📖Program Curriculum

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will learn about the structure meaning and history of the English language; how our language now and in the past influences our interactions with each other and with the world

YEAR 1
We give you a taster of every part of language study how language can be analysed systematically and scientifically and how meaning is created through manipulating sounds words and sentences You will look at how different varieties of English and Scots can convey identity across Scotland and the world and examine how English as a language developed from its earliest roots through Chaucer and Shakespeare to its current form

YEAR 2
We explore the use and history of English in more depth You will learn how we colour our speech with melody and rhythm; convey unspoken meaning in conversation; and transform thought into words in our minds You will also trace the earliest forms of the language through texts artefacts and the histories of the words and names themselves and discover what it all reveals about society culture and the labels we assign to the world

You will also study other subjects in Year 1 and 2 see flexible degrees

YEARS 3 AND 4
If you progress to Honours 3 and 4 you will choose from a variety of advanced courses including sociolinguistics discourse and conversation phonetics semantics psycholinguistics corpus linguistics digital humanities and textual editing the history of English the language of laws manuscript studies and book history medieval literature name studies Old Icelandic and the Scots language All courses are taught by staff who are active researchers and leading scholars in their fields

Course details
YEAR 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 1A LANGUAGE MEANING AND POWER
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 1B LANGUAGE SOCIETY AND CHANGE
In 1 you will study two courses from English Language & Linguistics with courses from two other subjects See flexible degrees

If you intend to study English Language as a Single Honours degree you will need to study Level 1 Scottish Literature in Year 1 or Level 1 English Literature in Years 1 or 2

YEAR 2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 2A LANGUAGE PEOPLE AND CULTURE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 2B LANGUAGE MIND AND EXPRESSION
In Year Two you will study two courses from English Language & Linguistics with courses from two other subjects See flexible degrees

If you intend to study English Language as a Single Honours degree you will need to study Level 1 Scottish Literature in Year 1 or Level 1 English Literature in Years 1 or 2

YEARS 3 AND 4
If you progress to Honours Years 3 and 4 you choose from a variety of advanced courses

You will complete a dissertation on a topic of your choice in your final of English Language & Linguistics

You will take courses making up 120 credits each in 3 and 4 in Single Honours English Language & Linguistics For Joint Honours you will take 60 credits in English Language & Linguistics each alongside 60 credits from your other degree subject See

Example courses
These are examples of courses you may study in Years 3 and 4 Courses may not run every academic due to staff research interests student interest timetabling etc

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SEMANTICS
CULTURE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
HEROES OUTLAWS AND OUTSIDERS OLD ENGLISH AND OLD ICELANDIC LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
OLD ENGLISH LANGUAGE
MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN LITERARY TEXTS
APPLYING ARTS PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
CORPUS LINGUISTICS
DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE 20 CREDITS
DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE 40 CREDITS
APPLIED DISSERTATION WITH PLACEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
EDITING HISTORICAL ENGLISH TEXTS
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS
HISTORY OF ENGLISH
HISTORY OF SCOTS
THE LANGUAGE OF LAWS
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE 1
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE 2
METHODS IN SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION
NAME STUDIES
OLD ICELANDIC LANGUAGE
PHONETICS 1 INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
PHONETICS 2 ADVANCED CONCEPTS
DISCOURSE IN PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
READING THE PAST FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT
SEMANTICS OF ENGLISH
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
WRITTEN TEXT ANALYSIS

Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract

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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:
  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

224 RMB

Tuition fee:

19,920 GBP per year

79,680 GBP in total

❓✅❌ Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied in English at high school or a degree
- Have passed IELTS level 6.5 or TOEFL 95 or above.

Minimum education level: Bachelor's.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

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Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter
  • 2 Recommendation letters

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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