BA Modern Languages
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
About this course
BA Honours in French and Francophone Studies and German and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Core topics include Research Methods. The programme covers French, German, Portuguese and Spanish alongside cultural and area studies modules. An optional year abroad in the third year is available to develop language skills among native speakers.
Modules
- Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges
- China and its Peripheries: Repression, (In)stability and Conflict in the 21st Century
- Chinese Independent Documentaries: Alternative Archive and Video Activism
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese II
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese I
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Chinese II
- Classic French Cinema
- Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
- Linguistic Variation in French
- Level C (HE Advanced) French
- Occupation and Resistance: Literary and Cinematic Responses to the Second World War in France
- From Experimental to Explicit: Translating Women's Writing in French
- Global France: Intercultural Relations in French Literature and Film
- Social Justice in French and Francophone Culture
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): French for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- A Comparative History of German and English: phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon
- Society, Media, Identities in contemporary Germany and Austria
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): German for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Literary and cultural expressions in contemporary Japan
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese II
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Japanese I
- Level D (HE Further Advanced) Japanese II
- Cultura y poder en América latina: debates desde la antropología
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Inter-American Relations from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Cold War (1989/1991)
- Language Endangerment and Revitalisation in Latin America
- Latin American Art
- Cultura y Política en Colombia
- Career Development for final year students
- Identidades Pós-Coloniais Luso-Afro-Brasileiras
- Level C (HE Advanced) Portuguese
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Advocating and Teaching Languages in Schools
- Italian language and culture II
- Memory and Storytelling Across Borders
- Dissertation/T&I Project
- Language Diversity in the Hispanic World
- Food, Football and Fiction: Constructing Catalan Cultural Identity
- Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish
- Catalan II
- Cultura Popular en España y Cuba
- Spanish and Romance word analysis
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): Spanish for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): Spanish Translation and Interpreting
- Introduction to Chinese Culture and Society
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Chinese II
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese II
- France and the Francophone World
- Level A (HE Entry Level) French I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) French II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) French
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) French
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Level A (HE Entry Level) German I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) German II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) German
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) German
- Introduction to Japanese History and Culture
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Japanese II
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese) I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese II
- Introduction to Latin America
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Portuguese II
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to International Film
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Language and Cross Cultural Communication
- Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish I
- Level A (HE Entry Level) Spanish II
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Contemporary Chinese Society: Issues and Challenges
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Chinese II
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Chinese II
- France and the Francophone World
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) French
- Classic French Cinema
- Paris: Aspects of History and Culture
- Linguistic Variation in French
- Level C (HE Advanced) French
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) German
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Dutch I
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese) I
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Japanese II
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese I
- Level C (HE Advanced) Japanese II
- Introduction to Latin America
- Cultura y poder en América latina: debates desde la antropología
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Translation for Singing
- Cultures and Societies of the Portuguese-Speaking World
- Level B (HE Intermediate) Portuguese
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Introduction to International Film
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Italian language and culture I
- Reading in Translation
- Introduction to History, Culture and Society of the Iberian Peninsula
- Level B.1 (HE Intermediate) Spanish
- Catalan I
- Language Diversity in the Hispanic World
- Food, Football and Fiction: Constructing Catalan Cultural Identity
- Level C (HE Advanced) Spanish