BA Spanish (4 years)
Bachelor's degree
In Southampton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Southampton
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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.
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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
PORT1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Introduction to The Portuguese-Speaking World
SPAN1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
The History and Politics of the Hispanic World
SPAN1002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Introduction to the Languages of the Spanish-Speaking World
SPAN1003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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
LANG1004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Reading Culture
LANG1013Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Reading the City
LING1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning
LING1003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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
LANG2002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State
LANG2005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography
LING2002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Psycholinguistics
LING2003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Syntax: Studying Language Structure
LING2004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Discourse Analysis
LING2008Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Sound and Voice (see also ISVR2016: Speech Sciences and Lip-Reading)
SPAN2005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Gender, Race and Nation in Modern Latin America
SPAN2006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
High, Popular and Mass Culture in Modern Spain
SPAN2012Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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
LANG2010
Managing Research and Learning
OptionalLING2007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
LING2009Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Multilingualism
PORT2001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Culture and Society in Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa
SPAN2010Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Exploring Spanish Linguistics
SPAN2011Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Myths and Realities of Contemporary Spain
SPAN2014Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Ethnography of Latin America
HUMA2007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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
LANG3011
Seeing and being seen: Study Abroad re-entry
OptionalLANG3003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Dissertation
LANG3007Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Translation: Theory and Practice
LING3001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Second Language Acquisition
LING3003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Advanced Syntax
LING3005Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Language Teaching Theory and Practice
SPAN3004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Barrios and Borders: Language and Identity amongst US Latinos
SPAN3011Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Exiles, Migrants and Citizens: Narrating and documenting displacement in contemporary Spain
SPAN3012Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
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
LANG3003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Dissertation
LANG3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Public Service Interpreting
LANG3008Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Audiovisual Translation
LING3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Writing in a Second Language
SPAN3001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Historical Memory in Modern Latin America
SPAN3013Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Transatlantic Crossings: Linguistic Variation in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America
PORT3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative
Additional information
BA Spanish (4 years)