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Postgraduate study

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Undergraduate degree programmes

Our programmes offer not only expertise in language but also in literature, culture, history, music and film.

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English for Academic Study

English for Academic Study(EAS)supports students and staff whose first language is not English. We also provide Teacher Training and offer specialist courses in academic, business and general English.

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Research

Our research specialises in European literature, culture, intellectual history and film, with several areas that have a more global reach.

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Modern Foreign Languages

From September 2014, there will be an expanded programme of Languages for International Mobility, with courses offered in various languages. These courses, which are worth 10 credits each, are aimed at students who are interested in learning a language but for whom courses in SMLC's language degree provision may be unsuitable or unavailable. See our website for further details.

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Subjects

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Language Resource Library

All language learning in the University is supported by the Language Resource Library: browse, borrow or use our audio-visual and IT study facilities.

News

  • 20 Dec

    Welcome

    A warm welcome to the Summer 2018 issue of the SMLC newsletter from Professor Vicente Perez de Leon, Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
  • 20 Jun

    Conferences, Workshops & Seminars

    Semester 2 saw a rich and varied programme of research workshops and seminars, the organisation of two Existential Philosophy and Literature conferences, Medical Humanities events, and 'EAP in the North'.
  • 20 Jun

    In the Media

    SMLC's wide-ranging expertise was sought by the media in interviews with staff ranging from living in the digital world, from a Nietzschian slant, to Catalan politics and resistance to occupation.
  • 20 Jun

    Recent Publications

    A selection of three well-received recent monographs, written by lecturers in Comparative Literature, German and Russian, which attracted global attention.
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More than 1500 undergraduate students are studying languages at Glasgow.

We offer undergraduate programmes in French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Russian and Spanish. These programmes offer not only expertise in language but also in the literature, culture, history, music and film of the countries in question.

We also offer a programme of study in Comparative Literature which allows the optional study of a foreign language. Other languages including Catalan, Czech, Polish and Portuguese can be studied as part of the programmes listed above.

The following subject areas form the School of Modern Languages and Cultures: