BA Spanish and Italian
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB A level grade B is required for any advanced language you wish to study. See below for full information.. IB: 6,5,5 including 32 points total. See below for full information.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus a B at A level in the required subject/s. See below for full information.
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Italian, an undergraduate degree in Italian and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies focusing on the language, literature, and culture of both linguistic areas. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme incorporates a compulsory third-year period abroad spent studying or working in a Spanish- or Italian-speaking region. The first year introduces foundational language skills and cultural studies through modules such as Italian Language 1 (Beginners), Spanish Language 1 (Advanced), Visions of Italy on paper and screen, and Introduction to Hispanic Cultures. The second year builds proficiency with modules like Italian Language 2 (Intermediate), Spanish Language 2 (Advanced), Exploring Italian cities: texts and contexts, and Icons of the Hispanic World, alongside options in linguistics, film, and cultural history. The final year involves advanced language study and independent research through modules such as Italian Language Final Year, Spanish Language Final Year, and Final Year Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages, while offering optional modules covering topics in translation, literature, digital culture, and regional history.
Modules
- Discover: Personal, Academic and Professional Development in Modern Languages
- Italian Language 1 (Beginners)
- Visions of Italy on paper and screen
- Visions of Italy through music
- Introduction to Hispanic Cultures
- Spanish Language 1 (Advanced)
- Spanish Language 1 (Beginners)
- Introduction to European Film A
- Introduction to European Film B
- Introduction to Linguistics A: Science of Language
- Introduction to Linguistics B: language change and variation
- Landmarks in European Literature A
- Landmarks in European Literature B
- Translation in Practice I
- Translation in Practice II
- Latin American Histories and Cultures A
- Latin American Histories and Cultures B
- Hispanic Visual Cultures A
- Hispanic Visual Cultures B
- Beginners Catalan Language A
- Beginners Catalan Language B
- Catalan Culture Project A
- Catalan Culture Project B
- IWLP Arabic Level 1A
- IWLP Arabic Level 1B
- Exploring Italian cities: texts and contexts
- Italian Language 2 (Intermediate)
- Spanish Language 2 (Advanced)
- Spanish Language 2 (Intermediate)
- Cultural Industries: Creativity in Change
- Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State
- Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement
- Global Enterprise Project
- Language and power
- Teaching and Learning (languages) in the 21st century
- Work, The Future and You
- Translation in the Workplace
- Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture
- Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights
- Icons of the Hispanic World
- Mexican and Chicano Art in the Twentieth Century: Revolution and Beyond
- Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction
- Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages
- Beginners Catalan Language A
- Beginners Catalan Language B
- Intermediate Catalan Language A
- Intermediate Catalan Language B
- Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona
- Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity
- IWLP Arabic Level 2A
- IWLP Arabic Level 2B
- Final Year Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages
- Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 1
- Exploring the self: Dante and Leopardi
- Italian Language Final Year
- Spanish Language Final Year
- Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture
- Back to the Future – Hidden Histories and Utopian Possibilities, 1800-present
- Border Crossings: Word & Image in Twentieth- and Twenty-first-century Russophone Cultures
- Contemporary representations of the body: literature, theory and art
- Echoes of Colonialism and Imperialism Across Cultures
- From Text to Tech: Digital Approaches to Languages and Cultures
- Language, Culture and Communication: Digging into the text
- The Romance languages: structure, variation and change
- Translation and Creativity in the Digital Age I
- Translation and Creativity in the Digital Age II
- Uniformity and diversity in the Iberian-Romance speaking world
- Imagining the Truth: Latin American Culture in a Post-truth World
- Performing Gender/Translating Performance
- Social and Political Processes in Contemporary Latin America
- Spanish Exile Culture
- The Digital Past
- The Spanish Caribbean: History and Literature
- US Latinx Cultures: Spanish Caribbean
- Advanced Catalan Language A
- Advanced Catalan Language B
- Intermediate Catalan Language A
- Intermediate Catalan Language B
- IWLP Arabic Level 3A
- IWLP Arabic Level 3B