BA Liberal Arts with Spanish (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 36 Points BTEC: D*DD
About this course
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts with Spanish (with a year abroad) is a liberal arts degree focusing on interdisciplinary study combined with Spanish language and culture. Core topics include Data Analysis. This four-year course includes a year abroad spent studying at a partner university or undertaking a work placement or internship, though students can alternatively graduate after three years without this period abroad. The first year establishes foundational knowledge through compulsory modules such as Discovering the Humanities, Bridging the Humanities, and Intensive Spanish Language and Cultures: Beginner. Students also select from a broad range of optional modules covering subjects like archaeology, music, philosophy, and history. The second year continues language development with Spanish Language and Cultures: Advanced and Real World Humanities, alongside further optional modules. The final fourth year features compulsory advanced language study including Spanish Language and Cultures: Proficient, Latinos in the USA, and Independent Study in Languages and Cultures. Optional modules in the final year span areas such as bioethics, digital storytelling, and sustainability.
Modules
- Discovering the Humanities
- Bridging the Humanities
- Intensive Spanish Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Upper Intermediate
- Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio)
- Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies (A-level)
- Prehistory to the Present
- Introduction to Archaeological Science
- Reading Now
- Theory Now
- Political Communities in World History
- Societies & Economies in World History
- Art History Now
- The Art of Looking
- Phonetics & Phonology
- Syntactic Structures
- Listen to This!: Critical Approaches to Music 1
- Analyse This! Critical Approaches to Music 2
- Power and Consent
- Metaphysics and Humans
- Histories and Politics of Theatre-Making
- Introduction to Media Technologies
- 'Real World' Humanities
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Historical Memory in the Spanish-speaking World
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Issues in Archaeology and Heritage
- Interpreting Prehistory
- Victorians: British Literature 1832-1901
- American Literature: From the First World War to the End of Empire
- The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1700
- Black Radicalism
- Art and Politics: Global Conceptualisms
- The Future is Still Female: Art and Feminism since the 1970s
- Linguistics as Data Science
- Foundations of Meaning
- Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Transnational Languages: Concepts, Strategies & Approaches
- History of Film Music
- The Social Power of Popular Music
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism & Conservatism
- Philosophy of Mind
- Current Issues in the Creative Industries (BCI 2)
- Theatre Texts & Contexts
- Future of Food
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Latinos in the USA
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures
- Translation: Methodology and Practice
- Approaching Global Challenges: Archaeology and Heritage
- Special Topic: The Archaeology of Africa
- Special Topic: Human Evolution
- Borders, Bodies, Bridges: Migration & Racialisation in Modern Literature & Culture
- Literature & Ecology
- The Writer’s Notebook: A Prose Fiction Workshop
- Animals
- Empires
- Beauty
- Journeys, Histories and Methods of Display
- Surrealism: Art and Liberty
- Interwoven. Fashion and Clothing Communities in Art History (1800-the Present)
- English Place-names Across Time and Space
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- The Musicology of Record Production
- Music in the Community
- History of African American Music
- Buddhism as Philosophy
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Theories of Social Justice: Rawls & Beyond
- Gaming: Industry & Culture
- The Future of Story: Storytelling in the Digital Age
- Current Issues in Film and Television
- Current Trends in Theatre: New Writing, New Practices, New Contexts
- Marketing and Branding
- Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
- Sustainability Clinic
- Sustainability and Policy: Research, Engage and Change
- Climate Crisis Action Lab