History & Modern Languages (French, German, Portuguese or Spanish) with a year abroad BA

at King's College London

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

This is a four-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.

Year 1

Required modules
You are required to do the following modules

HISTORY

• Historical Skills, Sources & Approaches (30 credits)

MODERN LANGUAGES

• Cultural Transformations: An Introduction to Modern Languages (15 credits)

French pathway

Post-A Level French

• French Core Language (First Year) (30 credits)

• Critical Reading and its Pleasures: Approaching French Literature and Film (15 credits)

Ab initio French

ONE of the following language modules, depending on linguistic competence in French as assessed by the Department upon arrival:

• Introductory French [ab initio beginner’s stream] (30 credits) OR Intermediate French [ab initio intermediate stream] (30 credits)

• Critical Reading and its Pleasures: Approaching French Literature and Film for ab initio (15 credits)

German pathway

Non-native German speakers

• German Language and Culture I (30 credits)

• Texts and Contexts (15 credits)

Native German speakers

• Translation from and into German I (15 credits)

• Texts and Contexts (15 credits)

Ab initio German students

• Texts and Contexts for ab initio (15 credits)

PLUS one of the following language modules, depending on linguistic competence in German as assessed by the Department upon arrival:

• Introductory German (30 credits)

• Intermediate German (30 credits)

Portuguese pathway

• Global Iberias: Perspectives - Introduction to the Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Worlds (15 credits)

PLUS one of the following language modules, depending on linguistic competence in Portuguese as assessed by the Department upon arrival:

• EITHER Portuguese Language 1A [post-A-level] (30 credits)

• OR Intermediate Portuguese (30 credits)

• OR Introductory Portuguese [ab initio] (30 credits)

Spanish pathway

• Global Iberias: Perspectives - Introduction to the Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Worlds (15 credits)

PLUS ONE of the following language modules, depending on linguistic competence in Spanish assessed at point of entry by the department:

• EITHER Spanish Language 1 [post-A-level] (30 credits)
• OR Intermediate Spanish (30 credits)
• OR Introductory Spanish [ab initio] (30 credits)

Required subjects:
None - A Level in French, German, Spanish or Portuguese at grade B or equivalent is required if you plan to take the language at Advanced level. The ab initio pathway allows students to start studying one of these languages from scratch.

Preferred subjects:
History A Level (or equivalent) is generally expected, however applications without can be considered where the application clearly demonstrates interest in and engagement with History as an academic subject.

Tuition Fees

Full time tuition fees UK:
The UK tuition fee for the academic year is currently £9,250 per year. This is based on the UK Government’s cap.

Full time tuition fees International:
The International tuition fee for the academic year is £21,840 per year.

Please note that the International tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

If you choose the study abroad option with one of King’s partner universities, you will not be charged tuition fees by the host university (although some partners do charge a small administration fee for applying). King’s will continue to invoice for a proportion of King's tuition fees.

You should also budget to pay for the associated subsistence costs, such as travel, visas, accommodation and food as well as any vaccination/immunisations required by the country to which you are travelling. 

Please see the Study Abroad web pages for details of the relevant partner universities and detailed information on the fees that apply under the Course Essentials tab.

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

• By encouraging critical reflection on both the past and the present contexts of the French, German
• Studies of graduate employability repeatedly stress the career value of language degrees, which provide graduates with international experience and enhancing cultural awareness

Studies of graduate employability repeatedly stress the career value of language degrees, which provide graduates with international experience and enhancing cultural awareness, helping them to develop flexibility, resilience and resourcefulness. Employers value foreign language ability, not just as a specialist skill, but as a personal quality that develops relationship-building, teamwork, and the capacity to move easily in international contexts. Typical destinations of KCL Modern Languages graduates include international business, the press and media, IT and technology, marketing and public relations, public administration, international development, law, finance, teaching and lecturing, interpreting, translating and others.