BSc Biomedical Sciences

This course is for learners who have no previous knowledge of British Sign Language. It aims to give students a basic knowledge of signs so that they are able to participate in simple everyday communicative situations.

Learners will be able to demonstrate a limited range of signs and basic phrases around familiar social or work situations. For the Productive units, learners are required to deliver a short presentation in BSL. For the Receptive units, learners are required to understand and extract specific details from a short presentation given to them in BSL. For the Conversational units, learners are required to participate in a simple dialogue to exchange equal amounts of information in BSL.

The course may be of particular value for students seeking a career in health or education, or for those who have contact with deaf people through work, friends, or family. It may also be of intrinsic interest to linguists. The course does not lead to a formal vocational qualification; however, this course is equivalent to an entry level three in British Sign Language. 

FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, INCLUDING 'HOW TO APPLY', SEE
http://www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk/languages/leap/

Upon successful completion of the course, students will:

• be able to understand and converse in short, simple sentence communication in BSL.
• be able to communicate using BSL in simple, routine situations.
• demonstrate an ability to use a basic BSL vocabulary and grammar.
• be aware of current issues related to the deaf community.

By the end of the course, students should be able to communicate at a level equivalent to Level A1.1 of the Common European Framework. 

Seminars, two hours per week. 24 contact hours including assessment  

This course is only offered (face-to-face) on Campus.  

In the event that changes to our delivery method are necessary, all students will be informed at the earliest opportunity.  

• Working in pairs or small groups
• Awareness of the deaf culture and deaf history
• Communicative awareness with deaf people who communicate using BSL

• 1 Signed Productive Assessment 30% (Week 6)  
• 2 Written Productive Assessments 30% (Weeks 8 & 9)  
• 1 Conversation / Dialogue assessment 40% (Week 12) 

Feedback will include a combination of informal ongoing feedback resulting from class-based learning activities and formal written feedback given following summative assessments. 

• The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction. Rachel Sutton-Spence and Bencie Woll. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521637183
• Let's Sign Dictionary: Everyday BSL for Learners [2nd Edition] Paperback – 1 Jun. 2009 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1905913109 

Information
FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, INCLUDING 'HOW TO APPLY', SEE
http://www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk/languages/leap/

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2027 will be £10,050 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £38,000 per annum.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).