Modern Languages and Culture

About this course

Modern languages and culture offers something that the study of any single language cannot: the opportunity to understand how linguistic and cultural difference works across several traditions simultaneously, and to develop the comparative perspective that comes from being able to move between languages and their associated literatures, histories, and ways of thinking about the world. At the University of Durham this four-year full-time programme allows you to combine languages from a rich range of options, studying them alongside the cultural and intellectual traditions they carry. You will develop high-level proficiency in your chosen languages while engaging seriously with literature, film, philosophy, history, and contemporary culture in those linguistic contexts. The programme trains you to read texts closely in the original, to interpret cultural production critically, and to cons

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 38% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 4% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 7% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 12% of graduatescards →
• 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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