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ITALIANCanterbury

The UK’s European university

Undergraduatestudy

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ITALIANAT KENTAt Kent, you have the opportunity to learn Italianeven if you never studied the language before.Alongside your language classes, you explorethe rich literature, film, music and history ofmodern Italy. You gain a fascinating insight intothe country’s contemporary society and culture.

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InspirationalteachingGreat teachers inspireenthusiasm and provokedebate. Whether leading alanguage class or introducingyou to iconic Italian cinema, ourstaff are skilled at bringing theirsubject to life. They share theirresearch and challenge you tocontribute your ideas.

World-leadingresearchOur staff are expert in modernItalian literature and culture,and in contemporary Italiansociety and politics. They writebooks, contribute to journals,present at internationalconferences and introduceyou to the latest research.

Historic locationCanterbury is a lovely city with a world-famous cathedral,medieval buildings, lively pubsand restaurants and a widerange of shops. There’s avibrant cultural scene, includingan annual arts festival, and thecoast and countryside arewithin easy reach.

Academic supportUniversity is different fromschool. You need to be self-motivated and well organisedto succeed. We help you byassigning you an academicadviser, running a peermentoring programme andoffering help with academicskills, such as essay writing.

Friendly communityYou study Italian alongsidestudents studying German,Hispanic Studies and French.You become part of a friendlycommunity of languagestudents with shared interestsand experiences, and have theopportunity to learn from oneanother.

FlexibleprogrammeStudying elective modules fromother subject areas allows youto tailor your programme toyour interests. Complementyour study of modern Italy bylearning about Ancient Rome;pursue your love of film byexploring film theory. There is a huge range of opportunities.

Year abroadopportunitiesWe have partnerships with anumber of universities in Italyso you have plenty of excitingoptions for your year abroad.We can also help you toarrange a place as alanguage assistant orother work in Italy.

Lively campusKent is a campus university, soeverything you need is withinwalking distance. You canwatch a play or film at theGulbenkian arts centre; danceat The Venue nightclub; keep fitat our sports centre and meetfriends at one of many campuscafés and restaurants.

Career successEmployability is a priorityat Kent. Studying sharpensskills that are crucial in theworkplace, such as timemanagement and team work.You have access to careersadvice and opportunities togain work experience, boostingyour CV and your confidence.

WHY STUDY ITALIAN AT KENT?

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Support for languagefluencyAt Kent we offer you excellent support to become a fluent Italianspeaker, whether the language is completely new to you or you havealready been learning it for several years. The majority of our staff arenative speakers, and our Erasmus+ trainees run conversation clubsand translation ‘surgeries’. We can also pair you up with fellowstudents who are native Italian speakers so that you can get togetherto chat over un caffè e una pasta. Your year abroad is an opportunityto put your learning into practice and become proficient in thelanguage of everyday Italian life.

The Complete UniversityGuide 2020• Italian at Kent is ranked2nd overall.

The Guardian UniversityGuide 2020• Over 89% of final-yearModern Languages andLinguistics students weresatisfied with the quality ofteaching on their course.

National Student Survey 2018• Over 88% of final-year Italianstudents who completed thesurvey were satisfied with theoverall quality of their course.

Research ExcellenceFramework• Based on the most recentResearch ExcellenceFramework, ModernLanguages and Linguisticsat Kent was ranked joint 3rdoverall by the Times HigherEducation.

Teaching ExcellenceFramework• Kent was awarded gold,the highest rating, in theUK Government’s TeachingExcellence Framework*.

Independent rankings

*The University of Kent’s Statement of Findings can be found atwww.kent.ac.uk/tef-statement

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Has your year abroad helpedwith your course this year?Oh, definitely. One of my colleaguesat school had a niece my age, whowas home from university everyweekend, and she introduced meto her friends. So although it wasa small town, I was lucky to havea group of people my own age.Although I’ve struggled withconfidence when speaking,I’ve definitely improved.My comprehension is alsomuch, much better.

It was helpful to see in practice a lotof the stuff we talked about in ourculture classes as well. For instance,the way women are represented,even on the news, is very differentin Italy compared with the UK, sothat was interesting.

What are your plans fornext year?I’ve been accepted to do an MA inpublishing at UCL. I’d love to workon an international journal, whereI can use my language skills.

Any advice for someonethinking of coming to Kent?Getting to know your lecturers isimportant. Do your work for themin class and go to see them duringtheir office hours if you need them.Take part in the peer mentoringscheme, too – I mentor a first year.She comes to me with work shehasn’t quite understood and we goover the language, grammar andthings like that.

Orla Cura is in her finalyear, studying Italian andEnglish and AmericanLiterature*. This is whatshe told us about herItalian studies.

Why did you choose to studyItalian?Italian is my dad’s first language.He didn’t speak it with us but I’mused to hearing my grandmotherspeaking Italian – I could usuallyunderstand her but I couldn’trespond. So I thought it would bea good idea to come to universityto study the language, study theculture and get a better groundingin the subject than I had picked upfrom my family background.

What made you choose Kent?I went to school in Kent so I sawposters about the University and we had a talk from some studentambassadors. I looked at the linksthe University has with overseaspartners and the opportunities forthe year abroad – I wanted to knowhow international the University isbecause of my course. The otherreason was that I could study Italianfrom beginner level, which not alluniversities offer.

How is your course going?We do a language module andsome culture modules, where westudy the period from the unificationof Italy in the mid-19th century tothe modern day. We study a lot of

film and literature. This term I’mdoing an elective module too, onclassical literature – although wedon’t study Italian culture back intoantiquity, there are lots of classicalreferences in the works we do cover so I thought it would help me to get a deeper understanding.My favourite module is one I tookin second year on the Italianshort story – it was really, reallyinteresting.

What are your lecturers like?I love my lecturers, I think they’regreat! As it’s a small department,I know them all fairly well – they’rereally approachable, friendly andknowledgeable.

What about the other studentson your course?A lot of us have members of ourextended families who are Italianand we want to be able to speakto them. In the first year there wasa pretty even mix of beginners, likeme, and people who had studiedthe language for A level.

How did you spend your yearabroad?I did the British Council languageassistantship in the Emilio-Romagnaregion of Italy – it’s the area my dadis from, which was handy. I taught inthree different schools, deliveringlessons on language and culture in English, and I also taught subjectlessons in English – two or threemusic classes, science, geographyand history.

STUDENT VIEW

* Please note this joint honourscombination is not currently available.

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CHOOSING YOUR DEGREE

Not sure whichprogramme to choose?Here’s a quick guide tothe degrees on offer.

Italianwww.kent.ac.uk/ug/108Italian is a full-time four-year singlehonours degree. Choosing a singlehonours degree allows you to focusin great depth on your subject. Aswell as studying the language, youalso study Italian literature, cultureand society.

Joint honours and otherdegree programmesOn a joint honours programme youcan combine Italian with a rangeof other subjects. Study is normallydivided 50:50 between your twohonours subjects. As on our singlehonours programmes, you spenda year working or studying abroad.

To find out more about thefollowing programmes, go towww.kent.ac.uk/ug and add the course code shown below:• Classical & Archaeological

Studies (/276)• Comparative Literature (/223)

• English Language andLinguistics (/220)

• French (/367) • German (/342)• Hispanic Studies (/356)• History (/362) • Management (/1911).

European StudiesAs an alternative to studying for jointhonours, you might be interested inEuropean Studies. On a EuropeanStudies degree you explore a broadrange of European history, politics,culture and society. For moreinformation, search for EuropeanStudies at www.kent.ac.uk/ug

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As well as compulsoryItalian language modules,you study modules onliterature and film andexplore wider Italianculture.

Your studies are divided into Stages1, 2 and 3 and you take your yearabroad between Stages 2 and 3.

Teaching and assessmentTeaching is by a mix of lectures andseminars. You also use audio, videoand computer-assisted languagelearning facilities.

Stage 1 modules in Italian areassessed by 100% coursework.

For Stages 2 and 3, depending onthe modules you select, assessmentvaries from 100% coursework, to acombination of examinationand coursework.

Module informationPlease note that the module listsbelow are not fixed as new modulesare always in development andchoices are updated yearly. Thedetails given below are correct atthe time of publication (June 2019).Please see www.kent.ac.uk/ug forthe most up-to-date information.

To read a full description ofany of the modules listed, go towww.kent.ac.uk/courses/modulesand search for the module codeshown below.

Stage 1Compulsory modules(single honours)Students who have studied Italianat A level take:• Italian Lower Intermediate B1

(IT308).

Students who have not studiedItalian at A level take:• Italian Beginners A1-A2

(Intensive) (IT301).

All students take:• An Introduction to Italian Cinema:

Neorealism and its Legacy(IT312)

• An Introduction to ItalianModernity (IT315).

Elective modules(single honours)Single honours students takeelective modules from other subjectareas across the University.

Joint honoursJoint honours students take thesame compulsory modules assingle honours students (seeabove), along with the modulesrequired for their other subject(see the course information atwww.kent.ac.uk/ug for more details).

Stage 2Compulsory modules(single honours)At Stage 2 students continue theirlanguage learning based on theirproficiency.

Those who took Italian LowerIntermediate B1 at Stage 1 nowtake:• Italian Upper Intermediate B2

(IT563).

Those who took Italian BeginnersA1-A2 at Stage 1 now take: • Italian Intermediate B1-B2

(Intensive) (IT508).

Optional and elective modules(single honours)Students choose a combination ofoptional Italian modules from theDepartment of Modern Languagesand elective modules from othersubject areas across the University.

Optional Italian modules include:• Catching the Tide: Cultural

Renewal in 20th-Century Italy(IT556)

• Cultures of Sustainability(SCL505)

• Italian Short Story (IT552)• Musica Maestro! Music and

Society in Modern Italy (IT578).

YOUR STUDY PROGRAMME

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Stage 3Compulsory modules(single honours)The final-year language module is:• Italian Advanced C1 (IT506).

Optional and elective modules(single honours)Students choose a combination of optional Italian modules from theDepartment of Modern Languagesand elective modules from othersubject areas across the University.

Optional Italian modules include: • Istantanea: Photography and

Visual Culture in Modern andContemporary Italy (IT564)

• Italian Cinema and Literature(IT548)

Joint honoursJoint honours students take theItalian language module appropriateto their proficiency (IT563 or IT508),plus up to two optional Italianmodules. They also take themodules required for theirother subject. They may havethe opportunity to study electivemodules from other subject areasacross the University.

Year abroadThe year abroad takes placebetween Stages 2 and 3.Students studying two languagesas a joint honours programme splittheir year abroad between twocountries where those languagesare spoken. For details, see p11.

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YOUR STUDY PROGRAMME (CONT)

• Italian Dissertation (IT503)• Italian Regional Cinema (IT577)• Languages in the Classroom

(SCL502) (Note that entry tothis module involves a selectionprocess.)

Joint honoursJoint honours students take theItalian language module (IT506)and at least one optional Italianmodule. They also take the modulesrequired for their other subject.They may have the opportunity tostudy elective modules from othersubject areas across the University.

“The department is smalland the lecturers know uswell. They are passionateabout what they do, and doeverything they can to maketheir teaching interestingand relatable.”

Alice CrippsItalian

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Study abroadYour year abroad takes placebetween Stages 2 and 3 ofyour degree. We have exchangeagreements with several universitiesin Italy. Academics from thedepartment routinely visit studentson study exchanges at our partnerinstitutions to monitor their progress.

For up-to-date details of where youcan study, see Kent’s A to Z courselist at: www.kent.ac.uk/goabroad/opportunities

Work abroadAs an alternative to a studyexchange, you might prefer tobecome a language assistant.The majority of language assistantpositions are organised by theBritish Council and allow studentsto teach English (providing, forexample, conversation classes)in secondary schools in Italy.Other types of work placementare also a possibility.

AssessmentYour time abroad contributes toyour final degree. If you are on astudy exchange, you are awardedmarks for your studies; if you areworking as a language assistant orelsewhere, you write an essay underthe guidance of a staff member.

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YOUR YEAR ABROAD

The year you spendstudying or workingabroad enriches youruniversity experience.Not only do you improveyour language skills anddevelop your culturalawareness, you alsoimprove your futureemployment prospects.

By studying abroad, you gainconfidence and independenceand further develop many of thetransferable skills employers arelooking for, such as the abilityto communicate effectively andto plan and organise your time.You also demonstrate that you are flexible in your outlook and have the enthusiasm and drive to succeed in a new environment.

For many students, their yearabroad is a life-changing andrewarding experience.

Many languages graduates chooseto live and work abroad. If you arethinking of doing this, you can useyour year abroad to discover moreabout your host country and itsculture, as well as to researchpossible career opportunities.

Joint honours studentsIf you are studying Italian as ajoint honours degree with anotherEuropean language, you spend halfof your year in an Italian-speakingcountry and half in a country whereyour other language is spoken.

Advice and supportOur specialist staff provide adviceand support to help you decidewhat you want to do and whereyou want to go during your yearabroad. We offer advice on allthe practical issues you have toconsider – such as destinationsand finance – before you go away,keep in touch with you while youare away and offer support whenyou return. We can also put you intouch with students who attendedthe university or location you aregoing to, so that you can getfeedback from them.

All information is correct at thetime of going to press. For the mostup-to-date information, includingrelated to Brexit, please seewww.kent.ac.uk/goabroad

“Our students benefitgreatly from the excellentrelationships we have built upwith our partners in Europeand further afield. It is alwaysa pleasure to welcome themback from their year abroadand watch them put theirnew-found confidence to use.”

Dr Mathilde Poizat-AmarDepartment of Modern Languages

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The team is committed to improvingaccess to learning for all studentsat Kent and can assist with manythings, including:• talking to your lecturers about

any help you need in lecturesor seminars

• arranging note-takers, signersand other support workers foryou

• discussing exam accessarrangements

• helping you with emotional,psychological or mental healthissues

• applying for relevant fundingto support you.

Find out more at:www.kent.ac.uk/studentsupport

SUPERB STUDY SUPPORT

We’ll support youthroughout your timeat Kent, from helpingyou adjust to universitystudy to discussingmodule choices andessay topics with you.

You are assigned an academicadviser each year to help youget the most from your degreeprogramme. You can arrange to meet them to discuss generalacademic issues or specificassignments, and they are ableto refer you to other sources ofhelp if you need it.

Peer supportSometimes you might find anaspect of your course particularlychallenging. If this happens,the best advice often comesfrom people who’ve been in yoursituation. On our academic peermentoring scheme, we can matchyou with second- or third-yearstudents who can help you to getto grips with specific modules onyour programme.

Study skills adviceSuccessful students take control oftheir own learning. Kent’s StudentLearning Advisory Service (SLAS)can help you to increase yourcompetence and confidence andfulfil your potential. You can requesta one-to-one appointment or attendworkshops on a diverse range oftopics, from making the mostof lectures to writing well andavoiding plagiarism.

Student support andwellbeingYou might need extra help to get themost from university. If you have amedical condition, specific learningdifficulty, mental health conditionor disability, the Student Supportand Wellbeing team is thereto support you.

“Peer mentoring is definitelya useful scheme. We meetwhenever my mentee needsanything explained that shehasn’t quite understood inclass. If she wants to go overlanguage or grammar, we sitdown and do exercisestogether.”

Orla CuraPeer mentor

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A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE

What do you hope todo once you have yourdegree? Whether youhave a specific careerpath in mind or haven’tyet thought much beyonduniversity, we can helpyou to plan for successin the future.

Build your CVYour degree studies help you todevelop skills such as thinkingcritically, expressing yourself clearly,solving problems and working bothindependently and as part of ateam. Additionally, the ability tospeak Italian is valuable in manyprofessions. Employers look forpeople with transferable skills likethese, which are also vital if you goon to further study.

At Kent, you have lots of other greatopportunities to enhance your skills.For instance, you could:• join a society or sports club (even

better – get involved in running it)• volunteer in the community• work in a part-time job or take

up a summer internship • represent your fellow students

as a student rep, or becomea student ambassador

• become an academic peermentor.

Getting involved like this means that you can earn EmployabilityPoints, which you can exchange for employability rewards. The morepoints you earn, the more valuablethe rewards: we work with local,national and international employersto offer internships, work experienceand a range of other activities thatprepare you for the world of work.

Experience the worldof workBy taking a part-time job alongsideyour degree studies, you gain skillsand experience as well as earningmoney – you might even getinspiration for your future career.Kent Union’s JobShop postsvacancies within the University andlocal area on the Kent Union websiteand on social media. Another optionis a longer-term work placement –see p11 for more details.

Find a great jobThere are so many career optionsfor a linguist. These include salesand export, international marketing,the travel industry, banking andfinancial services. Our graduatesalso work in translating andinterpreting, journalism, publishingand teaching. We offer a module onlanguages in the classroom, whichis a useful preparation for anyoneinterested in language teaching atprimary, secondary or HE level.

We have a programme ofemployability events to enhanceyour job skills and vocationalawareness. You can also visit ourcareers fair to talk to potentialemployers and use our award-winning Careers and EmployabilityService for advice on preparingyour CV. Our track record speaksfor itself: over 95% of Kentgraduates who responded tothe most recent national survey ofgraduate destinations were in workor further study within six months(DLHE, 2017).

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English-speaking clients. I regularlyuse my Italian, and I also workoccasionally for our Frenchsales team.

A typical day at work would involve phone calls and emails with potential clients, multilingualconversations with my Italian andFrench colleagues and ensuringthat positivity levels are highwithin my team.

In the future, I plan on working inmany different roles, but I hope thatthey will all involve the use of foreignlanguages. Ideally, I would like towork in a global environment thatis helping to reduce the impact ofclimate change, either with regardsto policy or working for an NGO.The state of our climate is veryworrying and hopefully my variouslanguages will mean that I can beuseful in tackling these issues.

My advice for someone consideringmodern languages at Kent? Beopen minded. There are so manyoptions available to you in terms ofdifferent modules and differentareas of study. You can adapt yourdegree to your interests and spendsome very valuable time learningmore about your chosen subjectand yourself as an individual. Likeme, you may begin university justknowing that you enjoy learninglanguages, but then graduatefeeling like those languages arepart of your identity and that theycan open many doors for you.

I was initially awarded a place atKent through clearing; however, Itruly believe that going to Kent wasone of the best choices I have evermade. I began studying singlehonours French but soon found Ihad some spare credits. I then metthe passionate and encouragingstaff of the Italian department andwas quickly persuaded to take upthe language. I loved having theopportunity to learn about a newculture and learn a language fromscratch at university.

The course was intensive,invigorating and extremelyrefreshing. I enjoyed how diverseeach seminar was, and my favouritemodules were the language-basedones, which incorporated grammar,translation and oral classes. Thegrammar classes grew more andmore complex as the degreeprogressed but that only gave memore motivation to push myself tolearn more and work hard. Oralclasses, on the other hand, werechallenging but rewarding as I wasencouraged by my lecturers to trymy best to express myself in Italianand they instilled the confidence inme to do so.

The lecturers were inspiring andvery interesting individuals as theyhad all done extensive research in

their subjects. They clearly lovedwhat they did, making it all the more appealing for us students.

At Kent, you are given an academicadviser whom you can arrange ameeting with any time. It was alwayscomforting to know that I couldapproach any of my lecturers, too.Your lecturers see you most days:they care about your wellbeing andyour academic progress.

I spent my year abroad studying atuniversities in both France and Italy.I spent half the time in Montpellier,France, and the rest in Pavia, acharming town just south of Milan.Both experiences further inspiredmy passion for languages; I evenpicked up modules in Vedic Sanskritand Russian while there. In Italy,I gained confidence in speakingthe language and this proved veryuseful for my last year at Kent.

Once home, I found a summer job working for a Tuscan villa rentalcompany based in Kent. Luckily,I managed to get a job with thesame company once I graduated.I started working as a liaisonbetween the sales team, clientsand the villa owners, which involvedusing my Italian. After a few months,my role progressed and I now leadthe team that rents our villas to

NEXT STEPS

Charlotte Colley graduated in 2018 with a degree inFrench and Italian. This is what she told us about herstudies, and life after Kent.

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COME AND FIND OUT MORE

Choosing a universityis a big step, so it’simportant to find out asmuch as you can beforeyou make your decision.Come and visit us to seewhat we can offer you.

Open DaysOpen Days are a great way to findout what life as a student at Kent islike. For instance, you can:• learn more about the course

you are interested in at asubject presentation

• ask questions – talk to theacademic teams at theinformation stands

• experience our teaching ata taster lecture*

• find out about student finance,opportunities to study abroadand extracurricular activitiessuch as those offered byKent Sport.

Explore the campus at your ownpace on the self-guided walkingtour. You can visit different typesof accommodation, chat to currentstudents and enjoy the stunningviews over the city of Canterbury.

Open Days are held in the summerand autumn. Book your place atwww.kent.ac.uk/opendays

Applicant DaysIf you apply to Kent and we offeryou a place (or ask you to comefor an interview), you will usuallybe invited to an Applicant Day.Applicant Days run in the autumnand spring terms and are anopportunity to find out about thecourse in more detail. You spendtime with your academic schoolmeeting staff and current students,and take part in activities that giveyou a flavour of your prospectivecourse and university life.

Informal visitsIf you can’t make it to an Open Dayor Applicant Day, you can still visitus. We run tours of the campusthroughout the year.

If you live outside Europe, weappreciate that you might find itdifficult to attend our scheduledevents, so we can arrange apersonal campus tour for youand your family.

Let us know you’re comingScheduled tours and personalcampus tours (for internationalstudents) need to be booked inadvance – you can do this viawww.kent.ac.uk/informal

Self-guided toursIf you prefer to explore on your own,you can download a self-guidedwalking tour at:www.kent.ac.uk/informalor pick up a copy from us.

A self-guided audio tour is availabletoo, which allows you to learn aboutKent without even leaving home.See www.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit/informal/audio-tour.html

Meet us in your countryOur staff regularly travel overseasto meet with students who areinterested in coming to Kent.We also have strong links withagents in your home country whocan offer guidance and informationon studying at Kent.

Find out more at www.kent.ac.uk/courses/international

Explore onlineIf you can’t come and see us,you can find out more about theacademic team, the course andevents in the department andSchool online at:www.kent.ac.uk/secl

Keep in touch with us via socialmedia:• www.facebook.com/unikentsecl• www.twitter.com/unikentsecl• www.instagram.com/unikentsecl• www.youtube.com/unikentsecl

Contact usIf you would like more informationon Kent’s courses, facilities orservices, please contact us on:T: +44 (0)1227 768896www.kent.ac.uk/ug

* Programme of events variesaccording to subject.

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This brochure was produced in June 2019. The University of Kent makes every effort to ensure that the information contained in itspublicity materials is fair and accurate and to provide educational services as described. However, the courses, services and othermatters may be subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, see www.kent.ac.uk/ug and for full details of our terms andconditions, see www.kent.ac.uk/termsandconditions

For the University to operate efficiently, it needs to process information about you for administrative, academic and health and safetyreasons. Any offer we make to you is subject to your consent to process such information and is a requirement in order for you to beregistered as a student. All students must agree to abide by the University rules and regulations at: www.kent.ac.uk/regulations

COME AND FIND OUT MORE (CONT)

LocationCanterbury

AwardsBA (Hons)

Programme typeFull-time

Degree programmes

Single honours• Italian (R300)

Joint honoursJoint honours are available with awide range of subjects:• Classical and ArchaeologicalStudies (QR83)

• Comparative Literature (QR23)• English Language andLinguistics (RQ33)

• French (RR13)• German (RR23)• Hispanic Studies (RR43)• History (RV31)• Management (NR13)

Typical offer levels

Single and joint honoursBBB at A level; IB Diploma 34points overall or 15 points at HL;applications from BTEC Level 3Extended Diploma and Access toHE candidates are assessed on anindividual basis.

Required subjects

Single honoursGCSE grade B or 6 in a secondlanguage; IB Diploma 4 at HL or 5at SL in a second language.

Joint honoursPlease search for the relevantcourse pages atwww.kent.ac.uk/ug for details ofrequired subjects on joint honoursprogrammes.

For students taking dual foreignlanguage degrees, at least onelanguage should be passed at Alevel grade B.

Year abroadSingle and joint honours studentscan study at one of our exchangeuniversities in Italy. See p11 fordetails.

Scholarships and bursariesFor details of scholarshipsand bursaries at Kent,see www.kent.ac.uk/ugfunding

Offer levels and entryrequirements are subjectto change. For the latestinformation seewww.kent.ac.uk/ug

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COME ANDVISIT USTo find out more about visitingthe University, see our website:

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