MA French and Spanish
Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to ABB (required: a language other than English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in French and Spanish, a French and Francophone Studies and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies degree centred on the study of two major world languages in diverse cultural contexts. Students complete a full academic year abroad, which can be spent studying or working in one or two destinations. This includes options to spend two semesters at a single institution, one semester at two different institutions in different destinations, arrange work or volunteering with a private company or charity, or apply to an established placement scheme such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme. The first year covers foundational topics through modules such as resistance and collaboration, the Fifth Republic, colonisation and decolonisation, and May 1968. The second year examines cultural themes through modules including Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, and Gender and Culture. The third year consists of the year abroad spent studying or working. The final year allows students to focus on advanced areas such as film, literature, history, politics, language, linguistics, and media and cultural production.
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- linguistics and language sciences
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- film
- literature
- history
- politics
- language
- linguistics
- media and cultural production