Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) gives you the flexibility to tailor a unique degree to suit your individual interests and strengths. You can choose Linguistics as a major in the BA, or you can study Linguistics units as part of the degree. The BA is for students looking to enhance their career prospects and personal interests by acquiring a range of analytical and communication skills. The Bachelor of Arts course provides the skills of independent thinking and cultural awareness that underline the creation of an equitable, humane and innovative society.

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If you want to acquire a thorough knowledge of one or more languages and a deep understanding of their culture, the Bachelor of Languages could be for you, and Linguistics is an integral part of the degree. Learning a language can also give you a competitive edge in the global workforce. You will have the opportunity to study for a year in the country of your chosen language(s) as part of your degree. This is an exciting opportunity to experience another country in a way that a tourist never could, while making friends, learning about other cultures and expanding your general knowledge and language skills.

UNE has formal study agreements with a range of overseas universities in cities including Angers and Saint-Etienne (France) and French-speaking Quebec City (Canada); Guilin and Xi'an (China); Oldenburg and Trier (Germany); Graz and Klagenfurt (Austria); Macerata (Italy); Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Nagoya, and Tokyo (Japan). These agreements allow tuition fees to be waived, and help is given with finding accommodation, including an element of pastoral care. Some financial assistance is available in connection with study at some of these universities.

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The Bachelor of Social Science at UNE provides a core background in Psychology, Sociology, and in skills directly related to research and the workplace. It enables further specialisation in a wide range of social science areas from across the University, including Linguistics.

Sociologists study social life in all its forms, and the interests of staff at UNE range from everyday social practices like shopping to social institutions such as the family, health and medicine, death, beauty and fashion, consumer society, gender and sexuality, media, deviance and crime, the state, race and ethnicity, ethnomethodology, social class, social policy, the sociology of science, globalisation, social and economic development, and culture. Sociologists are committed to presenting social life as a self-organising, self-creating phenomenon that can only be explained by investigation into its internal workings.

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