This course provides enormous flexibility for you to customize according to your linguistic and cultural interests. You will combine the study of two languages, with the possibility of changing language after the first year. The Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPCs) are intensive one-year foundation courses for international students of high academic potential who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree programmes at UCL and other top UK universities. On graduation from this BA you can expect to have excellent oral and written language skills and breadth and depth in cultural knowledge. It cultivates numerous transferable skills, such as the ability to organize your time and work independently, to think critically and to analyze and present information. Graduates from the Language and Culture BA and related programmes have entered a wide range of professions including: journalism, the civil service, interpreting and translating, publishing, advertising, teaching, the media and the arts. There is a demand for graduates proficient in several languages, especially the less commonly-taught European languages.