The languages and linguistics of the Scandinavian countries have long had a considerable impact beyond the Nordic region. This programme offers you the opportunity to study Danish, Norwegian or Swedish while exploring how language works.

Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics make an excellent joint honours choice by combining the study of:

a modern language in its cultural context
the expression and creation of meaning
Linguistics 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