MA Spanish
Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB (Additional requirements: A-level English or another Humanities subject.) IB: 34 (6,5,5) (Additional requirements: English HL6 or Humanities HL6 with English SL6.) Scottish Higher: BBBB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5 Typically offers will be made at AAAAB by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject at AA. (AB or BA may be considered). Scottish Higher (widening access): MD20 : BBBB (also other target groups*) MD40 : AABB* Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.
About this course
MA in Spanish, a politics and international relations and spanish, portuguese and latin american studies degree focused on hispanic language, literature and cultural history. Core topics include Research Methods. The five-year degree incorporates a mandatory year abroad spent undertaking study, work placement or an assistantship. The first year covers language and cultural studies through Spanish Language 1 (Non-Beginners) and Spanish Culture 1 (Non-Beginners). The second year advances linguistic proficiency and thematic study through Spanish Language 2 and Spanish Culture 2. The third year consists of the SPANISH YEAR ABROAD STUDY, SPANISH YEAR ABROAD WORK PLACEMENT and SPANISH YEAR ABROAD ASSISTANTSHIP. Later stages offer extensive option choices across diverse areas such as Catalan 1, Interpreting Skills In Spanish and Mexico: Past, Present And Future. Students conclude the course with a Spanish Dissertation or Applied Dissertation with Placement in Spanish.
Modules
- Spanish Culture 1 (Non-Beginners)
- Spanish Language 1 (Beginners)
- Spanish Language 1 (Non-Beginners)
- Spanish Culture 2
- Spanish Language 2
- SPANISH YEAR ABROAD ASSISTANTSHIP
- SPANISH YEAR ABROAD STUDY
- SPANISH YEAR ABROAD WORK PLACEMENT
- Catalan 1
- Catalan 2
- Interpreting Skills In Spanish
- Mexico: Past, Present And Future
- Nonfiction Literature In Latin America
- Power And Marginality In Latin America
- Women's Expressions Of Selfhood Across South America
- Golden Age Iberia in Glasgow
- Spanish Spoken Language (Junior)
- Spanish Honours Written Language (Junior)
- Spanish Honours Written Language (Senior)
- Spanish Honours Spoken Language (Senior)
- Cultural and Social Change in Contemporary Spain
- Representing Disappearance: Cultural Responses to the Argentine Dictatorship (1976-83)
- Images of Women in 20th century Hispanic Cultures
- Realism and Magic Realism in Latin America
- Contemporary Spanish Cinema
- Representations of the Spanish Civil War
- Women and Spanish Society, 1833-1931: From the wars over female succession to women's suffrage
- Catalan Society
- Foundational Fictions: The Nineteenth Century
- Medievalism and Orientalism in Hispanic America
- Winter is Coming: The Middle Ages in the Modern World
- Queer Subjectivities in Latin America
- Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-speaking World
- Humour and Horror in Early Modern Spain
- Don Quixote against Reality
- Spanish Dissertation
- Applied Dissertation with Placement in Spanish
- Translation Studies: An introduction to key topics in theory and practice
- The Brothers Grimm and the European Fairy Tale
- Narrating the City: Representation of Urban Space in Literature and Film
- Classic European Cinema East and West
- Myths and Modern Imagination
- Transcultural Connections: 'Classic' Texts and their Adaptations across Cultures
- Bestsellers in the Pre-Industrial Age
- Cervantes in Hollywood
- Czech Cinema: A case study of a country in Europe through the history of film
- Czech, Polish And Russian Women's Writing In English Translation
- Subsidiary Czech Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Czech Language (Intermediate)
- Milan Kundera, a French writer? A study in intercultural literary discourse
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Hons)
- European Political Thought: A View from Germany
- Brecht
- The Medievalists: the Middle Ages in 20th century Eastern and Central Europe
- Czechoslovakia: A case study of a country in Europe through the history of film
- History through film and literature: Crisis situations
- Text/Image Cultures: Theory and Practice
- Subsidiary Chinese (Mandarin) Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Chinese (Mandarin) Language (Intermediate)
- Latin American Cinema
- Censorship In Western Culture
- Multilingualism in Context
- Language Policy and Planning for European Minority Languages
- Subsidiary Polish Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Polish Language (Intermediate)
- Subsidiary Portuguese Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Portuguese Language (Intermediate)
- Subsidiary Russian Language (Beginners)
- Subsidiary Russian Language (Intermediate)
- Russian Literature and State Power
- Brave New Worlds: Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution
- Existentialism: Atheism, Reason, and Faith