BA Spanish (4 years)

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
One of the most widely spoken languages the world over, a degree course in Spanish opens up doors to a huge range of careers including teaching, marketing, accountancy, retail, events and hospitality and further study opportunities. As part of this course you will have the fantastic opportunity to spend a year abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.
The Programme combines the acquisition and consolidation of a high level of proficiency in Spanish with the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills and competencies in a wide range of content areas and disciplinary strands which are at the core of the study of Spanish and Latin American cultures and societies. It will equip you with a solid understanding of your chosen language and its context of production, history and society and will enable you to critically engage with its cultures.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Spanish Language
  • Latin
  • Credit
  • Teaching

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.

Semester One

One module in each semester will be your Spanish language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

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

LANG1017

Academic Skills for ML students

Semester Two

One module in each semester will be your Spanish language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

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.

Students are required to take either SPAN2010 or SPAN2011 but can also take both.
Students are required to take at least five SPAN modules in the year, including Spanish language

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

Semester One

One module in each semester will be your Spanish language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Optional

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

LING2003Credit[?]

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

: 15

Syntax: Studying Language Structure

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

One module in each semester will be your Spanish language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Compulsory

LANG2010

Managing Research and Learning

Optional

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

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.

Students are required to take either SPAN3013 or SPAN3011 although you can take both.
In semester one, students should choose three optional modules from the list below.

Semester One

One module in each semester will be your Spanish language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

Compulsory language module:
SPAN9__ Spanish Language

Compulsory

LANG3011

Seeing and being seen: Study Abroad re-entry

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

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

Semester Two

One module in each semester will be your Spanish language course. You may take one optional module outside your main subject each semester.

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

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

SPAN3013Credit[?]

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

: 15

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

PORT3006Credit[?]

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

: 15

Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative

Additional information

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BA Spanish (4 years)

£ 9,250 + VAT