Arabic and Portuguese BA

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll study one of our cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.


Arabic

You’ll spend your first year studying core modules that develop your Arabic language skills and introduce you to Arab and Islamic history. All of this will prepare you for your time abroad, when you’ll study in an Arabic-speaking country to experience the local culture. When you return, you’ll take advanced language classes and study translation, as well as choosing from options such as Arabic literature, Middle East politics and Islamic Studies.


Portuguese

In your first year, you’ll study core modules that develop your language skills. Following this you will take further language study as well as a range of optional modules, such as Hispanic cinema and Latin American history. This will prepare you for your time abroad working or studying in a Lusophone country. When you return for your final year, you’ll combine advanced language classes and optional modules on aspects of Lusophone culture, history and politics.


Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Beginning Arabic 1
• Beginning Arabic 2
• Early and Medieval Islamic History
• IT for LCS Students
• Introduction to Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese Speaking Africa
• Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A
• Portuguese Language for Beginners 1B

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Year Abroad

Year 3

Compulsory modules

• Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation
• Essential Skills in Practical Arabic
• Portuguese Language Skills
• Term Abroad

Optional modules

• A sample of the optional modules are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.
• Culture and Society in the Arab World
• Modern Middle Eastern History
• Linguists into Schools
• Culture and Society in the Portuguese-Speaking World
• Latin America since Independence (c1800 - c1930)
• Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema

Year 4

Compulsory modules

• Advanced Skills in Arabic Language
• Advanced Portuguese Language
• Final Year Project

Optional modules

• A sample of the optional modules are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.
• Arab Drama on Stage and Screen
• Authoritarianism and Democratisation in the Arab World
• Islam and Modernity
• From Bolivar to Chavez: Revolutionary Icons in Contemporary Latin American Culture
• From Toussaint to Obama: Resistance in the African Diasporas
• Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Latin American Culture