Modern Languages - BA (Hons)

at University of Kent

If you are studying one language, you must choose modules with a total of 120 credits at each stage:
 

• 30 credits from the language modules (corresponding to your language of study)

• 30 credits from two route-defining modules

• 30 credits from free choice modules (corresponding to your language of study)

• 30 credits from the wild modules
   

If you are studying two languages, you must choose modules with a total of 120 credits at each stage:
 

• 60 credits from two language modules (corresponding to your languages of study)

• 30 credits from two route-defining modules

• 30 credits from free choice modules (corresponding to your languages of study)
   

Stage 1
 

Language modules

• ITAL3010 - Italian Beginners A1-A2 Intensive (optional for post-A level students)

• FREN3000 - French Lower Intermediate B1

• FREN3300 - French Beginners A1-A2 Intensive

• HISP3000 - Spanish Lower Intermediate B1

• HISP3020 - Spanish Beginners A1-A2 Intensive

• GRMN3010 - German Lower Intermediate B1

• GRMN3290 - German Beginners A1-A2 Intensive
   

Route-defining

• Global cultures of business (15 credits)

• Culture & Heritage: Foundations (15 credits)

• Resistance and Revolution (15 credits)
   

Free choice modules

• ITAL3150 - Introduction to Italian Modernity

• ITAL3120 - Introduction to Italian Cinema

• TBC - Francophone Literature and Culture

• FREN3080 - Questions of French Cinema

• FREN3100 - Twentieth Century France in Crisis 

• GRMN3120 - Images of Germany 1945-Present

• GRMN3280 - Post-1989 German Cinema

• HISP3120 - Identity, Politics and Power in the Hispanic World

• HISP3190 - State-Building in Latin America

• TBC - The Wild

• TBC - The Home

Stage 2
 

Language modules

• ITAL5080 - Italian Intermediate B1-B2 Intensive

• FREN6520 - French Intermediate B1-B2 Intensive

• FREN6480 - French Upper Intermediate B2

• HISP5040 - Spanish Intermediate B1-B2 Intensive

• HISP5050 - Spanish Upper Intermediate B2

• GRMN5160 - German Intermediate B1-B2 Intensive

• GRMN5070 - German Upper Intermediate B2

Route-defining modules

• Branding the Nation: National Identity in the Global Marketplace

• Culture & Heritage: History

• What makes a nation? Sovereignty, Power and Identity

• Languages in the Classroom

Free choice modules

• LANG5001 - Cultures of Sustainability

• HISP5850 - Professional Spanish

• FREN5900 - Professional French

• GRMN5960 - Professional German

• ITAL5810 - Professional Italian

• HISP5710 - After Dictatorship: Spain and Latin America

• HISP5620 - The Legacy of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity in Latin America

• ITAL5780 - Musica Maestro! Music and Society in Modern Italy

• ITAL5760 - The Make-Up: Representations of Gender in Italy

• FREN5990 - Description of Modern French

• FREN6200 - The Art of Memory: Childhood in Modern French Literature

• FREN5002 - Encore! Music and Society in Modern French Culture

• GRMN5530 - From Gutenberg to Facebook: How Technology and Media Shaped German History

• GRMN5710 - The Lyric Imagination

• GRMN5730 - The German Novelle

Year abroad (optional)

It is possible to study the BA in Modern Languages as a three-year programme, or to take the four-year BA in Modern Languages with a Year Abroad.

Going abroad as part of your degree is an amazing experience and a chance to develop personally, academically and professionally.  You experience a different culture, gain a new academic perspective, establish international contacts and enhance your employability.

The Year Abroad is assessed on a pass/fail basis and will not count towards your final degree classification. You spend the year working as an English language assistant or in approved employment, or studying at one of our partner universities.

• LANG0001 - Modern Languages Year Abroad Module

Stage 3 
 

Language modules

• ITAL5060 - Italian Advanced C1

• FREN6490 - French Advanced C1

• HISP5060 - Spanish Advanced C1

• GRMN5030 - German Advanced C1

Route-defining modules

• Global commodities

• Culture & Heritage: The Contemporary

• Crisis, aftermath and memory

• Language Teachers at Work

Free choice modules

• TBC - Modern Languages Project/Dissertation

• HISP5840 - Spanish for Business

• ITAL5800 - Italian for Business

• FREN5920 - French for Business

• GRMN5950 - German for Business

• HISP5630 - Terrorism and State Terror in Latin America

• ITAL5770 - Italian regional cinema

• ITAL5640 - Istantanea: Visual culture in contemporary Italy

• SCL504 - European Political Cinema

• GRMN5850 - Order and Madness: Classical German Literature

• FREN5610 - At the Movies: French Film Since 1990

• FREN6460 - Crossing Borders: French and Francophone Travel Writing

A level
BBB or equivalent at A level

 GCSE
Mathematics grade 4 / C

 Access to HE Diploma
The University will not necessarily make conditional offers to all Access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If we make you an offer you will need to obtain/pass the Access to Higher Education Diploma including 21 points at Distinction, 20 points at Merit and 4 points at Pass.

 
BTEC Nationals
The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR).

 
International Baccalaureate
30 points overall or 15 points at HL

International Foundation Programme
Pass all components of the University of Kent International Foundation Programme with a 60% overall average.

 
T level
The University will consider applicants holding T level qualifications in subjects closely aligned to the course.

IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in R&W; 5.5 in S&L)

• Home full-time                           £9250
   
• EU full-time                               £13000
   
• International full-time                 £17400

The ability to speak a language other than English is a key asset in the global employment market, and many employers view a graduate with an additional language as more employable.

Through your studies, you also acquire many of the transferable skills considered essential by graduate employers. These include the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the confidence to offer creative solutions when faced with challenges, and the ability to express your ideas with clarity and passion. 

Our graduates go into areas such as: international banking, diplomacy, publishing, journalism, interpreting and translating, European media, and language teaching. Some also go on to postgraduate study in fields as varied as international journalism, visual studies and translation.