Tuition: 88,000 0-88,000
Accommodation: 48-78RMB per day
Living Expense: around 1,500 RMB/ month
1. Early bird discount: All applicants who submit an online application and accept their conditional or unconditional offer by May 1st, 2024 will automatically qualify for a 8,000 RMB early bird discount. 2. Entry Scholarship for Undergraduate and Masters applicants: From 10% to 50% off tuition fee 3. Industry-leadership scholarship for Taicang campus programs: 30% discount off tuition fee 4. 10% discount off the tuition fees from the University of Liverpool for undergraduate students who choose “2+2” pathway (Year 1&2 at XJTLU, Year 3&4 at the University of Liverpool, UK) 5. Academic Merit Scholarship: Top 25% students can carry the entry scholarship percentage onto year 2, year 3, and year 4.
1. Academic requirement: -Entry into Year One: high school performance with a minimum “B” average in all subjects. -Entry into Year Two: A-Level: BBB IB: 30 points Advanced Placement Tests/Subject SATS--High school diploma with a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or above, plus: 3 SAT II Subject Test 600+ or 3 AP exams 4+ or either SAT I Test at 1280+ or ACT Composite Score at 27, and 2 AP exams 4+ or 2 SAT II Subject Test 600+
2. English language requirements: If you are a non-native English speaker, or if you have not previously studied in English, you must have satisfactory English language skills to study at XJTLU. Various English qualifications are accepted: -Entry into Year One IELTS 5.0 (min 4.5 in all sections) / TOEFL 62 (iBT) -Entry into Year Two IELTS 6.5 (min 5.5 in all sections) / TOEFL 90 (iBT) (min 21 in any skill)
Certificates of education qualifications and transcripts, translated into English
Certificates of English language qualifications such as IELTS, TOEFL or other acceptable English qualifications (as required for non-native speakers of English)
SAT, ACT or other entrance aptitude test scores (if available)
Personal Statement
International students: Photocopy of your passport
Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan students: Passport, Mainland travel permit, and ID.
Portfolio (only for BEng Architecture, BA Filmmaking, BA TV Production and BA Digital Media Arts)
Taiwan GSAT Result Check Form (only for GSAT students)
1. Academic requirement: -Entry into Year One: high school performance with a minimum “B” average in all subjects. -Entry into Year Two: A-Level: BBB IB: 30 points Advanced Placement Tests/Subject SATS--High school diploma with a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or above, plus: 3 SAT II Subject Test 600+ or 3 AP exams 4+ or either SAT I Test at 1280+ or ACT Composite Score at 27, and 2 AP exams 4+ or 2 SAT II Subject Test 600+
2. English language requirements: If you are a non-native English speaker, or if you have not previously studied in English, you must have satisfactory English language skills to study at XJTLU. Various English qualifications are accepted: -Entry into Year One IELTS 5.0 (min 4.5 in all sections) / TOEFL 62 (iBT) -Entry into Year Two IELTS 6.5 (min 5.5 in all sections) / TOEFL 90 (iBT) (min 21 in any skill)
As a student of the BA English and Communication Studies programme, you will have access to almost all of the modules offered in the Department of English and School of Film and TV Arts, across our specialist areas of English language and literature, and communication and media.
The unique level of choice and flexibility makes this programme ideal for both international and domestic students. Like our other English programmes, it has modules on translation and interpreting between English and Chinese, as well as a unique specialised module on literary translation. The programme’s flexible structure, however, means that these modules are not compulsory, allowing both international and domestic students to follow alternative routes.
Communications and the media play an increasingly central role in modern society, economics and politics, making English, the global communications language, more important than ever before. You will gain an understanding of the changing use of language and other forms of communication, and the ways in which they inform and influence contemporary society.
By the time you graduate from the BA English and Communication Studies programme, you will be able to:
The programme provides a wealth of options to tailor your study path.
Year One
UK degrees are three years long whereas in China they are four, therefore we do accept students with certain qualifications directly into Year Two, which is the start of the main academic programme. Most students, however, enter into Year One, which provides you with a range of interesting modules, language classes and core skills for your degree.
Year Two
Introduction to linguistics
Introduction to Close Reading: Approaches to Literary Study
Analysing communication
Choose one from the following:
Sounds of English
English as a global language
Media management
Journalism: theory and practice
Choose two options in English from the following:
Literature in context
Literary theory
Introduction to corpus linguistics
Syntax
Choose two options in communication from the following:
Screenwriting for film and TV
Perspectives on visual media
Media ethics
Communication in China
Investigative journalism
Year Three
Choose two options in English from the following:
Advertising and the media
Translation
Literature in the Enlightenment
Literature and gender
Language and society
Semantics and pragmatics
Choose two options in communication from the following:
Media Theory
Adaptation across the media
Digital Media and Production
Chinese film
Choose two options in English from the following:
Language and mind
Interpreting
Technical translation
Postcolonial literature
Jane Austen
Bilingualism
Language and gender
Choose two options in communication from the following:
Global media and entertainment
Global journalism
China and the digital revolution
Year Four
Final year project
Choose three options from the following:
Conference interpreting
Analysing text
Advanced literature: British Romanticism
Technocultures
Chinese linguistics
Historical linguistics
European cinema
Theoretical debates in film studies
Documentary
Choose three options from the following:
Interpersonal communication in the workplace
Language and literature
Advanced literature: approaches to modern poetry
Language of the law
Applied linguistics
The Gothic
Postmodern literature
Intercultural communication
Portrayal of China in Western media
Animation
BA English and Communication Studies students will graduate with a combination of critical and theoretical knowledge as well as with strong English language skills. You will acquire intellectual, interpersonal and technical skills that are highly valued by employers.
Graduates of this programme will be attractive employees in globalised workplaces and may be employed in journalism, broadcasting or advertising. Some may be employed as management trainees in a variety of businesses, while others will start their careers in retailing, computing, and librarianship. You may also be able to pursue a career as a professional translator or interpreter, or as a teacher of English as a foreign language. Additionally, the programme provides a foundation for further graduate level study in the subjects of English language, English literature and communications.
International students
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RMB 88,000 per academic year
Early bird discount
Early bird discount of RMB 8,000 (approx. GBP 860) available (accept the conditional or unconditional offer before 1st May)
Join a free Chinese language course
We now offer a free summer Chinese language course for all undergraduate and postgraduate students starting their degree before program start.