BA German 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
Learn to become fluent in two of the most widely spoken European languages when you study a degree in German and Spanish. The benefit of studying two languages means that your programme of learning is more varied and allows for a wider spectrum of job opportunities upon graduation. The third year of this four year degree programme will be spent abroad at one of our partner institutions providing opportunity to perfect your language skills.

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Location

Start date

Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Latin
  • Politics
  • Credit

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 moduless (a total of eight modules over the year). Two modules in each semester will be your German and Spanish language courses.
Choose two optional modules in each semester. In Semester One you must choose one GERM and one SPAN modules.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
GERM9___ German Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Compulsory

LANG1017

Academic Skills for ML students

Optional

GERM1001Credit[?]

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

: 15

Modern German Culture

GERM1002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Introduction to German Linguistic Studies

GERM1003Credit[?]

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

: 15

German History, Politics and Society

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:
GERM9___ German 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 GERM module in the year. FILM2007 may count as a FREN module and FILM2008 may count as a GERM module. One module in each semester will be your German language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

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:
GERM9___ German Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

GERM2006Credit[?]

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

: 15

Vienna and Berlin: Society, Politics and Culture from 1890 to the Present

LANG2002Credit[?]

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

: 15

Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State

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)

SPAN2005Credit[?]

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

: 15

Gender, Race and Nation in Modern Latin America

SPAN2006Credit[?]

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

: 15

High, Popular and Mass Culture in Modern Spain

SPAN2012Credit[?]

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

: 15

Power and Discourse in Spanish-speaking societies

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
GERM9___ German Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

GERM2003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Media Perspectives on Post-68 Germany

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

SPAN2011Credit[?]

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

: 15

Myths and Realities of Contemporary Spain

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 (5,000 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 GERM module in the year. FILM3008 may count as a FREN module.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
GERM9___ German 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

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

GERM3016Credit[?]

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

: 15

Language and the City

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

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
GERM9___ German Language
Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

LANG3003Credit[?]

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

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3008Credit[?]

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

: 15

Audiovisual Translation

GERM3006Credit[?]

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

: 15

Minorities and Migrants: Exploring Multicultural Germany

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

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

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