2.5-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Language Studies

Program Description For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Language Studies

Language is fundamental to human thought, relationships, and civilizations. Through language people transmit knowledge, from inviting someone for coffee, to promoting the latest scientific theory, to settling global political disputes.

In University of Essex's BA Language Studies, students become proficient in one or more of the modern languages taught at Essex; French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. These languages can be studied alongside the language expert modules which cover a range of cultural and professional skills.

For most of the languages, Essex offers modules in all six different levels recognized by the Common European Framework, enabling students to study from almost any level of expertise. Of the four modules students take in their final year, two must be taken to Proficiency level (C1), and the other two must be taken to Intermediate level (B1). Each of these languages is widely used in the business world, and so many of the graduates are recruited by international firms looking for language specialists, and go on to develop successful global careers. Others join a teacher-training programme after leaving, and become expert teachers of the language they studied at Essex.

Companies and organizations in the UK and abroad are struggling to find university graduates who are fluent in at least one other language, apart from English.