BA Dutch and Spanish
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Spanish required.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, to include Spanish, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BA in Dutch and Spanish, a German and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies degree focusing on the acquisition of two European languages and cultures. Students spend the third year abroad on an integrated placement. The curriculum requires four academic years to complete. The first year covers foundational language acquisition and cultural contexts through An Introduction to Dutch Language and Culture, Introduction to Dutch Studies 1, Spanish Language I, and Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1. The second year progresses to Intermediate Dutch Language and Culture and Spanish Language II, alongside optional topics such as Modern Dutch Literary Texts, Multiculturalism and Identity, Spanish Narrative, Essay and Drama, and History of Colonial Latin America. The third year consists of SELCS Year Abroad Term 1 and SELCS Year Abroad Term 2. The fourth year concludes studies with Advanced Dutch Language and Culture and Spanish Language III, supported by further options including Project in Dutch, Low Countries Cinema, Advanced Translation, and Golden Age Drama: Plays, Players and Playing in Early Modern Spain.
Modules
- An Introduction to Dutch Language and Culture
- Introduction to Dutch Studies 1
- Introduction to Dutch Studies 2
- Spanish Language I
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Intermediate Dutch Language and Culture
- Spanish Language II
- Born out of Rebellion: The Netherlands from the Dutch Revolt to the Eve of World War I
- Modern Dutch Literary Texts
- Multiculturalism and Identity
- What Women Want: Galdos and Pardo Bazan
- Womens Writing in Latin America II
- Spanish Narrative, Essay and Drama
- 20th Century Latin American Cinema: History, Politics, Aesthetics
- History of Colonial Latin America
- History of Spain in the Twentieth Century
- Cervantes and his World: Fiction, Empire and Subject
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Advanced Dutch Language and Culture
- Spanish Language III
- At the Crossroads of Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- The Contemporary in Dutch Literature
- Project in Dutch
- Advanced Translation
- Low Countries Cinema
- Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II)
- Spanish and Latin American Studies: Cultural Dilemmas II
- The Battle for Memory in the Contemporary Spanish Novel: Part 1, The Transition to Democracy
- The Battle for Memory in the Contemporary Spanish Novel: Part 2, Democracy Consolidated
- Golden Age Drama: Plays, Players and Playing in Early Modern Spain