Comparative Literature And Culture With Foundation Year (Ba): 6-Year, Part-Time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
6 Years
What does it mean to study comparatively? Our BA Comparative Literature and Culture with Foundation Year gives you the opportunity to explore connections across national boundaries and different periods from the Renaissance to postmodernity, and to consciously reflect on your critical approach. You will be able to study the literature, thought, history, film and visual culture of the French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Latin American worlds through a number of comparative modules focusing on specific themes across time and place, as well as through more in-depth modules focusing on a single culture.
You will explore transnational phenomena and you can also pursue an interest in other forms of comparison, for example, between text and image - we offer modules focusing on literary adaptation across media and many other types of encounter between literature and visual culture.
There is no language learning requirement for this programme, and all texts will be taught in English translation, but you can develop your language skills to a higher level as part of the degree programme if you wish. You have the option of studying up to three language modules, including starting at beginner level.
Before proceeding to the main degree, you will spend your Foundation Year preparing yourself for a degree in the arts by improving your study and research skills and gaining arts-related knowledge and understanding. You will also have the opportunity to take a language module as part of the Foundation Year.
Our part-time Foundation Year degrees allow you to spread out your Foundation Year studies over two years. As the 'Foundation Year' is made up of 120 credits, as a part-time student you can take 60 credits in each of your first and second years before starting the main four-year BA Comparative Literature and Culture. This means that you can take six years to complete the part-time degree with Foundation Year.
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About this course
This is a new programme, but students from other programmes offered by the Department of Cultures and Languages have gone on to a range of careers and jobs including teaching, translation, publishing, journalism, commerce and banking.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
If you wish to study French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish, this programme is suitable for all language entry levels, from beginner to proficiency, including native speaker level. Please state which language you would like to study on your application.
Awarding Body
University of London
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Subjects
- Part Time
- Comparative Literature
- Foundation
- Automatically
- Evening
- Comparative
- Literature
- Culture
- Learning
- Knowledge
Course programme
In Foundation Year 1 you take two core modules and in Foundation Year 2 you take one core module and choose one option module.
If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our four-year, part-time, evening study BA Comparative Literature and Culture.
FOUNDATION YEAR 1 CORE MODULES
- Breaking Boundaries of Knowledge
- Fundamentals of Study: Learning through the Global City
- The Arts: Perspectives and Possibilities
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3 (Level 4)
- French 4 (Level 4)
- German 1
- German 2
- German 3 (Level 4)
- German 4 (Level 4)
- Italian 1
- Italian 2
- Italian 3 (Level 4)
- Italian 4 (Level 4)
- Japanese 1
- Japanese 2
- Japanese 3 (Level 4)
- Japanese 4 (Level 4)
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3 (Level 4)
- Spanish 4 (Level 4)
- The Arts: Questioning the Contemporary World
Comparative Literature And Culture With Foundation Year (Ba): 6-Year, Part-Time