BA German 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 German and Spanish, a German and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies degree focusing on linguistic proficiency and cultural history. The programme includes a compulsory year abroad spent abroad during the third year. The first year covers introductory modules such as Introduction to German Studies 1, Spanish Language I, and Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1. The second year continues language development with Spanish Language II alongside optional subjects like Aspects of Twentieth Century German History and The New German Cinema. The third year consists of SELCS Year Abroad Term 1 and SELCS Year Abroad Term 2. The fourth year concludes studies with advanced modules including Discussion and Essay in German and Spanish Language III, alongside optional choices such as German Political and Social Thought and Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II).
Modules
- Introduction to German Studies 1
- Introduction to German Studies 2
- Spanish Language I
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Modern German Language and Culture
- German for Beginners 1
- Spanish Language II
- German Translation
- Aspects of Twentieth Century German History
- Love-Violence-Laughter: Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture
- Debating Enlightenment: Literature and Culture 1740-1870
- The Challenge of Modernity: Literature and Culture 1870-Present
- Metropolen
- The New German Cinema
- German for Beginners 2
- What Women Want: Galdos and Pardo Bazan
- Womens Writing in Latin America II
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Discussion and Essay in German
- Spanish Language III
- German Political and Social Thought
- History and Representation: The Holocaust as a Case Study
- Austrian Literature 1890 - 1938: from Empire to Republic
- Language, Power and Ideology
- Surveillance
- Weimar and Nazi Film
- Advanced German Translation
- War and Violence in Twentieth Century Germany
- The Writing of WG Sebald
- Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II)