BA Language, Culture and Communication
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Language, Culture and Communication, an undergraduate degree centred on English Language and Linguistics and Modern Languages. Core topics include Research Methods, Human Behaviour, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students may choose to study one or two languages from a beginner level during the programme. The first year covers foundational subjects through Academic Skills for Modern languages and Linguistics Students, Introduction to French and Francophone Studies, Introduction to German Studies, and Introduction to Language, Culture and Communication. The second year examines anthropological concepts and methods through Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography and Researching Language, Culture and Communication in the Global World, alongside optional choices spanning linguistics, media, and culture. The final year focuses on advanced communication and independent research through Digital Media, Language and Communication and Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Dissertation, complemented by optional modules such as Audiovisual Translation and Second Language Acquisition.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: Pass, with 30 points overall with 15 points at Higher Level.
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What students say
Based on about 7 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 95%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 13 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 50%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
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: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 155 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 27%
- South East: 38%
- South West: 13%
- Wales: 5%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 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): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Academic Skills for Modern languages and Linguistics Students
- Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
- Introduction to German Studies
- Introduction to Language, Culture and Communication
- Introduction to Spain, Latin America and the Portuguese-Speaking World
- Understanding History and Society
- Applications of Linguistics
- Elements of Linguistics: Sound, Structure and Meaning
- Introduction to Ethnography: Food and Culture
- Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography
- Researching Language, Culture and Communication in the Global World
- Culture, Power and Resistance in the Portuguese-Speaking World
- Gender, Race and Nation in Modern Latin America
- AI Utopias and the Climate Crisis
- Data, Culture, and Justice
- Digital Futures of the Past: Power, Ethics, and Representation
- Discourse Analysis
- Exploring French Linguistics
- Exploring Spanish Linguistics
- Ghosts on Screen
- Globalisation: Culture, Language and the Nation State
- Health, Culture, and Discrimination
- High, Popular, Mass Culture: Cultural Hybridity and Globalization in Latin America and Spain
- Intercultural Communication in a Global World
- Language and Society in the German-Speaking World
- Language, Power and Institutions: How Linguistic Practices Can Shape Our Lives
- Multilingualism
- Post-War French Thought and Culture
- Psycholinguistics
- Queering the Digital
- Sound and Voice
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- The EU and European Identity
- Variation and Change in English
- Vienna and Berlin: Society, Politics and Culture from 1890 to the Present
- Digital Media, Language and Communication
- Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Dissertation
- English as a Global Language
- Exiles, Migrants and Citizens: Narrating and documenting displacement in contemporary Spain
- Audiovisual Translation
- Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative
- Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in Transition
- French Sociolinguistics: Challenges to Francophonie
- German-Jewish Writing Across the Twentieth Century
- Historical Memory in Modern Latin America
- Language and the City
- Minorities and Migrants: Exploring Multicultural Germany
- Public Service Interpreting
- Second Language Acquisition
- Sex, Gender and Desire
- Sociophonetic Project Module
- Streaming, Social Media, and Stans: Music Culture in the Platform Era
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Language, Culture and Communication at University of Southampton earn?
The median salary is £29,000 after 15 months, £26,000 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,000 and £38,500. The £32,000 median after five years is £2,000 more than the UK median for Linguistics.
What do graduates of BA Language, Culture and Communication at University of Southampton do next?
75% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Language, Culture and Communication at University of Southampton?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Language, Culture and Communication at University of Southampton?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 131 UCAS points.
Does BA Language, Culture and Communication at University of Southampton include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Language, Culture and Communication at University of Southampton?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.