Master of Letters in English Language and Linguistics

at Newcastle University United Kingdom

Our civil engineering degrees focus on developing your knowledge and practical skills on topics across the discipline, so you graduate as a well-rounded civil engineer, and well-equipped for your future career.

This foundation year will help you build the base knowledge you need to progress to any of our civil engineering degrees.

This is a full-time programme of study covering core civil engineering topics, including:

• Foundation mathematics
• Applied mechanics
• Material science

This Psychology and Biology joint honours degree will equip you with a broad base of knowledge. You'll learn why humans and animals think and behave the way they do, and build an in-depth understanding of the science behind all forms of life.

You'll have access to the School of Psychology's brand new building, with purpose-built, state-of-the-art facilities, including a forensic interviewing suite, a nutrition and food preference unit, a media and behaviour lab, medical consultation rooms, and psychological testing cubicles.

Emerging as a well-rounded psychology graduate with a biology specialism, you'll study fascinating topics including ecology and biodiversity, evolution and genetics, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary psychology and medicine.

Your course during COVID-19

Our three-year Journalism, Media and Culture degree focuses on developing your writing, production and communication skills across a range of platforms. You'll be well prepared for a career in a fast-changing media environment as a proactive journalist or media professional.

This hands-on degree programme ensures you develop the practical skills critical in multimedia journalism, as well as an in-depth academic knowledge across all aspects of journalism and media theory.

You'll master the ability to write, produce, and edit both audio and video content for a variety of media.

Your knowledge of the issues and debates in media and cultural studies will be supplemented with a thorough grounding in cultural studies, journalism history, media law and political communications.

You'll become a highly skilled media professional with an in-depth and critical understanding of the roles media and culture play in our society, ready for an exciting career working in journalism and media.

The Heritage Studies course covers key aspects of heritage tourism and visitor engagement. It draws on experiences from expert staff and visiting speakers and visits to local heritage sites. It encourages a hands-on approach and involves input by heritage professionals from the region and beyond. Alongside freelance heritage consultants, these professionals work in organisations including:

• Historic England
• the National Trust
• the National Park Authority
• Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

When you graduate from this course you'll be equipped to pursue a career in the heritage sector or conduct further research.

The course is part of Media, Culture, Heritage in the School of Arts and Cultures. We have a thriving, high-profile interdisciplinary research community. It's made up of postgraduate research students and experienced academic researchers who are key figures in their fields.

Our four-year Physics degree includes an integrated year of master's-level study. It provides a strong understanding of the fundamental pillars of physics. Guided by our world-leading academics, you'll study cutting-edge physics modules such as quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics and photonics. You'll be prepared to contribute to the technological advances of modern society, whether through research and further study or in your future career.

Hands-on experience in our high-spec facilities will develop your practical skills for a wide range of physical science careers.

Your final year includes advanced research-driven modules to extend your knowledge of your subject, in applied, theoretical and computational physics. Topics include:

• Quantum information
• Quantum modelling of nanostructures
• Applied solid state
• General relativity

Our English Literature MLitt allows you to work around your own research interests. It will prepare you for further research within and beyond academia.

Our MLitt English Literature is an individually tailored research master's degree. It contains some taught modules, some independently conducted research assignments and a larger research dissertation at the end. The topics are chosen by you, in consultation with your supervisor.

The course is taught by small teams of research specialists clustered in the following research areas:

• Medieval literature
• Eighteenth-century and Romantic period literature and culture
• Victorian literature
• Fin-de-siècle and modernism
• Postcolonial literatures
• American literature and culture
• Children’s literature
• Theatre studies

Get a flying start and accelerate your progress towards being an ICAEW Chartered Accountant by putting classroom theory into commercial practice, with integrated paid work placements.

The ‘Flying Start’ degree is a collaboration between Newcastle University, PwC and ICAEW. It is the most established degree of its kind. It combines academic study and integrated paid professional work placements in PwC’s Audit practice. You'll progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA.

We are celebrating 20 years of our Flying Start programme alongside current students, alumni and staff. Hear their views and experiences of the programme since its inception in 2002.

Throughout your journey a team of dedicated staff from both Newcastle University and PwC will support you. They'll help you:

• Develop the business skills you need to gain a degree
• Progress towards a professional qualification
• Succeed on paid work placements

This will help you towards hopefully receiving a full-time graduate offer with PwC. You could be a fully qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant just over a year after graduation - a true flying start.

This master's in Public Health (MPH) and postgraduate diploma helps you pursue a career in public health in the UK and internationally with:

• The UK National Health Service (or its equal abroad)
• Local government
• The voluntary sector
• Academic healthcare

A public health doctor must consider issues at many levels, including:

• Societal (eg health inequalities)
• Demographic (ageing and long term conditions)
• Cultural (eg changing public attitudes to health and wellness)
• Social (eg drug and alcohol abuse)

You'll address these issues with a range of advanced research skills. You'll study how to apply research findings to improve health and health services

This accredited course meets the evolving needs of industry, and will give you a deep understanding of the principles of Computer Science.

You'll be based in the truly inspiring Urban Sciences Building, and study at a world-leading centre in computing innovation and industry collaboration.

By studying a broad curriculum in your first two years, you'll develop knowledge in different aspects of computing science, and gain highly desirable skills in problem solving, program design and implementation.

In your final year you can specialise in a particular area of computer science or build your own broad based degree. You can choose topics that are taught by renowned experts in areas such as security and resilience, software engineering, bioinformatics and game engineering

Our Human Geography Research MA is a recognised pathway within the ESRC Northern Ireland/North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Partnership.

This master's in Human Geography Research provides advanced-level training in research skills, methods and theories so you can pursue a career in research.

Our key areas of research in human geography include:

• Social and cultural geography
• Economic geographies
• International development
• Geopolitics

Newcastle University is one of the leading places for geographical research in the UK. In 2014, we received recognition for the quality of our publications and research outputs. 80% of our geography research output is world-leading or internationally excellent. This ranks us fourth in the UK for output quality. The impact of our research was also recognised, with Newcastle ranked equal third in the UK.

Following the assessment of case studies ranging from a wide topic area, 70% were rated as world-leading, including:

• The role of universities in regional growth
• New ways of benchmarking economic areas
• Standards for the assessment of water quality
• The impact of people trafficking