BA English Literature and Spanish with a Year Abroad

Postgraduate

In Singleton Park

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Singleton park (Wales)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

As a student of English Literature and Spanish at Swansea, you will not only analyse a range of literary texts from various contexts and historical periods, but you will also explore the complex relationships between literature, politics and history and develop modern language skills.

The Department of English Language and Literature is ranked 7th in the UK within the recent Research Excellence Framework exercise (REF 2014), gaining a score of 100% for the social impact of its research activities.

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Singleton Park (Swansea)
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University Of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP

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Subjects

  • Spanish Language
  • English Language
  • Welsh
  • English
  • Writing

Course programme

Modules

Disclaimer: Module selection options may change.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Literature Compulsory Modules - Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least 2 x 20 credit modules.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Monsters, Theories, TransformationsEN-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Stage Play WorldEN-120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20English Essentials

AND

English Literature Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module from the list below, if required. Students should balance options to make sure you are taking 60 credits in each teaching block.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying the English LanguageAM-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to American Literature and CultureEN-112Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Approaches to Gender in English LiteratureEN-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.EN-117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Writing: Fiction GenresEN-118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing: Styles of FictionHIH117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Medieval Europe: an introductionML-102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern European Film: Themes and PerspectivesMLE100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Modern European Fiction: Texts and Contexts

AND

Spanish Compulsory modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits of language modules at the appropriate level (advanced or beginner) and 20 credits in culture modules. Choose English-medium or Welsh-medium modules as appropriate

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceMLS130Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Spanish for Beginners IMLS130WSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Sbaeneg I Ddechreuwyr I (Spanish for Beginners I - Welsh Medium)MLS131Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Spanish for Beginners IIMLS131WSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sbaeneg I Ddechreuwyr II (Spanish for Beginners II - Welsh Medium)MLS160ASemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Spanish Language 1AMLS160AWSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Iaith Sbaeneg 1AMLS160BSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Spanish Language 1BMLS160BWSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Iaith Sbaeneg 1B

AND

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceMLS100ASemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Introduction to Hispanic Culture (A)MLS100AWSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Sbaeneg (A)MLS100BSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Introduction to Hispanic Culture (B)MLS100BWSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Sbaeneg (B)

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Languages- Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits at the appropriate level (advanced or intermediate). Choose English-medium or Welsh-medium modules as appropriate.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceMLS210Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Spanish Translation Workshop 2MLS260ASemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Spanish Language 2AMLS260AWSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Iaith Sbaeneg 2AMLS260BSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Spanish Language 2BMLS260BWSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Iaith Sbaeneg 2BMLS270ASemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Spanish Language AMLS270AWSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Iaith Sbaeneg Canolradd 2AMLS270BSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Spanish Language BMLS270BWSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Iaith Sbaeneg Canolradd 2B

AND

Languages - Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module from below. Students must have 60 credits in each teaching block overall.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceMLS208Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Barcelona/Buenos AiresMLS208WSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Barcelona/Buenos AiresMLS209Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Evolution of the Spanish Language

AND

English Literature Compulsory Modules

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : select at least two modules from below.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-206Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Debating Texts: Theory in LiteratureEN-207Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolution of the Word: ModernismEN-226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Conflict and the Gothic in the long nineteenth centuryEN-237Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to PostmodernEN-239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20No-Man's Land: Literature of the Great WarEN-241Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of BritainEN-242Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Contentious ShakespeareEN-266Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Medieval Encounters

AND

English Literature - Optional modules

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select sufficient modules to make up 60 credits in English Literature when combined with your 'Compulsory Modules'. You must have 60 credits in each TB overall

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE200Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Theory and PracticeALE218Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discourse AnalysisALE224Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Vocabulary StudiesALE250Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20First Language AcquisitionAM-204Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Race and Ethnicity: American PerspectivesAM-215Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20American Word/American ImageAM-250Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ghettos, Streets, Suburbs: Cultural Representations of the American City, 1890 - presentEN-204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Creative Non-FictionEN-232Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing PoetryEN-234Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Writing FictionEN-236Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing DramaEN-260Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying DialectHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipMS-219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying Digital MediaMSS202Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The History of Screen Animation

Year 3 (Level 5 YR OUT)

FHEQ 5 Sandwich Year

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 120 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : This module is compulsory for all students pursuing a degree involving a foreign language. It gives students the opportunity to increase their language skills and familiarize themselves with other culture(s).

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceML-R00Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)120Year Abroad (Languages, Translation and Interpreting)

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Literature Optional Modules

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take a minimum of 40 credits and you may take a maximum of 60 credits.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-316Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Contemporary American FictionAM-333Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem RenaissanceEN-3011Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-3027Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20William Blake: Poetry and DesignsEN-3029Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Postmodernist and Post-war FictionEN-3031Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40Dissertation - English LiteratureEN-3037Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Exodus: Moses and Minority LiteratureEN-3040Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Gothic / Gothic WalesEN-3042Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Postcolonial LiteratureEN-3043Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyEN-3046Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Stuff: Victorian Literature and Material CultureEN-3047Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Other Tongues: Multilingualism in English Language LiteratureEN-3048Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Professional Development: Preparing for WorkEN-3050Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Written in Blood: Reading the VampireEN-3051Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to GenomesEN-3052Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sex and Death: Jacobean Drama EN-314Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20ChaucerEN-374Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theorising Texts: Shakespeare, Bronte, JamesEN-376Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prehistory, History and LanguageEN-394Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Reading/Writing TraumaEN-398Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Masculine and Monstrous in the Middle Ages

AND

Creative Writing optionals

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : • You may take a maximum of 20 credits. • Students must have completed a Creative Writing module if they wish to take EN3026. • Students may not take both EN3031 and EN3026.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-3014Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Fiction WritingEN-3026Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing Personal ProjectEN-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing for Radio and ScreenEN-309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Creative Non FictionEN-319Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Poetry Writing

AND

Spanish General Language Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits. Choose English-medium or Welsh-medium modules as appropriate.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceMLS300ASemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Spanish General Language 3AMLS300BSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Spanish General Language 3BMLS300BWSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Iaith Gyffredinol Sbaeneg 3BMLS304Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Spanish for Professional Purposes 3MLS310CSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Translation Workshop (Spanish into English)

AND

Spanish Optional Modules

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least one of the following modules.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHUA300Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Rise of BrazilMLS307Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Hispanic IdentitiesMLS307WSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Hunaniaethau Sbaeneg eu hiaithMLT307Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Interpreting - Health OptionMLT310Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Interpreting - Law Option (Police)MLT320Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Interpreting - Business Option

BA English Literature and Spanish with a Year Abroad

Price on request