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BAEuropean Studies and Modern Languages

University of Essex
United Kingdom, Colchester
More information

essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00152&subgroup=1 

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Europe: Myth and Idea
Co-Curricular Employability Module (Year 1)
Advanced French (optional)
Initial Spanish (optional)
Introduction to Social Anthropology (optional)

Year 2

Proficiency Level French (optional)
Advanced Spanish (optional)
Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and Community Action (optional)
Doing Interdisciplinary Research for a BA Dissertation: Approaches, Methods, Practice (optional)
Anthropology of Birth, Sex and Death (optional)

Final year

Mastery Level French (optional)
Proficiency Level Spanish (optional)
Dangerous Places: Travellers, Anthropologists and Intercultural Meetings (optional)
Final Year Dissertation (optional)
Mass Media and Modern Life (optional)

Career opportunities

This provides excellent preparation for areas which includes import/export management, banking and financial sectors, academia, airlines, information technology, management, museums, teaching, non-governmental offices, and development agencies in the UK and abroad.

Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of organisations including:

The Civil Service (especially the Foreign Office)
Embassies around the world
The European Council on Foreign Relations
The Europe Direct Contact Centre in Brussels
The Spanish Congress of Deputies
LEAD Europe

Other recent graduates have also undertaken traineeships with the European Commission, for the Directorate-General for Education and Culture, and various internships in journalism and with NGOs.

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes

Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Notes

Please see the university profile or contact us for the deadlines that apply to you