Italian Combined Degrees

Studying a language as part of the combined honours degree enables students to become proficient in Italian. In addition to learning Italian, students on joint honours degrees gain knowledge of the culture and customs of the country or countries where the language is spoken by studying a suite of European units designed to underpin their knowledge of Europe.

Our language students are equipped with excellent transferable skills that enable them to compete in the European job market, where free movement of people and labour and, therefore, languages, is the norm. There is ample opportunity to practise speaking and writing, to ask questions and to reinforce knowledge.

Students have access to the latest innovations in foreign language learning and use the language centre to underpin the knowledge they gain from lectures. For combined honours degree students there are two points of entry: post- GCSE (course 2) or post-A level (course 3). This course leads to opportunities for both study and work placements in Europe.

Italian courses are taught by the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at the Greenwich Campus. Depending on your selected combination you may be required to travel between campuses. Please note that students are not permitted to study a language for which they are a native speaker.

How our structure works

These are the entry levels for study on the language courses:

• Course 1 is for absolute beginners;
• Course 2 is for those students who can communicate in the language at rusty GCSE level or equivalent;
• Course 3 is for those students who have achieved A level competence or equivalent but who need to improve their knowledge of structures and consolidate their vocabulary;

If you are unsure which course will suit you best, just ask. Information sessions take place at the start of each semester. You can find out more about the languages on offer from a language lecturer and get help in choosing the right entry point.

Depending on the structure of your degree programme, you can take up to six consecutive language courses throughout your degree. You can study more than one foreign language, but not normally at the same time.