Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Linguistics with Chinese or Japanese

at Newcastle University United Kingdom

Data Visualisation is an increasingly important part of data science. It aims to bridge the gap between the human and data. It supports human perception and cognition to make sense of data analytics outputs.

We created the PGDip, PGCert, MSc Data Science with Specialisation in Visualisation in collaboration with a number of high profile industry leaders. It aims to address the skills shortage in data analytics.

Our master's in data science brings together students and industry practitioners to develop and translate new technologies into industry practice.

You'll receive a comprehensive grounding in the theory and application of data science. You'll also gain the ability to apply these skills to real problems in a given application area.

Through project work, you'll experience the full lifecycle from design of interactive visualization to experimental evaluation of an advanced visualization approach.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Cloud computing
• Bayesian statistics
• Machine learning

You'll benefit from our substantial expertise in data science. We focus on a wide range of application areas, including:

• Healthcare
• Transport
• Cybersecurity
• Smart cities
• Manufacturing

Chemistry touches every part of our lives. From food and medicine to biotechnology and renewable energy, its influence is endless. As a Chemist, you can have a great career and make a difference in the world.

Our MChem degree follows the normal BSc curriculum, plus a further year of advanced study. The MChem programme is perfect for those pursuing a career within scientific research.

You'll explore the role of chemistry in:

• Drug design
• Electronic properties of molecules and materials
• Renewable energy technology (solar, batteries)
• Nanoscience

You'll study organic, inorganic, physical and structural chemistry. You'll investigate modern analytical techniques and computational chemistry. You can create your own distinct learning experience at Newcastle. You'll explore your interests as you discover the subject.

In Stage 3, you'll set off on your study abroad experience. Studying abroad will broaden your perspective and provide an invaluable life experience. 

In your final year, you'll study advanced modules including:

• Catalyst application and design
• Organic synthesis for drug targets
• Exploring d and f block chemistry: applications and structural methods
• Pericyclic and radical reactions

This practical degree focuses on developing your skills and knowledge in:

• Measuring
• Mapping
• Recording
• Managing information

You'll apply this knowledge to a range of areas, from urban and rural to coastal and the open sea.

During Year 3, you'll also have the opportunity to undertake an optional Year in Industry. This can be in the UK or abroad. It will enable you to graduate career ready with real-world working experience.

Your studies will include outdoor and computer-based practical work. You'll learn a wide range of techniques, such as:

• Egineering surveying
• 3D laser scanning
• Mobile map-making
• Programming

This professionally accredited degree will give you an in-depth understanding of:

• Geodesy
• Photogrammetry
• Cartography
• GIS
• Hydrographic survey and computing

Our strong links with industry enable your practical and academic skills to develop. This will come through a combination of field trips, project work and industry visits. This ensures you graduate with the technical skills required to succeed in the surveying sector.

This research master's in Film Studies combines taught modules and individual research. It is well suited as preparation for PhD research.

We have a thriving community of postgraduate students working in film across the Schools of Modern Languages, English Literature, Language and Linguistics, and Arts and Cultures.

Dissertation supervision is available in:

• American cinema history
• British sound cinema, particularly 1940-60
• French cinema
• contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinemas
• Chinese-language cinema
• early cinema
• cinema culture
• cinema and landscape
• women's film history
• cinema and the city
• writing on film
• cinema and trauma
• Algerian cinema

Immerse yourself in ancient history and archaeology on our joint honours degree. Learn Latin and Ancient Greek from beginners' or advanced level, and gain the skills you need to become a professional archaeologist and researcher.

Explore the Greek and Roman worlds and piece together their history using diverse types of evidence. From analysing ancient texts to studying material remains, you’ll explore areas such as architecture, sculpture, pottery and coins ensuring you develop a broad range of knowledge.

Our classroom extends beyond the University, to the region's diverse heritage: from Hadrian's Wall to Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast, there's a rich past to discover on our doorstep.

This economics degree will prepare you for a career in this globally relevant field, with skills valued by employers and a thorough knowledge of modern and international economics.

This Economics BSc Honours degree has real-world relevance and focuses on developing your quantitative skills, as well as a thorough understanding of global economics, so you leave University a sought-after graduate.

You will focus on the fundamental concepts, analytical tools and quantitative techniques that are essential to understand modern economics.

You'll gain an in-depth knowledge of economics in Britain, Europe, and the rest of the world, studying theory and policy with topics such as:

• the global economy
• micro and macro-economic analysis
• economic modelling

You'll become a confident economics expert, able to identify problems, predict outcomes and evaluate policies, using skills that are highly valued by professionals and industry experts, and ready to pursue your career in economics.

Work placement

Get career ready with a work placement and leave as a confident professional in your field. You can choose to spend 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive University support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. Work placements take place between stages 2 and 3.

You'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.

Our current placement students are in roles such as:

• consulting intern
• associate
• management trainee
• customer analyst
• research assistant

They are working on the following projects:

• assisting with bespoke economic consultancy projects at Oxford Economics
• providing internal and external audit services to a variety of clients at PwC
• aiding innovation through research and application of solutions for clients at Deloitte

If you choose to take a work placement, it will extend your degree by a year. Placements are subject to availability.

Study abroad

Experience life in another country by choosing to study abroad as part of your degree. You’ll be encouraged to embrace fun and challenging experiences, make connections with new communities and graduate as a globally aware professional, ready for your future.

You may choose to spend a year abroad as part of your degree in one of our partner institutions.

Alternatively, you may apply to spend Stage 2 studying economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands for a year.

This four-year Linguistics with Chinese or Japanese degree concentrates on developing your understanding of how languages work, how we communicate, and the growth of language in the brain. You'll explore linguistics in the context of English and either Chinese or Japanese language. You'll build a firm foundation of skills and knowledge to pursue many career paths.

Building your fluency in Mandarin Chinese or Japanese alongside your study of linguistics will give you a unique perspective on the language. You will study the language of your choice from a beginner or advanced level depending on your previous experience.

In your third year, you'll immerse yourself in East Asian culture as you spend the year in China or Japan, further improving your language skills and confidence, and gaining a first-hand appreciation for the language in context.

Our cutting-edge programme – shaped by the research specialisms of our world-leading staff – ensures your studies explore the latest ideas and most exciting areas of linguistics, such as:

• Computational linguistics
• Language variation
• Psycholinguistics
• Theoretical linguistics

This three-year English Language BA Honours degree encourages you to explore the English language in all its diversity – past and present, national and international, offline and online.

You'll investigate how English has developed over time and how it's used to mark regional, social and stylistic distinctions. You will learn from subject experts, world-leading researchers in English Language and Linguistics. You will:

• Study how English has evolved over time, how it is acquired, and how it develops in the mind
• Examine the grammatical structures and sound systems of different varieties of English
• Explore how historical, social and other contexts impact variation in English
• Learn different methodologies for studying the use and complexities of English

This degree incorporates a year in planning practice, equipping you with valuable work experience and putting you on the path to Chartered Town Planner status.

Newcastle provides the ultimate case study for planning students. The rise and decline of industry and the recent cultural renaissance have turned the city into a 'living laboratory' for exploration and study.

You'll study the same programme as our Urban Planning BA Honours degree for your first three years, developing a thorough grounding in planning processes, city design, conservation, housing policy and more.

In your final year, you'll be able to decide whether to specialise in either planning and regeneration, or environmental planning.

You'll study fascinating topics such as design awareness, environmental sustainability and housing policy, and participate in a range of field trips and projects to see planning in action.

We place a particular emphasis on the scientific study of livestock and companion animals (including horses). You'll study subjects that reflect the whole life of an animal:

• Microbiology and biochemistry
• Animal health and behaviour
• Animal reproduction and nutrition

We bring your learning to life through extensive interaction with animals throughout your degree. You'll gain practical experience through regular visits to local animal centres and the University's two farms. You'll also enjoy input from professionals in the animal science industry.

Your third year group project to organise a conference on animal science equips you with marketable skills such as project management, organisation and teamworking.

You can boost your employability and professional skills with an optional placement year in industry, or a summer internship in the commercial sector.

An exciting part of your degree is your research project, where you undertake a piece of original research on a subject of your choice. This may be carried out in the lab, at one of the University's farms or at an animal centre. You also have the chance to study and learn alongside staff in the Animal Science research group, who are internationally recognised for their research.