BA English Literature and a Modern Language
About this course
BA in English Language and Literature and Modern Languages, studying literature alongside one of three modern languages. Core topics include Research Methods. Students choose a language pathway—Chinese, French, or Spanish—at an appropriate level and spend time living or working abroad in the country of their chosen language.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB (B in Creative Writing, English Language and Literature or English Literature)
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What students say
Based on about 9 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 74%
- Assessment and feedback: 79%
- Academic support: 86%
- Organisation and management: 75%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 71%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 31 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 66%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 11%
- Unemployed: 3%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 17%
- Teaching Professionals: 13%
- Administrative occupations: 11%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Sales occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 170 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 8%
- East of England: 4%
- London: 25%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 16%
- Wales: 29%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Modules
- Reading Up Close
- Ways of Reading: Literature, Culture, Theory
- Writing at University and Beyond
- Spanish Upper Elementary
- Spanish Elementary
- Mandarin Chinese Upper Elementary
- Mandarin Chinese Elementary
- French Upper Elementary
- French Elementary
- Introduction to Hispanic Studies
- Introduction to Chinese Studies
- Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
- Spanish Intermediate
- Spanish Upper Intermediate
- Mandarin Chinese Upper Intermediate
- Mandarin Chinese Intermediate
- French Intermediate
- French Upper Intermediate
- Hispanidad in the World
- The World and Language of Business (Spanish Intermediate)
- The World and Language of Business (Spanish Upper Intermediate)
- The World and Language of Business (Chinese)
- China in the World
- Introduction to Specialised Translation
- Global France: French and Francophone Cultures
- The World and Language of Business (French Intermediate)
- The World and Language of Business (French Upper Intermediate)
- Shakespeare's Worlds
- Twentieth-century Literature: Conflict, Crisis, Experimentation
- Victorian Worlds: Forms of Transformation
- Contemporary Literature and Culture: States of Emergency
- Eighteenth-century and Romantic Poetry and Prose
- Britain and Beyond: Literatures of the Medieval World
- Seen and Unseen: Tracing the (In)visible in Film and Visual Culture
- Feminisms
- Literature, Science and Environment
- Uncanny Encounters: Gothic and Culture from the 1760s to the Present
- Race, Empire, Nation
- A History of Books from Parchment to Pixel
- Modern Languages Study Abroad Placement - Autumn
- Modern Languages Study Abroad Placement - Spring
- Modern Languages Work Abroad Placement - Autumn
- Modern Languages Work Abroad Placement - Spring
- Sandwich Year Project (Autumn Semester)
- Sandwich Year Project (Spring Semester)
- Literature for All
- Spanish Advanced
- Mandarin Chinese Advanced
- French Advanced
- Culture & Conflict in Latin America
- Final Year Dissertation - Spanish (in Spanish)
- Final Year Dissertation - Spanish (in English/Welsh)
- Specialised Chinese
- Sinophone Cultures: Hong Kong, Taiwan & Chinese Diasporas
- Final Year Dissertation Chinese (in English/Welsh)
- Student Teaching Module
- Global Narratives of Colonialism, Slavery & Their Legacies
- Global Cinemas: Representation, Subjectivity, History
- Cold War Cultures: Power, Conformity, and Dissent c. 1948–1990
- Final Year Dissertation - French (in French)
- Of Oceans and Islands: Ecology and Environment in Francophone Arts and Literature
- Final Year Dissertation French (in English/Welsh)
- Dissertation
- Gender and Monstrosity: Late/Neo Victorian
- Military Masculinities in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Island Stories: Literatures of the North Atlantic
- Activist Poetry: Protest, Dissent, Resistance
- Romantic Circles: Collaboration, Radicalism and Creativity 1770-1830
- Shakespeare's Fractured Britain
- Visions of Past and Future in Children’s Books
- The Medieval Supernatural: Death, Demons and Ghosts
- Literature and Psychology: To Freud and Beyond
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature and a Modern Language at Cardiff University earn?
The median salary is £27,500 after 15 months, £25,500 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,500 and £38,500. The £30,500 median after five years is £2,500 more than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature and a Modern Language at Cardiff University do next?
89% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature and a Modern Language at Cardiff University?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature and a Modern Language at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 130 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English Literature and a Modern Language at Cardiff University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.