We not only have one of the best-equipped language departments in the country, but use a combination of structural and communicative approaches to make the learning process relevant, accessible, varied and enjoyable. All our courses are modularised and semesterised, offering students even more choice and flexibility. All students have a notional 40-hour weekly workload. Anything up to 15 hours will take the form of timetabled lectures, seminars and tutorials. The remainder is taken up with preparation, reading and coursework in your own time.
Some students do more, and many are able to pass with less.
In any case, life at university is not all work. You will find excellent leisure amenities within the University, in Bradford itself and in the surrounding countryside. In many cases, for example in our conversation circles, you will be able to combine academic work with genuine leisure activity. First-year modules constitute a 'hurdle' stage which must be passed to proceed with your degree, but these modules do not count towards your final degree. From the second year, all assessment counts towards your final degree classification, although greater weight is given to final-year modules.