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Chinese and Linguistics MA (Hons)

University of Edinburgh

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University of Edinburgh
UCAS CODE: TQ11

Course options

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  • Qualification

    Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

As the world’s second most spoken language, Mandarin Chinese and its associated cultures have helped to shape the contemporary world in many ways.This joint honours programme gives you the opportunity to study Chinese while developing your social scientific understanding of language. Chinese and Linguistics make an excellent joint honours choice by combining the study of: a language in its cultural, historical and political context the expression and creation of meaningLinguistics courses of particular relevance to language students cover: the speech sounds of the world's languages variation in the languages of the world the structure and history of world languages


Chinese

Edinburgh is the only university in Scotland to offer both single and joint honours undergraduate programmes in Chinese. We specialise in teaching students with little or no prior knowledge of the language. Our programme is not for native speakers, but we also welcome students with some experience of studying Chinese and heritage language learners.Study with us, and you will develop advanced competency in modern standard Chinese. You will gain the skills needed to use the language daily in social and professional settings, focusing on: reading writing speaking listening translation You will spend Year 3 using and honing these skills studying in China or Taiwan. As well as language skills, you will also gain specialist knowledge on mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and associated diasporas in pre-modern, modern and contemporary contexts.Our courses explore: history literature culture politics international relationsYou can also opt to learn to read Classical Chinese.


Linguistics

Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning. You will also study: the uses of language in everyday life the ways in which language varies across society and evolves over time how language is mastered by children As you progress through the programme, you will have the opportunity to plan and test scientific hypotheses about linguistic phenomena using specialist linguistics and phonetics equipment.

Tuition fees

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£ 26,500per year

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University information

University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    15th

  • Campus address

    University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH8 9YL, Scotland

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Asian Studies

    2nd out of 11 2

    7th out of 29 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 206
    188 91%

    2nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    1st

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.00 75%

    5th

    4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 204
    183 90%

    4th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    9th

    8

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.92 73%

    26th

    1

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