The combination of English Language and Communication Studies offers a challenging and stimulating programme of study that seeks to enhance your understanding of English Language and Linguistics and to engage critically with some of the key issues and debates of our time. Communication Studies is an excellent complementary subject to English Language and the degree is designed to introduce you to the nature of language and communication before progressing on to more complex areas. You will explore some of the main applications in linguistics as well as the full range of communicative activities generated by individuals, organisations and technologies, and debate, for example, the impact of globalised systems of communication and the relationships between communication, identity, consensus, conflict, nation, power and popular culture.
This course is also about equipping you with a range of skills designed to allow you
to operate more effectively in a professional environment. This means developing your communication and team-working skills - assets much valued by potential employers.
Students take half their degree from English Language and half from Communication Studies. For further information about these courses, see the entries for BA (Hons) English Language and BA (Hons) Communication Studies.
Module guide
Year one modules:
Intercultural Awareness
Nature of Language
Language and Society
Introduction to Communication and Culture
Research Methods in Communication and Media
Digital Imaging
Communication and Technology
Introduction to Radio
Language and Image
Introduction to Video
Introduction to Print
Anglia Language Programme
Year two modules
Written Text 1&2
Phonetics and Phonology
History of the English Language
TEFL 1
Introduction to European Cinema
Language, Mind and Brain
TEFL 2
European Cinema and Identity
Intercultural Communication
Anglia Language Programme
Identity, Difference and Community
Communication and The Public Sphere
Internet Communication
Creative Writing
Radio Features
Everyday Life
Communication and Political Economy
Video Documentary
Animation
Radio Documentary
Year three modules
Major Project in English or Film Studies (compulsory)
Modernism and the City
Women's Writing, Gender and Sexuality
Special Topic 2 (currently Theorizing Children?s Literature)
After the Deluge: Writing, Film, Culture and Society since 1945
Contemporary Fiction
Modern Science Fiction
Synoptic Course Review
Writing Poetry
Film Art
Genocide: Perspectives on the Holocaust
Autobiography: Self, Narrative and Truth
Film Art
Film, Modernity and Postmodernity
Cinema and Sound
Creative Practice in Film and Video
Working in Film
Avant-garde Film and Experimental Video
Multiplexed: Contemporary Popular Cinema
Screenwriting: Adaptation
Film Journalism
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Associated careers
A degree in English Language provides an excellent foundation for almost any career where the skill of communication is valued.
It can provide access to a wide range of careers in areas such as journalism, advertising, publishing and teaching or even politics.
Assessment
All assessments will be in accordance with the learning outcomes and the range will provide both formative (e.g. non-assessed discussions and presentations, language laboratory work, class exercises etc) and summative (e.g. unseen examinations, in class assessments, essays, portfolios, assessed seminar presentation etc) functions.
180 - 200 tariff points at A Level or equivalent. Preferred subject(s): GCE A Level English Language/English Language & Literature GCSE(s) Required: English Language grade C For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.
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