BA English Language and Linguistics
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Linguistics, an English Language and Linguistics degree centred on the scientific study of communication, historical development, and societal variation. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Human Behaviour, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. In the final year, students complete a dissertation based on their accumulated studies across the programme. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Elements of Linguistics: Sound, Structure and Meaning, From English to Englishes, and Language Acquisition, alongside optional choices in related subjects. The second year advances core knowledge with compulsory modules including Sound and Voice, Syntax: Studying Language Structure, and Variation and Change in English, while offering option modules that span corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and psycholinguistics. The final year centres on the compulsory Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Dissertation, complemented by specialized options such as English as a Global Language, Digital Media, Language and Communication, and Language and Speech Disorders.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level.
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What students say
Based on about 7 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 79%
- Learning opportunities: 78%
- Assessment and feedback: 68%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 83%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 67%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 6 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 10%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 95%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 85%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 60%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 250 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 34%
- South East: 40%
- South West: 13%
- Wales: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Academic Skills for Modern languages and Linguistics Students
- Applications of Linguistics
- Elements of Linguistics: Sound, Structure and Meaning
- From English to Englishes
- Language Acquisition
- Language, Ideologies and Attitudes
- Structure of English
- The Making of Modern English
- Applied Ethics
- Literary Transformations
- Puzzles about Art and Literature
- Understanding History and Society
- World Dramas
- Sound and Voice
- Syntax: Studying Language Structure
- Variation and Change in English
- AI Utopias and the Climate Crisis
- Corpus Linguistics: Working with Large-scale Text Data
- Data, Culture, and Justice
- Desire and Decay: Literature of the Long Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- Discourse Analysis
- English on the Move
- Globalisation: Culture, Language and the Nation State
- Health, Culture, and Discrimination
- Intercultural Communication in a Global World
- Language, Power and Institutions: How Linguistic Practices Can Shape Our Lives
- Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography
- Multilingualism
- Psycholinguistics
- Queering the Digital
- Researching Language, Culture and Communication in the Global World
- Speech Acts
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- The EU and European Identity
- The Worlding of English Literature
- Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Dissertation
- English as a Global Language
- Digital Media, Language and Communication
- Language and Speech Disorders
- Language and the City
- Rethinking Autism
- Second Language Acquisition
- Shakespeare Then and Now
- Sociophonetic Project Module
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Language and Linguistics at University of Southampton earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £25,000 after 3 years, £31,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,500 and £39,500. The £31,000 median after five years is £3,000 more than the UK median for English language.
What do graduates of BA English Language and Linguistics at University of Southampton do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Language and Linguistics at University of Southampton?
79% 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 and Linguistics at University of Southampton?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 146 UCAS points.
Does BA English Language and Linguistics at University of Southampton include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English Language and Linguistics at University of Southampton?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.