BA Linguistics
About this course
BA Hons in Linguistics, an English Language and Linguistics degree focusing on human language structure, social usage, and technical applications. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students are eligible to apply for paid annual research internships to work alongside academic staff on active department projects. The first year establishes core foundations through modules such as English across Space and Time, Foundations of Language, Language in Mind and Society, and Linguistic Inquiry and Applications. The second year examines data-driven and structural aspects via Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World, Sounds of the World's Languages, and Structures of the World's Languages, while offering optional modules in areas like Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language and English Phonetics. The final year concentrates on advanced concepts through compulsory studies like Cognitive Linguistics and Phonetic and Phonological Theory. Optional modules cover diverse subjects such as Forensic Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Pragmatics, with an opportunity to complete an independent 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 98%: 47 offers from 48 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 21 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 84%
- Assessment and feedback: 73%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 85%
- Student voice: 77%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 45 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 5%
- North West: 35%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 15%
- West Midlands: 5%
- London: 15%
- South East: 5%
- Wales: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 50%
- Other HE qualification: 50%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- English across Space and Time
- Foundations of Language
- Language in Mind and Society
- Linguistic Inquiry and Applications
- English in Use
- Knowledge and Reality in a Complex World
- Crime and Popular Culture
- Ethics: How Should I Live?
- Corpus Linguistics, Language and Society in a Data-Driven World
- Sounds of the World's Languages
- Structures of the World's Languages
- Computational Approaches and their Applications for Language
- Discourse Studies
- English Phonetics
- Language Acquisition
- Language and Creativity in Advertising
- Language and Pedagogic Practice
- Professional Communication
- Organised Crime
- Contemporary Issues in Policing
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Phonetic and Phonological Theory
- Forensic Linguistics
- Language and Media
- Language and Social Identities
- Language Variation and Change in English
- Language, Culture and Cognition
- Linguistics and English Language Dissertation
- Pragmatics
- Psycholinguistics
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Linguistics at Lancaster University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £22,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £34,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for Linguistics.
What do graduates of BA Linguistics at Lancaster University do next?
70% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Linguistics at Lancaster University?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Linguistics at Lancaster University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 35 points in the IB. The average entrant had 149 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Linguistics at Lancaster University?
98% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 47 offers from 48 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BA Linguistics at Lancaster University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.