International Film 1: Contexts and Practices, The Birth of Film and others; Year 2: Writing Romance and Desire, Cinema in France, Advanced French Translation: Skills and Practice, Death, Desire, Decline: Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka, Belonging and the Self in Contemporary German Fiction and Film and others; Year 4: From Aestheticism to the Avant-Garde, Transnationalism, Diaspora and Globalisation in Contemporary Film: Dissertation, Modern Languages Dissertation, Text and Image in France: from Cubism to the Present, Blindness and Vision in French Culture and others.

Career pathways

As a modern linguist you will have excellent communication, analytical and research skills combined with the proven ability to communicate fluently, alongside practical skills such as translation and interpretation. You will have developed the kind of sensitivity to different cultures that is highly prized in the workplace.

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