If you have the potential to study at degree level, but you don’t meet the entry requirements, a foundation year can bridge the gap – laying the groundwork for entry into Year 1.

The units you’ll study are designed to build your confidence and bring you up to speed for the rest of your chosen degree. So, as well as the Academic Practice units, which help develop your study skills for learning at the degree-level, you’ll also do three humanities units.

Once you have successfully passed your foundation year you will progress directly onto Year 1 of your linked honours degree.

Below is a list of the linked honours degrees for linguistics and language combinations with English, all of which have a Foundation Year:

• BA (Hons) Linguistics - L587
• BA (Hons) English / French - 7Y66
• BA (Hons) English / Spanish - 4R21
• BA (Hons) English / TESOL - QX62
• BA (Hons) English / Linguistics - QQ30
• BA (Hons) English with Japanese – 2R47
• BA (Hons) English with German – 2D13 (2021 entry only)
• BA (Hons) English with Italian – 953A (2021 entry only)

For information on other language courses with a foundation year, please see:

• Languages degrees with a Foundation Year (Stream B: French, Spanish, Linguistics, TESOL, minor Languages) 
• Languages degrees with a Foundation Year (Stream C: International Relations with a Language)

Successful completion of the foundation year guarantees automatic progression into Year 1 of your chosen linked degree.

Graduates of develop a number of transferable skills well suited to a broad range of graduate employment opportunities. Possible roles include those in digital subtitling, website localising, media work and teaching, where their transferable skills are particularly relevant.