Compulsory modules

You take the following modules:

• SEL1027  Introduction to the Structure of Language 1: Syntax and Phonology
• SEL1028  Introduction to the Structure of Language 2: Morphology and Meaning

Plus language modules appropriate to your current language skill level:

• if you have one A level or equivalent, you take one intermediate and one entry level language module pair 
• if you have two A levels or equivalent, you take two intermediate language modules

Entry level language modules

• CHN1065  Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese I AND CHN1066  Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese II
• FRE1065  Level A (HE Entry Level) French I AND FRE1066 Level A (HE Entry Level) French II
• FRE1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) French*
• GER1065  Level A (HE Entry Level) German I AND GER1066  Level A (HE Entry Level) German II
• GER1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) German*
• JPN1065  Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese I AND JPN1066  Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese II
• POR1065  Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese I AND POR1066  Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese II
• SPA1065  Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish I AND SPA1066  Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish II
• SPA1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) Spanish*

*You must have an A level or equivalent in the language to take Level B (HE Intermediate) language module at Stage 1.

Intermediate language modules

• FRE1071  Level B (HE Intermediate) French
• GER1071  Level B (HE Intermediate) German
• SPA1071  Level B (HE Intermediate) Spanish

Optional modules

You also have a choice of optional modules to bring your total to 120 credits:

• FRE1006  La France de 1789 à nos jours
• GER1016  Deutschland zwischen 1871 und 1945
• LAS1010 An Introduction to Latin America
• SEL1008  The Nature of Language
• SEL1032  Language Variation and Change: Dealing with Data
• SML1018  Introduction to Literature
• SML1019  Introduction to Linguistics
• SML1021  Introduction to International Film
• SML1022  Introduction to Cultural Studies
• SPA1019  Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula*

*If you are doing Portuguese you cannot take this module until Stage 2

Compulsory modules

You take one of the following modules:

• SEL2086  Introduction to Child and Adult Language Acquisition
• SEL2089  Syntactic Theory

Plus language modules appropriate to your current language skill level:

• if you have one A level or equivalent, you take one advanced module and one intermediate module (provided that you wish to carry on studying this language)
• if you have two A levels or equivalent, you take two advanced modules

Intermediate modules

• CHN2010 Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese
• FRE1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) French
• GER1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) German
• JPN2010 Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese
• POR2010 Level B (HE Intermediate) Portuguese
• SPA1071 Level B (HE Intermediate) Spanish

Advanced modules

• FRE2061 Level C (HE Advanced) French
• GER2061 Level C (HE Advanced) German
• SPA2061 Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish

Optional modules

You take one optional module for each language studied, according to the level taken. No Level B or Level C optional modules can be taken with Chinese or Japanese.

Level B Options (to go with intermediate language modules)

• FRE1006 La France de 1789 à nos jours
• GER1016 Deutschland zwischen 1871 und 1945
• LAS1010 An Introduction to Latin America
• POR2001 Cultures and Societies of the Portuguese-Speaking World
• SML1018 Introduction to Literature
• SML1021 Introduction to International Film
• SML1022 Introduction to Cultural Studies
• SPA1019 Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula*

*f you are taking POR2010 Level B Portuguese you must take this as your optional module

Level C Options (to go with advanced language modules)

• FRE2005  Classic French Cinema
• FRE2009  Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
• FRE2013  Ethnography for Language Learners (French)
• FRE2044  Linguistic Variation in French
• FRE2045  French Caribbean Literature
• GER2010  A Cultural History of Berlin: Cabaret, Catastrophe, Capital
• GER2011  M for Murder: Crime, Law and Justice in Modern German Literature and Film
• GER2013  Nature and Ecology in German Culture
• GER2031  Beginners’ Dutch (if you are also studying German Level C)*
• GER2036  Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland bis 1990
• LAS2028  Diversidad Cultural en America Latina
• LAS2030  Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil:from Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
  
• LAS2032 Caribbean Imaginaries: Image, Text, Music
• SML2014 Introduction to Italian Language and Culture (if you are also studying Spanish Level C or French Level C)*
• SPA2019 World Spanish
• SPA2021 Introduction to Catalan (if you are also studying Spanish Level C or French Level C)*
• SPA2025  Representations of Revolution, Dictatorship and Democracy in Spain and Latin America

* You may only take one of these modules.

You also have a choice of optional Linguistics modules from the list below bring your total to 120 credits:

• SEL2000  Phonological Theory
• SEL2086  Introduction to Child and Adult Language Acquisition
• SEL2089  Syntactic Theory
• SEL2091  Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language
• SEL2212  Early English: Texts, Patterns and Varieties

You spend your year abroad studying at one of our partner universities, on a work placement, or a combination of the two.

You can spend the whole year in one country or divide the year between two countries where your chosen languages are spoken.

If you want to study Chinese or Japanese at Stage 4 you must spend this year studying in China or Japan. We recommend you use the summer vacations on either side of this to visit French- German- Portuguese- or Spanish-speaking countries, depending on the other languages you are studying.

During your year abroad, you take the following compulsory module:

• SML3004  Year Abroad ePortfolio

You also choose one of the modules below:

• SML3006  Study Abroad
• SML3007  Year Abroad Work Placement Report 1
• SML3008  Year Abroad Work Placement Report 2
• SML3009 Year Abroad Project 1
• SML3010 Year Abroad Project 2

Compulsory modules

You continue to study your chosen languages with modules that build on the level of fluency achieved on your year abroad.

You select language modules appropriate to your current language skill level:

• if you have one A level or equivalent, you take one further advanced module and one advanced module (if you wish to carry on studying this language)  
• if you have two A levels or equivalent, you take two further advanced modules

Advanced modules

• CHN4010  Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese
• FRE2061  Level C (HE Advanced) French
• GER2061  Level C (HE Advanced) German
• JPN4010  Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese
• POR4010  Level C (HE Advanced) Portuguese
• SPA2061  Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish

Further advanced modules

• FRE4081  Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Advanced Writing Skills
• GER4081  Level D (HE Further Advanced) German: Advanced Writing Skills
• SPA4081  Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills

You must select one module from the following list for each Level D language studied:

• FRE4082 Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Language for Professional & Academic Purposes
• FRE4083 Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Translation & Interpreting
• GER4082 Level D (HE Further Advanced) German: Language for Professional & Academic Purposes
• GER4083 Level D (HE Further Advanced) German: Translation & Interpreting
• SPA4082 Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Language for Professional & Academic Purposes
• SPA4083 Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Translation & Interpreting

Optional modules

You choose two or three modules from the list below.

• FRE4014  Historical Perspectives on the French Language (if studying Level D French)
• GER4015  A Comparative History of German and English: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and Lexicon (if studying Level D German)
• SEL3352  Language Development: Cross-disciplinary Approaches
• SEL3372  Language and Ethnicity in 21st Century Britain
• SPA4007  Spanish and Romance Word Analysis (if studying Level D Spanish)

You also have a choice of optional modules to match the level of language you are studying and to bring your total to 120 credits. If you are taking a Level C language you can choose only one level C option:

Level C Options (to go with advanced language modules)

• FRE2005  Classic French Cinema
• FRE2009  Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
• FRE2013  Ethnography for Language Learners (French)
• FRE2044  Linguistics Variation in French
• FRE2045  French Caribbean Literature
• GER2010  A Cultural History of Berlin: Cabaret, Catastrophe, Capital
• GER2011  M for Murder: Crime, Law and Justice in Modern German Literature and Film
• GER2013  Nature and Ecology in German Culture
• GER2036  Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland bis 1990
• LAS2028  Diversidad Cultural en America Latina
• LAS2030  Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil from Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
• LAS2032 Caribbean Imaginaries: Image, Text, Music
• POR4003 Lusophone Borderlines: Borders and Crossings in Portuguese-Speaking Cultures
• SPA2019  World Spanish
• SPA2022 The Contemporary Hispanic City: Narrative Cartographies
• SPA2025  Representations of Revolution, Dictatorship and Democracy in Spain and Latin America

Level D Options (to go with further advanced language modules)

• FRE4003  Occupation and Resistance: Literary and Cinematic Responses to the Second World War in France
• FRE4006  Contemporary French Cinema
• FRE4007  Les valeurs républicaines, le système d'enseignement et le social renewal 
• FRE4014  Historical Perspectives on the French Language
• FRE4015 From Experimental to Explicit: Translating Women's Writing in French
• FRE4016  Contemporary Life Writing in French: Textual and Visual Experiment
• FRE4017  Du Surrealisme au Street Art: Theories et Pratiques de la Ville
• GER4004  Intermediate Dutch*
• GER4014  German Representations of the Holocaust
• GER4015  A Comparative History of German and English: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and the Lexicon
• GER4016  The Future: Its Past and Its Future
• LAS4001   Inter-American Relations from Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Cold War (1989/1991)
• LAS4005  Multilingualism and Society in Latin America
• LAS4010  Cultura y Política en Colombia
  
• SML4003  Communicating and Teaching Languages for Undergraduate Ambassadors
• SML4004  Intermediate Italian*
• SML4099  Dissertation
• SPA4002  Intermediate Catalan*
• SPA4005  Cultura Popular en Latinoamérica y España
• SPA4006  Spectres of the Past: Memory in Contemporary Spanish Culture
• SPA4007  Spanish and Romance Word Analysis

* You must have taken the relevant language at Stage 2 to take this module 

Teaching methods

The majority of practical language modules are taught through classes led by native speakers. You also work in language laboratories and undertake self-study in our Language Resource Centre.

Assessment methods

Assessment involves oral and language laboratory work and written examinations at the end of each Stage, as well as course work submitted during the year.

During your year abroad in Stage 3 you are required to complete a personal learning record (a diary exercise consisting of three short pieces of work), and either write a project in the relevant language or submit marks from modules taken at the exchange university.

Find out more

Visit our Teaching and Learning pages to read about the outstanding learning experience available to all students at Newcastle University.

We are keen to admit the brightest students onto our courses, regardless of background. In 2020 we will be making a number of unconditional offers across a range of subjects to students from the UK who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement. These offers will be made to students who we believe will make a substantial contribution to our student community, and who we really want to study with us.

If you receive an unconditional offer from us, this demonstrates our confidence that you have the necessary qualities to succeed in your exams at school or college and to excel on your chosen degree. The unconditional offer will allow you to focus on your studies so that you can achieve excellent results.

The criteria for receiving an unconditional offer will vary across different subject areas. You will be identified for an unconditional offer on the basis of your overall academic profile which will include:

• a minimum GCSE achievement level
• a minimum A level (or IB) prediction threshold
• an excellent personal statement and reference

If you accept your unconditional offer, it means that you have secured your place at Newcastle whatever you achieve in your final exams. We are confident that applicants who receive an unconditional offer will repay our confidence in them by continuing to work hard and achieve excellent grades.

ABB-BBB including French, German or Spanish.

AABBB-BBBBB at Higher Grade, including French, German or Spanish. Combination of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted.

Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.

32 points with Higher Level French or German or Spanish at grade 6 or above.

H1H1H2H2H3-H2H3H3H3H3 at Higher Level, including French, German or Spanish.

A minimum of 30 level 3 credits at Distinction and 15 level 3 credits at Merit is required. Evidence of study in the relevant languages to a suitable level is also required.

Applicants will be considered on an individual basis.

D3,M2,M2-M2,M2,M2 in Principal Subjects including French, German or Spanish.

We welcome applications from students offering an Extended Project and value the skills of research and independent learning that it is designed to develop.  If you offer an Extended Project, it will be taken into account as part of your application profile, but we will not usually include it in offer conditions for this degree programme.

BCC including French, German or Spanish.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle University’s supported entry route for students from schools and colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

Applicants will be considered on an individual basis.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle University’s supported entry route for students from schools and colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

BBCCC at Higher Grade, including French, German or Spanish. Combination of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted. Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle University’s supported entry route for students from schools and colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

Applicants whose first language is not English require a minimum score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

If you need help to meet our English Language requirements, we can provide support with extra tuition.

Read more about UK visas and immigration requirements.

ABB at A level is typically the minimum required for entry to an undergraduate course. You can check the equivalent grades for qualifications offered in your country. 

We will also consider your application if you have lower or non-standard qualifications.

2020 entry:

£9,250

For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year.

Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.

Please note:

• The maximum fee that we are permitted to charge for UK students is set by the UK government.
• As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.
• See more information on all aspects of student finance relating to Newcastle University.

2020 entry:

£9,250 You will pay the same tuition fees as UK students for the duration of your course.

For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year.

Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.

Please note:

• As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.
• See more information on all aspects of student finance relating to Newcastle University.

2020 entry*:

£18,000

*Please note:

• You will be charged tuition fees for each year of your degree programme (unless you are on a shorter exchange programme).
• The tuition fee amount you will pay may increase slightly year on year as a result of inflation.
• If you spend a year on placement or studying abroad as part of your degree you may pay a reduced fee for that year.
• See more information on all aspects of student finance relating to Newcastle University.

You may be eligible for one of a range of Newcastle University Scholarships in addition to government financial support.

• Newcastle University Scholarships
• Government financial support

You may be eligible for one of a range of Newcastle University Scholarships in addition to government financial support.

• Newcastle University Scholarships
• Government financial support

We offer a range of scholarships to eligible international students:

• Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarships
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships
• Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarships

We also offer International Family Discounts which are available for all international students with a close family member who has graduated from or is now studying at Newcastle University.

Newcastle University offers Sanctuary Scholarships for eligible undergraduate students (excludes MBBS and BDS students) from asylum-seeker and refugee backgrounds. 

Some of our subject scholarships and sports scholarships are also available for international students.