London,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA (Hons) Modern Languages ( French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) in London United Kingdom | Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London
|
London United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
17,620
(c. USD23,596.88)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
Our BA Modern Languages program enables you to focus on one or two languages selected from French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
For single-language study, you'll typically need AS- or A-level proficiency (or equivalent) in your chosen language (except Japanese, which welcomes beginners). Your final degree title will reflect this specialization with options like:
BA French Studies
BA German Studies
BA Japanese Studies
BA Spanish and Latin American Studies
If you opt for two languages, you can combine beginner-level study in one with advanced study in another (A-level equivalent), helping you achieve near-native fluency in at least one language. Your degree title will include both languages, such as BA French and Spanish.
Regardless of your language choices, you'll enhance cultural awareness through modules covering literature, film, popular culture, visual arts, or linguistics. Comparative modules will let you examine cross-cultural themes across different linguistic and cultural settings.
You'll also develop valuable transferable skills including essay writing, oral presentations, report writing, critical analysis, logical reasoning, and translation.
Start Date: October 2024 Duration: Three years
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications knowledge and previous work experience We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential
3 years fulltime 4 years fulltime with International Experience 4 years parttime You must have at least AlevelB2 CEFR competence in one of your two languages unless the stronger of your two languages is Japanese in which case GCSE level 70% of the content that is needed to pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5 is sufficient Your second language can be at any level from beginner onwards The course is also suitable for applicants at proficiency and native speaker level
UCAS TARIFF POINTS
3 years fulltime or four years fulltime with International Experience 96-128 points eg A-levels CCC-ABB
4 years fulltime with Foundation Year 48 points
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System IELTS Academic Test score of 6.5 with not less than 6.0 in each of the subtests
TOEFL IBT - Standard requirement - 79 (reading - 18, writing - 23, listening - 19, speaking - 19)
3 years fulltime 4 years fulltime with International Experience 4 years parttime You must have at least AlevelB2 CEFR competence in one of your two languages unless the stronger of your two languages is Japanese in which case GCSE level 70% of the content that is needed to pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5 is sufficient Your second language can be at any level from beginner onwards The course is also suitable for applicants at proficiency and native speaker level
UCAS TARIFF POINTS
3 years fulltime or four years fulltime with International Experience 96-128 points eg A-levels CCC-ABB
4 years fulltime with Foundation Year 48 points
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System IELTS Academic Test score of 6.5 with not less than 6.0 in each of the subtests
TOEFL IBT - Standard requirement - 79 (reading - 18, writing - 23, listening - 19, speaking - 19)
Tuition
GBP
17,620