BA Italian 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 Italian and Spanish, an undergraduate degree within Italian and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Core topics include Communication & Writing and Language & Translation. Students spend a compulsory third year abroad to immerse themselves in the cultures and societies of both language regions. The first year introduces foundational language proficiency and regional studies through modules such as First Year Italian Language, Introduction to Italian Studies 1, Spanish Language I, and Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1. The second year continues language development with Second Year Italian Language and Spanish Language II, alongside optional studies covering Italian Culture during Fascism, Italian Literature 1860-1925, and Spanish Narrative, Essay and Drama. The fourth year concludes the programme with advanced study including Final Year Italian Language and Spanish Language III, plus optional modules such as Futurism in Italy, Dante: Divina Commedia, and Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II).
Modules
- First Year Italian Language
- Introduction to Italian Studies 1
- Introduction to Italian Studies 2
- Spanish Language I
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Second Year Italian Language
- Spanish Language II
- Italian Culture during Fascism
- Issues in Italian Syntax
- Italian Literature 1860-1925
- Writing Women in Renaissance Italy
- Dante and Petrarch
- Italians Abroad: A History of Italian Migration 1790-Today
- 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
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Final Year Italian Language
- Spanish Language III
- Futurism in Italy
- Nation, Culture and Society in Italy, 1860-1914
- Dante: Divina Commedia
- Identity and Performance in Renaissance Italy
- Words and Images: Italian Film Adaptations
- English Academic Writing and Translation Skills
- English Academic Writing and Translation Skills
- 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