DPT: English Language (MA Hons) (UTENGLA)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

You will be automatically enroled on your two compulsory courses. You must pass these courses in order to progress to Year 2 of the English Language programme.

Compulsory courses

Linguistics and English Language 1A

Must be passed

Linguistics and English Language 1B

Must be passed

Course options

You need to take 60-80 credits (usually 3-4 courses) of "outside" courses, which can be from subject areas across the University. You need to select these courses to be enroled on them. Some courses have prerequisites that you will need to meet to take the course.

You can only select Level 7 and 8 courses from Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y. Only 40 credits of level 7 courses are permitted across Years 1 and 2.

You may, alternatively, take one or two courses in British Sign Language (LLLO07003/LLLO07004) from Schedule X, subject to availability.

AND

Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

You will be automatically enroled on your four compulsory courses. You must pass these courses in order to progress to Year 3 of the Linguistics programme.

Compulsory courses

LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be passed

LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods

Must be passed

LEL2C: English in Time and Space

Must be passed

LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories

Must be passed

Course options

You can take 20-40 credits (usually 1-2 courses) of "outside" courses, which can be from subject areas across the University. You need to select these courses to be enroled on them. Some courses have prerequisites that you will need to meet to take the course.

You can only select Level 7 and 8 courses from Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y. Only 40 credits of level 7 courses are permitted across Years 1 and 2.

You may, alternatively, take one or two courses in British Sign Language (LLLO07003/LLLO07004) from Schedule X, subject to availability.

AND

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

You will need to take:
- 1 'Foundation' course, 1 'Skills' course and 2 'English Language' courses (Group A, 80 credits);
- 2 'free choice' choices from any category, including up to Guided Research in LEL courses (Group B, 40 credits).

The LEL Honours handbook gives further details about the Language Science courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses. Students must consult this handbook regarding the selection of courses. Some courses appear in more than one category, but you cannot take the same course twice.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Reading Old English

Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description

Speech Processing (Hons)

Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing

Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology

Methods in Theoretical Linguistics

Discourse Analysis

Online Experiments for Language Scientists

Quantitative Methods in Linguistics and English Language (Hons)

AND

Sociolinguistics

Historical Linguistics

Pragmatics

Syntax: Theory and Practice

Phonological Theory

Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology

Cognitive Linguistics

Semantic Theory

AND

Middle English

Reading Old English

Global Englishes

Scots and Scottish English

Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland

AND

You have a 'free choice' to pick ONE OR TWO Language Science course from any category (Foundation, Skills, Linguistics, or English Language) - this list shows all courses available. The LEL Honours handbook provides full details on which courses belong to which category.

Some courses appear in more than one category, but you cannot take the same course twice.

You may take Guided Research A (Semester 1) and/or Guided Research B (Semester 2) as 'free choice' options. Both courses can be taken if you wish.

Sociolinguistics

Middle English

Historical Linguistics

First Language Acquisition (Honours)

Second Language Acquisition (Honours)

Historical Phonology

Reading Old English

Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description

Global Englishes

Speech Processing (Hons)

Speech Synthesis

Pragmatics

Scots and Scottish English

Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing

Syntax: Theory and Practice

Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland

Phonological Theory

Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology

History of Linguistics

Universals of Language

Speech Production and Perception

Cognitive Linguistics

Methods in Theoretical Linguistics

Semantic Theory

Guided Research in Linguistics and English Language A

Guided Research in Linguistics and English Language B

Discourse Analysis

Online Experiments for Language Scientists

Quantitative Methods in Linguistics and English Language (Hons)

Language Endangerment and Revitalisation

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You may select an 'outside' (non-LEL) course from another subject area with approval from the Course Organiser. This must be a Level 10 course.

If you select an outside course this will count towards your year average, but will not count towards your degree classification. Approval must be sought from the LEL Exams Convener if you wish for an outside course to count towards your degree classification.

You may wish to speak to your Student Adviser or Cohort Lead for advice about this option.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

You will need to take:

- 1 'English Language' course and 3 'free choice' courses from any category. Your free choices also can include up to two Guided Research in LEL courses.
- Your 40-credit Language Sciences dissertation. You will automatically be enroled in this.

The LEL Honours handbook gives further details about the Language Science courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses. Students must consult this handbook regarding the selection of courses. Some courses appear in more than one category, but you cannot take the same course twice.

Compulsory courses

Dissertation in Language Sciences

Course options

Middle English

Reading Old English

Global Englishes

Scots and Scottish English

Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland

AND

You have a 'free choice' to pick TWO Language Science course from any category (Foundation, Skills, Linguistics, or English Language) - this list shows all courses available. The LEL Honours handbook provides full details on which courses belong to which category.

Some courses appear in more than one category, but you cannot take the same course twice.

You may take Guided Research C (Semester 1) and/or Guided Research D (Semester 2) as 'free choice' options. Both courses can be taken if you wish.

Sociolinguistics

Middle English

Historical Linguistics

First Language Acquisition (Honours)

Second Language Acquisition (Honours)

Historical Phonology

Reading Old English

Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description

Global Englishes

Speech Processing (Hons)

Speech Synthesis

Pragmatics