- UCAS course code
- QQ61
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Latin and Linguistics
- Typical A-level offer: ABB
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL
Course description
Our BA Latin and Linguistics Joint Honours course will enable you to develop your linguistic skills in an ancient language while delving into the science of language - an everyday phenomenon which impacts our lives on an individual and a global scale.
Through our course, you will explore the sounds and structure of languages across the globe, studying topics such as how languages change over time; how children acquire their first language; how language varies between different groups of people and across regions; how we communicate as individuals and within groups; what languages across the world have in common and how they differ; and what happens when speakers of different languages come into contact.
With its diverse local communities, Manchester is an ideal site for carrying out research on linguistic variation and multilingualism.
We have two laboratories, where you'll have the chance to use ultrasound imaging, laryngography and eye tracking technology.
You'll also be able to learn quantitative methods and use large language corpora, skills which you'll then be able to apply to other fields throughout your life.
You will also study Latin language and literature in each of your three years of study. You can learn Latin either as a beginner or from A-level standard. There is also the opportunity to take specialist courses in Ancient History, Philosophy, Art, Archaeology and Egyptology.
Our course will help you to develop analytical and problem-solving skills. Often dealing with granular and complex data, your combination of humanities and scientific understanding will allow you to make connections across multiple fields of employment.
The course unit details listed below are those you may choose to study as part of this programme and are referred to as optional units. These are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this programme. Although language units may show here as optional, they are a mandatory part of your modern languages degree and you will take the units relevant to your level of language in each year of study. It is compulsory to study language at all levels of your modern languages degree.
Special features
Placement year option
Apply your subject-specific knowledge in a real-world context through a placement year in your third year of study, enabling you to enhance your employment prospects, clarify your career goals and build your external networks.
Study abroad
You may apply to spend one semester studying abroad during Year 2.
Exchange partners are offered through the international exchange scheme (eg.USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore).
Explore world-class collections
Enjoy unique opportunities to explore special archived material and carry out research in a wide range of archives, libraries, museums and other research institutions in Manchester and beyond. You'll have exclusive access to the Special Collections of the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, including papyri, medieval manuscripts and early printed books.
Applied learning
Explore the practical application of your subject knowledge by taking part in teaching enhancement projects.
For example, some of our students have developed an online atlas of dialect variation in the UK and storyboards for the use in fieldwork.
Coursework and assessment
Assessment practices in different course units vary, but our basic aim is to achieve a good balance between formal written examinations, continuous assessment, and project work.
Written examinations are held at the end of most course units. The Year 3 dissertation is a major piece of original work, accounting for 22% of the final overall mark.
Course content for year 1
Core units will give you grounding in the historical and cultural contexts of life in first century Rome via ancient poetry and the study of Latin language. Optional units allow you start exploring key themes and making links between your fields of study.
You will gain a solid grounding in linguistics, taking core course units in (English) grammar, the sounds of language and the study of meaning.
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Virgil's Aeneid | CAHE10422 | 20 | Mandatory |
English Word and Sentence Structure | LELA10301 | 20 | Mandatory |
The Sounds of Language | LELA10322 | 20 | Mandatory |
Study of Meaning | LELA10332 | 20 | Mandatory |
Constructing Archaic Greek History | CAHE10011 | 20 | Optional |
From Republic to Empire: Introduction to Roman History, Society & Culture 218-31BC | CAHE10022 | 20 | Optional |
The Odyssey | CAHE10101 | 20 | Optional |
The Story of Britain: one million years of humanity | CAHE10142 | 20 | Optional |
Cities and Citizens | CAHE10232 | 20 | Optional |
Introduction to the History and Culture of Pharaonic Egypt | CAHE10651 | 20 | Optional |
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Course content for year 2
With just one compulsory course unit in Latin language, you'll have the flexibility to focus your studies on key areas of interest across both subject areas, selecting from a breadth of historical, literary, cultural and societal themes.
You'll begin to tailor your degree to suit your interests in Linguistics. While studying two compulsory units in subjects like phonology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics, you'll choose from a wide range of optional units tapping into academic expertise in several specialist fields such as multilingualism and psycholinguistics.
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Roman Roads: Journeys in Latin Literature | CAHE20192 | 20 | Mandatory |
The World of Late Antiquity: Europe and the Med from the Severan Dynasty to the Rise of Islam | CAHE20022 | 20 | Optional |
The Conquering Hero: The Life, Times and Legacy of Alexander The Great | CAHE20042 | 20 | Optional |
The Roman Empire 31BC - AD313 Rome's Golden Age | CAHE20052 | 20 | Optional |
Politics and Society in Classical Greece | CAHE20061 | 20 | Optional |
Social Life in Ancient Egypt | CAHE20072 | 20 | Optional |
Ancient Egyptian Literature | CAHE20091 | 20 | Optional |
From Cloud Cuckoo Land to Atlantis: Utopian thinking in the Ancient World | CAHE20141 | 20 | Optional |
Intensive Greek 1 | CAHE20151 | 20 | Optional |
Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs | CAHE20162 | 20 | Optional |
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Course content for year 3
In Linguistics, you have complete freedom of choice among a wealth of different options, spanning subjects as diverse as forensic linguistics, sociolinguistics, formal semantics and syntax, computational linguistics and child language acquisition.
Course units for year 3
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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Roman Roads: Journeys in Latin Literature | CAHE30192 | 20 | Mandatory |
Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs | CAHE20162 | 20 | Optional |
Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology Dissertation | CAHE30000 | 40 | Optional |
The World of Late Antiquity: Europe and the Med from the Severan Dynasty to the Rise of Islam | CAHE30022 | 20 | Optional |
Social Life in Ancient Egypt | CAHE30072 | 20 | Optional |
Ancient Egyptian Literature | CAHE30091 | 20 | Optional |
From Cloud Cuckoo Land to Atlantis: Utopian thinking in the Ancient World | CAHE30141 | 20 | Optional |
Advanced Latin Language 2 | CAHE30211 | 20 | Optional |
Advanced Latin Language 3 | CAHE30311 | 20 | Optional |
The Emergence of Civilisation: Palaces, Peak Sanctuaries, and Politics in Minoan Crete | CAHE30332 | 20 | Optional |
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Facilities
The John Rylands Library
At The John Rylands Library , you'll have exclusive access to our internationally significant collections, including papyri, medieval manuscripts and early printed books such as very early copies of the Homeric poems.
Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum is The University's own award-winning facility, home to important prehistoric, classical and ethnographic collections, which you'll draw from in your learning.
You'll go behind the scenes to handle, analyse and interpret rare artefacts, including one of the finest Egyptology collections in Britain.
Our ongoing collaboration between the museum and the global work of archaeology staff offers unique opportunities for students to get involved in the design of major exhibitions.
Linguistic labs
For your Linguistics studies, we have two laboratories where you'll have the chance to use ultrasound imaging, laryngography and eye tracking technology. You'll also be able to use quantitative methods in the study of large language corpora.
Find out more on the facilities pages for Classics and Ancient History and Linguistics and English Language .