2.5-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - English Language and Linguistics (Placement Year)

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) - English Language and Linguistics

Language is central to all human activity from important negotiations between nation states to spontaneous conversations in cafés. Through their study of language, people come to understand the nature of human social life.

Foundational modules in the first and second year will teach students how to analyze linguistic sound systems, word structure, sentence structure, meaning and language use, and apply their knowledge to the analysis of English. Students will then be able to make informed choices about areas of English or Linguistics they want to study in greater depth through study options, such as:

• Varieties of English • Phonetics • Language, Mind and Communication • Conversation and Social Interaction • Child Language Acquisition • American Languages

Essex is a leading UK university for language and linguistics research (REF 2014), a place where talented students become part of an academic community in which the majority of research is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, placing them firmly within the top 10 departments in the UK. Students have an opportunity to study different kinds of linguistics from structural linguistics to applied and experimental linguistics.

If students want a global outlook, are interested in human communication, and want to study for a degree with real-world practical value in a world-class department, welcome to Essex.