BA English Language
About this course
BA Hons in English Language, an undergraduate degree centred on English Language and Linguistics. Core topics include Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Programming, Research Methods, and Statistics. Students can apply for paid research internships to work alongside academic staff on active projects. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as English across Space and Time, English in Use, Foundations of Language, and Linguistic Inquiry and Applications, alongside optional choices like World Literatures or Explaining Criminology. The second year shifts focus to data-driven and structural analysis with core modules including Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World, English Grammar, and English Phonetics, alongside options such as Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language, Discourse Studies, or Language Acquisition. The final year examines advanced social and variational aspects through compulsory modules like Language and Social Identities and Language Variation and Change in English. Optional modules in the final year allow students to specialise in areas such as Cognitive Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, or Pragmatics, with an opportunity to complete a Linguistics and English Language Dissertation.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 91%: 31 offers from 34 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 20 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 79%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 89%
- Student voice: 71%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 25%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Media Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 50%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 18%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 9%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 12%
- South East: 3%
- South West: 4%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- English across Space and Time
- English in Use
- Foundations of Language
- Linguistic Inquiry and Applications
- Language in Mind and Society
- World Literatures
- Explaining Criminology
- The Arts and Identity (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change
- Re-Making Tradition
- Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World
- English Grammar
- English Phonetics
- Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language
- Discourse Studies
- Language Acquisition
- Language and Creativity in Advertising
- Language and Pedagogic Practice
- Professional Communication
- Sounds of the World's Languages
- Transnational Debates on Gender and Society
- Language and Social Identities
- Language Variation and Change in English
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Forensic Linguistics
- Language and Media
- Language, Culture and Cognition
- Linguistics and English Language Dissertation
- Phonetic and Phonological Theory
- Pragmatics
- Psycholinguistics
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Language at Lancaster University earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £34,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for English language.
What do graduates of BA English Language at Lancaster University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Language at Lancaster University?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Language at Lancaster University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 35 points in the IB. The average entrant had 132 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English Language at Lancaster University?
91% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 31 offers from 34 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BA English Language at Lancaster University?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 25% left higher education.