Language as a credit-bearing module
If you are a student at University of Birmingham, you may be eligible to study a language as a 20-credit module (optional or compulsory) in your current Undergraduate or Postgraduate degree course.
Optional and compulsory credit-bearing modules in Languages for All are offered as co-requisite 10-credit modules in each semester and both modules must be taken.
Which languages can I learn?
| Language | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 | | |
|---|
| LanguageArabic |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
Yes
|
Level 4
No
|
Level 5
No
|
Level 6
No
|
Level 7
No
|
Level 8
No
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageChinese (Mandarin) |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 4
No
|
Level 5
No
|
Level 6
No
|
Level 7
No
|
Level 8
No
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageFrench |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes
|
Level 3
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 4
Yes
|
Level 5
Yes
|
Level 6
Yes
|
Level 7
Yes
|
Level 8
Yes
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageGerman |
Level 1
Yes
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 4
Yes
|
Level 5
Yes
|
Level 6
Yes
|
Level 7
Yes
|
Level 8
Yes
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageItalian |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
Yes
|
Level 4
No
|
Level 5
No
|
Level 6
No
|
Level 7
No
|
Level 8
No
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageJapanese |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 4
No
|
Level 5
No
|
Level 6
No
|
Level 7
No
|
Level 8
No
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguagePortuguese |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
No
|
Level 4
No
|
Level 5
No
|
Level 6
No
|
Level 7
No
|
Level 8
No
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageRussian |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 3
Yes
|
Level 4
No
|
Level 5
No
|
Level 6
No
|
Level 7
No
|
Level 8
No
|
|
|
|---|
| LanguageSpanish |
Level 1
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 2
Yes
|
Level 3
Yes, Digital First only
|
Level 4
Yes
|
Level 5
Yes
|
Level 6
Yes
|
Level 7
Yes
|
Level 8
Yes
|
|
|
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What level am I?
If you are unsure about which level you should join, please check the What Level am I? page.
How do I apply?
Students who are interested in studying a language as a 20-credit Module are advised to check with their home school/department whether it is possible within their chosen degree programmes.
If you are permitted to take a Languages for All module as part of your programme of study, your programme administrator should email your details (name, student ID number, language and level) to: lfa@contacts.bham.ac.uk