French and Spanish BA Honours
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
We offer French and Spanish on this classic Modern Languages degree. The course enables you to achieve a good or high level of linguistic competence in these languages in all four skill areas (reading, writing, listening and speaking), and demonstrate a good or high degree of proficiency in mediating between these languages and English.
You will be able to function in different cultural situations and acquire qualities and skills in areas such as interpersonal communication and organisational skills, flexibility and tolerance, analysis and argument, autonomy and team working, and team management.
You must have studied at least one of your chosen languages to A Level standard or equivalent. We accept students at three different entry points for these awards – beginner, intermediate and proficient.
Course content.
In both your languages you will study an integrated curriculum with a focus on applied language skills and cultural studies, supported by a rigorous development of your foreign language skills in all areas. You can also study an elective module from across the University in each year.
Teaching and learning takes place through a combination of formal lectures, seminars and practical workshops; guided self-study and preparation; and exposure to professionally relevant simulations and real-work environments.
Much of your learning will take place during independent study, individually and in groups, in the well-resourced and recently refurbished library, at home and via the online learning provision.
Assessment methods include in-class coursework, essays and projects, presentations, and oral and unseen written exams.
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- University
- Team Training
- Communication Training
Course programme
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course. For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the full course document.
Year 1 (Credit Level 4)
Subjects of study include:
Intercultural Communication: an Introduction
Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
The French World and the Word
The Spanish World and the Word
Year 2 (Credit Level 5)
Subjects of study include:
Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution across World Cultures
Expressions of French Culture
Expressions of Spanish Culture
Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
Screening Memory through Food, Music and Childhood
Transposing Current Affairs through Multilingual e-Collaboration
Work Placement/Work Shadowing Experience in a Language/Culture Setting
Year 3 (Credit Level 6)
Subjects of study include:
Developing Career Competences for Linguists
Dissertation/Professional Project
Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness across Cultures
Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
People and Things on the Move: Identity, Place and Memory in and across Diasporic Spaces
Themes in Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
Themes in Contemporary Hispanic Studies
The Course content.
is listed by year, corresponding to the full-time mode of study. If you study part-time you will study the same content, spread over six to eight years.
Westminster electives
As part of your course you can take elective modules. Electives are an exciting opportunity to widen your experience at university and to gain skills and knowledge that will help make you more employable. Find out about Westminster electives.
Year abroad
An exciting option on this course is a year spent studying abroad. This is designed to enhance your language skills and allows you to experience the culture of the languages you are studying. Usually you are placed in universities with which we have formal exchange agreements, and follow a programme of study agreed beforehand. The option of working as a language assistant in secondary schools abroad also exists for those whose first language is English, and some shorter placements are available.
We currently have exchange agreements with universities in the European Union and beyond. Some of these are particularly unusual and exciting. For example, students of Spanish may go to Argentina as well as Spain, and students of French could go to Canada and Belguim as well as France. The arrangements for the year abroad may vary considerably from year to year due to factors beyond the University’s control, but we do guarantee an appropriate placement for every student enrolled on this course.
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French and Spanish BA Honours