Program Overview

French and Linguistics BA Honours

Overview

Our French and Linguistics BA trains you to be a competent linguist ready to enter graduate employment. Our degree offers the exciting combination of the study of French language and culture alongside the wider study of the forms, structures and varieties of language itself.

Course Details

• Attendance: Part-time day - September 2026, Part-time day - September 2025, Full-time - September 2025, Full-time - September 2026
• UK Fees: £1,589 (Price per 20-credit module)
• International Fees: £2,930 (Price per 20-credit module)
• Duration: 5 years
• Campus: Regent, Central London

Course Structure

The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course. The contents of the course are the same, whether you study full-time or part-time.

• Year 1:
  • Exploring Language
  • Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
  • Introduction to Translation (available to intermediate students)
  • Objects and Meaning: The Social Life of Material Culture
  • The French World and the Word
  • World Varieties of English
• Year 2:
  • Child Language Acquisition
  • Expressions of French Culture
  • Language in the Public Space
  • Language Structure and Meaning
  • Multilingual e-Collaboration: Transposing Current Affairs
  • Understanding Culture: Francophone Studies in Focus
• Placement Year:
  • Professional experience or study abroad year
• Year 3:
  • Applied Language Studies
  • Final Year Project
  • Identities on the Move: Francophone Studies in Focus
  • Language Contact and Change
  • Language Form
  • Multilingualism in Society: Theory and Practice
  • Sex Strike: Gender and Protest
  • Themes in Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
  • Work Placement for Humanities

Professional Experience or Study Abroad Year

Between Years 2 and 3, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake a professional placement year in industry. Completing the placement year will lead to the final award Bachelor of Arts with Honours – French and Linguistics with Professional Experience.

Alternatively, you can undertake a period of study abroad at one of Westminster’s partner institutions. Successful completion will lead to the final award Bachelor of Arts with Honours – French and Linguistics with International Experience.

Professional Recognition

The University of Westminster is a Higher Education Language partner of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

Entry Requirements

• A levels: BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points)
• T levels: 104 UCAS Tariff points
• International Baccalaureate: 104 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme. International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme will be considered on a case-by-case basis
• BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM
• BTEC Diploma: D*D
• Access: 104 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course
• GCSE English Language: grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher level, GCSE Maths: grade 4/C – IB grade 4
• IELTS: 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component

Fees and Funding

• UK tuition fee: £1,589 (Price per 20-credit module)
• International tuition fee: £2,930 (Price per 20-credit module)
• EU Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme: If you are an international student accepted on an undergraduate programme starting in September 2024 or September 2025 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first year) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification only, you will be awarded a tuition fee reduction which will align your fee more closely to the one for UK students.

Teaching and Assessment

• Scheduled hours: 24% (Year 1), 24% (Year 2), 26% (Year 3), 26% (Year 4), 0% (Placement Year), 19% (Year 5), 19% (Year 6)
• Independent study: 76% (Year 1), 76% (Year 2), 74% (Year 3), 74% (Year 4), 0% (Placement Year), 77% (Year 5), 77% (Year 6)
• Placement: 0% (Year 1), 0% (Year 2), 0% (Year 3), 0% (Year 4), 100% (Placement Year), 4% (Year 5), 4% (Year 6)
• Written exams: 0% (Year 1), 0% (Year 2), 0% (Year 3), 0% (Year 4), 0% (Placement Year), 0% (Year 5), 0% (Year 6)
• Practical: 17% (Year 1), 17% (Year 2), 10% (Year 3), 10% (Year 4), 25% (Placement Year), 11% (Year 5), 11% (Year 6)
• Coursework: 83% (Year 1), 83% (Year 2), 90% (Year 3), 90% (Year 4), 75% (Placement Year), 89% (Year 5), 89% (Year 6)

Supporting You

• Study support: workshops, 1-2-1 support and online resources to help improve your academic and research skills
• Personal tutors: support you in fulfilling your academic and personal potential
• Student advice team: provide specialist advice on a range of issues including funding, benefits and visas
• Extra-curricular activities: volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events and more

Course Location

• Regent Campus: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW