B.A. Hispanic Studies (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

• Learning Spanish 3 (Post A Level)
• Intensive Learning Spanish 1 (Beginners)
• Introduction to Hispanic Culture
• The Modern Spanish Novel in Translation
• State-Building in Latin America

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

• Learning Spanish 3B(Intensive Post A-Level)
• Learning Spanish 4
• Ab initio Catalan - Learning Catalan 1A
• Ab initio Catalan - Learning Catalan 1B
• Learning Portuguese 1A (Beginners)
• Learning Portuguese 1B (Beginners)
• Spanish Literature: Identity
• Catalan Culture
• Contemporary Spanish Cinema
• Second Year Extended Essay
• After Dictatorship: Spain and Latin America

Year abroad

You spend a year either wholly or partly in Spain, or possibly in Latin America, between Stages 2 and 3. Normally you study at a Spanish university or work as a language assistant in a school. We have exchange agreements with universities in Barcelona, Zaragoza, Córdoba, Alicante, Madrid, Deusto (Bilbao) and Oviedo as well as with the University of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Universidad Católica (Lima, Peru).

Possible modules may include:

• Year Abroad Module

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

• Terrorism and State Terror in Latin America
• Final Year Dissertation
• Languages in the Classroom
• Barcelona and Havana: Icon, Myth and History
• Writing the Cuban Revolution
• Gender and Sexuality in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema
• Reading Monstrosity in Iberian Culture

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage