BA French and Spanish (4 years)

University of Southampton

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Two beautiful, fascinating and widely spoken languages make up this degree course in French and Spanish. This course includes modules such as: The Making of Modern French, Applications of Linguistics, Exploring Spanish Linguistics and Historical Memory in Modern Latin America. Graduates of this course often go on to work as educators and translators.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

  • Latin
  • Credit
  • University

Course programme

Year 1

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

In each semester you will be required to follow four modules (a total of eight modules over the year). Two modules in each semester will be your French and Spanish language courses.
Choose two optional modules in each semester. In semester one you must choose one SPAN and one FREN module.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Compulsory

LANG1017

Academic Skills for ML students

Optional

FREN1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Modern French Culture

FREN1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Making of Modern French

FREN1017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

PORT1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to The Portuguese-Speaking World

SPAN1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The History and Politics of the Hispanic World

SPAN1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to the Languages of the Spanish-Speaking World

SPAN1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Narrative and Cultural Identity in the Hispanic World

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

LANG1004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Reading Culture

LANG1013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Reading the City

LING1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning

LING1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Applications of Linguistics

Year 2

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Choose two optional modules in each semester. You must choose at least one FREN and one SPAN module in the year. FILM2007 may count as a FREN module.

LANG2010 is a compulsory fifth module for all second year students taking a Modern Languages degree, whether single or joint honours.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

FREN2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Post-War French Thought

FREN2018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Exploring French Linguistics

FREN2021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Identities in Crisis: Post-war French Literature and Film

SPAN2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Gender, Race and Nation in Modern Latin America

SPAN2011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Myths and Realities of Contemporary Spain

SPAN2012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Power and Discourse in Spanish-speaking societies

LANG2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State

LANG2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography

LING2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Psycholinguistics

LING2004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Discourse Analysis

LING2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Sound and Voice (see also ISVR2016: Speech Sciences and Lip-Reading)

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

FREN2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in France

LANG2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography

LANG2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The EU and European Identity

LING2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Syntax: Studying Language Structure

LING2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

LING2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Multilingualism

PORT2001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Culture and Society in Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa

SPAN2006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

High, Popular and Mass Culture in Modern Spain

SPAN2010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Exploring Spanish Linguistics

SPAN2014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Ethnography of Latin America

HUMA2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Humanities University Ambassadors Scheme (Modern Languages)

Year 3

You will spend the year abroad in a country where one of the chosen languages is spoken, either as:

  • an English language assistant
  • studying on a university course
  • on an approved work placement

Investigative Project:
Independent study project (6,000 words) supervised by a member of staff

Further information:
Year abroad

Year 4

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Choose two optional modules in each semester. You must choose at least one FREN and one SPAN module in the year. FILM3008 may count as a FREN module.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Translation: Theory and Practice

FREN3024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Flaubert's France

LING3001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Second Language Acquisition

LING3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Advanced Syntax

LING3005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language Teaching Theory and Practice

SPAN3004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Barrios and Borders: Language and Identity amongst US Latinos

SPAN3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Exiles, Migrants and Citizens: Narrating and documenting displacement in contemporary Spain

SPAN3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Sex, Soap Operas and Female Dissidents: Representations of Women in the Hispanic World

SPAN3013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Transatlantic Crossings: Linguistic Variation in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Public Service Interpreting

LANG3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Audiovisual Translation

FREN3025Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

FREN3028Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Sex, Gender and Desire in French Literature and Culture

FREN3030Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

French Sociolinguistics: Challenges to Francophonie

GERM3016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language and the City

LING3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Writing in a Second Language

SPAN3001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Historical Memory in Modern Latin America

SPAN3004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Barrios and Borders: Language and Identity amongst US Latinos

HUMA2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Humanities University Ambassadors Scheme (Modern Languages)

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