BA Modern Languages
About this course
BA Honours in Modern Languages, a languages degree focused on the study of global cultures and societies through multiple language pathways. Core topics include Research Methods. The four-year degree includes optional choices for a year abroad or a careers placement year in the third year, with options to complete the course in three years. Year 1 features optional study across language levels and cultural topics such as Introduction to Chinese Culture and Society, France and the Francophone World, Introduction to German history, culture and society, and Introduction to Japanese History and Culture. Year 2 continues with optional modules including Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges, Classic French Cinema, Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic, and Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture. Further unallocated modules include options such as China and its Peripheries: Repression, (In)stability and Conflict in the 21st Century and Chinese Independent Documentaries: Alternative Archive and Video Activism.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA Modern Languages (T901) at Newcastle University for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is ABB at A level.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 97%: 250 offers from 259 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 35 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 99%
- Organisation and management: 92%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 22 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 22%
- Teaching Professionals: 14%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 45%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 35%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 20%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 10%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 5%
- London: 35%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 5%
- Northern Ireland: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 45 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges
- China and its Peripheries: Repression, (In)stability and Conflict in the 21st Century
- Chinese Independent Documentaries: Alternative Archive and Video Activism
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese II
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese I
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese II
- Classic French Cinema
- Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
- Linguistic Variation in French
- Level C (HE Advanced) French
- Occupation and Resistance: Literary and Cinematic Responses to the Second World War in France
- From Experimental to Explicit: Translating Women's Writing in French
- Global France: Intercultural Relations in French Literature and Film
- Social Justice in French and Francophone Culture
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): French for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- A Comparative History of German and English: phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon
- Society, Media, Identities in contemporary Germany and Austria
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): German for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Literary and cultural expressions in contemporary Japan
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese II
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Japanese I
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Japanese II
- Cultura y poder en América latina: debates desde la antropología
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Inter-American Relations from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Cold War (1989/1991)
- Language Endangerment and Revitalisation in Latin America
- Latin American Art
- Cultura y Política en Colombia
- Career Development for final year students
- Identidades Pós-Coloniais Luso-Afro-Brasileiras
- Level C (HE Advanced) Portuguese
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Advocating and Teaching Languages in Schools
- Italian language and culture II
- Memory and Storytelling Across Borders
- Dissertation/T&I Project
- Language Diversity in the Hispanic World
- Food, Football and Fiction: Constructing Catalan Cultural Identity
- Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish
- Catalan II
- Cultura Popular en España y Cuba
- Spanish and Romance word analysis
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): Spanish for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): Spanish Translation and Interpreting
- Introduction to Chinese Culture and Society
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese II
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese II
- France and the Francophone World
- Level A (HE Entry Level) French I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) French II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) French
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) French
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Level A (HE Entry Level) German I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) German II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) German
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) German
- Introduction to Japanese History and Culture
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese II
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese) I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese II
- Introduction to Latin America
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese II
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to International Film
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Language and Cross Cultural Communication
- Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese II
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese II
- France and the Francophone World
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) French
- Classic French Cinema
- Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
- Linguistic Variation in French
- Level C (HE Advanced) French
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) German
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Dutch I
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese) I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese II
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese II
- Introduction to Latin America
- Cultura y poder en América latina: debates desde la antropología
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Translation for Singing
- Cultures and Societies of the Portuguese-Speaking World
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Portuguese
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to International Film
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Italian language and culture I
- Reading in Translation
- Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Catalan I
- Language Diversity in the Hispanic World
- Food, Football and Fiction: Constructing Catalan Cultural Identity
- Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Modern Languages at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £27,000 after 3 years, £38,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £29,500 and £61,000. The £38,000 median after five years is £4,000 more than the UK median for French studies.
What do graduates of BA Modern Languages at Newcastle 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 Modern Languages at Newcastle 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 Modern Languages at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 133 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Modern Languages at Newcastle University?
97% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 250 offers from 259 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Modern Languages at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Modern Languages at Newcastle University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.