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- You must take 4 CU in each of the three years of your degree.
- You must have passed 3 CU to progress to year 2.
- You must have passed 6 CU to progress to year 3.
- You must have passed 9 CU to get a BA degree.
- You must satisfy several other degree requirements to get a BA degree in
Linguistics.
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- The courses in our department are classified into four main areas,
identified by the fourth letter in the course code (PLINM, PLINP, PLINS
and PLINX):
- M: meaning, i.e. semantics and pragmatics
- P: pronunciation, i.e. phonetics and phonology
- S: syntax
- X: some other part of the study of language
- In the first year, you take 2 introductions in each of the ‘core’ areas
of Meaning (M), Phonetics & Phonology (P) and Syntax (S). In addition, you take Foundations of
English Grammar (S) and a general introduction, called Principles of
Linguistics (X).
- In both the second and third year, 2 of your 4 CUs must be in
Linguistics.
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- You must take 4 CU in each of the three years of the degree.
- You must observe the 3-2-1 system:
- 3 core areas in year 1
- 2+ core areas in year 2 (so you may drop one core area in year 2)
- 1+ core areas in year 3 (so you may drop another core area in your
final year)
- Courses are identified as level 1, 2 or 3 by the first numeric digit in
the course code.
- Of the three core areas, you need to identify one as your ‘major’ core
area. In your major core area
- you must take a minimum of 2 CUs that are not level 1
- and of these 2 CUs, one half CU must be level 3.
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- The Long Essay (PLINE301 - worth a full CU) is an obligatory component
of your final year.
- You can think of it as an undergraduate dissertation.
- You would normally write the Long Essay in the area in which you are
majoring.
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- We begin by choosing 3 CU from year 3, including PLINE301 and 1 CU in a
major core area, of which 0.5 CU must be level 3. We exclude any level 1 course, with
the exception of LANG1001 (TEFL).
- If there is more than one way to choose these 3 CUs, we choose them so
as to maximize the score. This identifies the major subject.
- We then add the best 1 CU from year 1.
- Finally, we top this up with the best 4 CU from the remainder, while not
exceeding 2 CU from year 1.
- We consider both the average and the median over these 8 CU to arrive at
a recommendation for degree class.
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- If you have any further questions about the structure of your BA degree,
consult your personal tutor, the departmental tutor or the chair of the
BA exam board.
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