BAEuropean Studies with Italian

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	4 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	R9R3

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00157&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)
Intensive Initial Italian (Double Module) (optional)
(See LA621) (optional)
Art and Ideas: I(A) (optional)
Art and Ideas: I(B) (optional)

Year 2

Proficiency Level Italian (optional)
Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and Community Action (optional)
Doing Interdisciplinary Research for a BA Dissertation: Approaches, Methods, Practice (optional)
After Impressionism: European Art From Van Gogh to Klimt (optional)
Becoming Modern: European Art From Futurism to Surrealism (optional)
Supernatural and Natural Worlds in Early Modern Europe (optional)

Final year

Mastery Level Italian
Final Year Dissertation (optional)
The Reinvention of Man and the World: Art and Architecture in High Renaissance Italy (optional)
Race, Ethnicity and Migration (optional)
La Dolce Italia: A Journey Across Enduring Italian Traditions (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.