Master of Arts (Honours) - Modern Languages, Communication and Cultures

MA Modern Languages, Communication & Cultures gives students the opportunity to study Chinese, French, German or Spanish from beginner/intermediate level to a proficient standard in four years.

On this degree, Language skills are combined with advanced communication skills and studied alongside the societies, cultures, and political systems of the countries where students' chosen language is spoken.

This degree allows students to choose either Chinese, French, German or Spanish and spend Year 3 studying one or two semesters abroad, immersed in their chosen language and culture. This degree can be studied by individuals with no prior language learning, using Heriot-Watt's tried and tested beginner pathway for language learning, which allows students to ‘catch up' during Year 1 and join standard language courses by Year 2 of the degree.

Heriot-Watt University is an official higher education partner of the Chartered Institute of Linguists – a professional body that maintains the highest standards for practising interpreters and translators: Chartered Institute of Linguists.