MA Language & Linguistics and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)
Entry requirements
A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English is also required. SQA Highers: BBBB. BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in related subjects. Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A Level at grade B.) GCSE English (or equivalent) is required at Grade C/4 or above. GCSE Mathematics at Grade C/4 is also required for Accountancy, Economics and Finance programmes. Irish Leaving Certificate: Five subjects at Higher at H3.
About this course
MA in Linguistics and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Language & Translation. As an integral part of the five-year programme, students spend the entire third year completing a period abroad as a teaching assistant or visiting student in a Spanish-speaking country. Students complete a final-year dissertation and a residence abroad project.
Modules
- Academic Writing for Language & Literature
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Spanish Language 1
- Spanish Language 2
- Spanish Language 3
- Language Structure and use
- Living Language
- English Past and Present
- Spain and Spanish America: History, Culture, Politics
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Language in Society
- Elements of English
- Spanish Language 3
- Spanish Language 4
- Spanish Language 5
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Latin America: Texts and Contexts
- Residence Abroad Project (SP30AB)
- Spanish Language 6 (SP30A3)
- Spanish Language 7 (SP40A5)
- Dissertation in Spanish
- Dissertation in Language and Linguistics