European Studies with Spanish MA (Hons)
Master
In Dundee
Description
-
Type
Master
-
Location
Dundee (Scotland)
-
Duration
4 Years
-
Start date
September
You live and you will work in a new political, social and economic environment shaped by the Europe of the twenty-first century. Yours is a society in which national boundaries within Europe are becoming increasingly fluid, and in years to come there will be much lively debate about future directions.
European Studies at Dundee is part of the European Institute for Security and Justice, a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence that is co-funded by the European Union.
Our degree programme has many distinctive features with regards to module combinations and specialisations and we have been commended for our strong interdisciplinary approach. During your studies you will have opportunities to combine perspectives from economists, geographers, historians, linguists, philosophers, cultural study specialists, as well as political analysts.
We will give you the historical background, but you will also look at issues that matter in Europe now, such as integration, migration, cultural identity, economic policy and governance.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
The focus of our core courses is Europe-wide, including Russia, and the wide range of optional modules allows you to specialise. You can choose from a wide range of additional modules from other Humanities subejcts and related fields.
As a European Studies graduate, you will have gained a range of transferable skills during your studies including skills in research, written and oral presentation, and intercultural communication and mediation.
Our graduates work in a range of areas including education, archives, politics, government services, journalism, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and European Union bodies, with some starting their own business.
BBBB (minimum) - AABB (typical) at Higher.
BCC (minimum) - BBB (typical) at A-Level.
A relevant BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma with DDM
30 points at Higher Level grades 5, 5, 5.
Reviews
This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 13 years
Subjects
- Interpreting
- International Relations
- Politics
- Theatre
- Simulation
- Art
- Cinema
- Descartes
- Comparative Politics
- Media
- New Media
- Technology
- Plato
Course programme
Typical Degree Programme
Level 1
Students take six modules, typically including:
Semester 1
- HU11001 - Human Futures
- HY11005 - The Rise of Atlantic Empires
- PI11007 - Descartes, Thought and Reality
- PO11001 - Politics and Public Policy
Semester 2
- EU11001 - Europe: Space, Time and Peoples
- HU12001 - The Globalizing World
- HY11004 - Age of Revolution c.1750 to 1850
- PI11006 - Plato and the Good Life
- Two Applied Languages modules - French or German or Spanish*
- One module from your other joint Honours subject
There are two languages streams in French, German and Spanish: one for those with a Higher or an A-Level; the other for complete or near beginners.
Level 2Students take six modules, typically including:
Semester 1
- EU21002 - Contemporary Challenges for Europe
- HY22006 - Scotland and the Wider World
- PO22002 - Comparative Politics
- PI21004 - Existential Themes in Technology, Culture and Film
Semester 2
- HY21004 – Imperialism and Decolonisation, 1850-2000
- PO21001 – International Relations
- Two Level 2 modules in Applied Languages
- One Level 2 core module in your other joint Honours subject
- One additional module
Students take four modules, typically including at least one of:
Semester 1
- HY31029 – Making History
- HY31034 – Interpreting German History
- HY31020 – Holland in the Age of Rembrandt (evening module)
- EN32020 – Film Art
- PO31008 - Contemporary Politics in Ireland
Semester 2
- HY31038 - Women and Gender in twentieth-century Europe
- HY32017 – Imperial Spain
- PI31024 – German Idealism and Its consequences
- EN32034 – Mediaevalism at the Movies
- EN31027 – Theoretical Perspectives on Film from Early Cinema to New Media
- PO32007 - EU Politics and Simulation
- PO31011 - The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Plus
- Core module(s) in your other joint Honours subject
- Language and Culture in Context - French, German or Spanish
- One optional module from the European Studies module list
Alternatively, the whole or part of Level 3 can be spent studying at a partner university in Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain or Turkey.
Level 4Students take four modules, typically including at least one of:
Semester 1
- HY42048 - Fascist Italy
- PI42014 – Fundamental Texts in the European Tradition – Phenomenology
- PI41026 - Sovereignty, Biopolitics and Autoimmunity: A Critique of Political Life
- EN41002 – Of Gods and Monsters: Literature of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
- PO41009 - Russian Politics in Transition
Semester 2
- HY42002 – Italian Renaissance
- HY42049 – Film and History (evening module)
- EN41016 – H.G. Wells, Science and Fiction
- EN42027 – Film and Theatre
Year long
- EU40002 – Dissertation
Plus
- Language and Culture in Context - French, German or Spanish
- Module(s) from your joint honours subject
Typical Degree Programme
Level 1
Students take six modules, typically including:
Semester 1
- HU11001 - Human Futures
- HY11005 - The Rise of Atlantic Empires
- PI11007 - Descartes, Thought and Reality
- PO11001 - Politics and Public Policy
Semester 2
- EU11001 - Europe: Space, Time and Peoples
- HU12001 - The Globalizing World
- HY11004 - Age of Revolution c.1750 to 1850
- PI11006 - Plato and the Good Life
- One module from your other joint Honours subject
Students take six modules, typically including:
Semester 1
- EU21002 - Contemporary Challenges for Europe
- HY22006 - Scotland and the Wider World
- PO22002 - Comparative Politics
- PI21004 - Existential Themes in Technology, Culture and Film
Semester 2
- HY21004 – Imperialism and Decolonisation, 1850-2000
- PO21001 – International Relations
- One Level 2 core module in your other joint Honours subject
- One additional module
Students take four modules, typically including at least one of:
Semester 1
- HY31029 – Making History
- HY31034 – Interpreting German History
- HY31020 – Holland in the Age of Rembrandt (evening module)
- EN32020 – Film Art
- PO31008 - Contemporary Politics in Ireland
Semester 2
- HY31038 - Women and Gender in twentieth-century Europe
- HY32017 – Imperial Spain
- PI31024 – German Idealism and Its consequences
- EN32034 – Mediaevalism at the Movies
- EN31027 – Theoretical Perspectives on Film from Early Cinema to New Media
- PO32007 - EU Politics and Simulation
- PO31011 - The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Plus
- Core module(s) in your other joint Honours subject
- One optional module from the European Studies module list
Alternatively, the whole or part of Level 3 can be spent studying at a partner university in Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain or Turkey.
Level 4Students take four modules, typically including at least one of:
Semester 1
- HY42048 - Fascist Italy
- PI42014 – Fundamental Texts in the European Tradition – Phenomenology
- PI41026 - Sovereignty, Biopolitics and Autoimmunity: A Critique of Political Life
- EN41002 – Of Gods and Monsters: Literature of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
- PO41009 - Russian Politics in Transition
Semester 2
- HY42002 – Italian Renaissance
- HY42049 – Film and History (evening module)
- EN41016 – H.G. Wells, Science and Fiction
- EN42027 – Film and Theatre
Year long
- EU40002 – Dissertation
Plus
- Module(s) from your joint honours subject
Typical Degree Programme
For European Studies and European Languages & Culture course you will need to take two language modules.
Level 1Students take six modules, typically including:
Semester 1
- HU11001 - Human Futures
- HY11005 - The Rise of Atlantic Empires
- PI11007 - Descartes, Thought and Reality
- PO11001 - Politics and Public Policy
Semester 2
- EU11001 - Europe: Space, Time and Peoples
- HU12001 - The Globalizing World
- HY11004 - Age of Revolution c.1750 to 1850
- PI11006 - Plato and the Good Life
- Two Applied Languages modules - French or German or Spanish*
- One module from your other joint Honours subject
There are two languages streams in French, German and Spanish: one for those with a Higher or an A-Level; the other for complete or near beginners.
Level 2Students take six modules, typically including:
Semester 1
- EU21002 - Contemporary Challenges for Europe
- HY22006 - Scotland and the Wider World
- PO22002 - Comparative Politics
- PI21004 - Existential Themes in Technology, Culture and Film
Semester 2
- HY21004 – Imperialism and Decolonisation, 1850-2000
- PO21001 – International Relations
- Two Level 2 modules in Applied Languages
- One Level 2 core module in your other joint Honours subject
- One additional module
Students take four modules, typically including at least one of:
Semester 1
- HY31029 – Making History
- HY31034 – Interpreting German History
- HY31020 – Holland in the Age of Rembrandt (evening module)
- EN32020 – Film Art
- PO31008 - Contemporary Politics in Ireland
Semester 2
- HY31038 - Women and Gender in twentieth-century Europe
- HY32017 – Imperial Spain
- PI31024 – German Idealism and Its consequences
- EN32034 – Mediaevalism at the Movies
- EN31027 – Theoretical Perspectives on Film from Early Cinema to New Media
- PO32007 - EU Politics and Simulation
- PO31011 - The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Plus
- Core module(s) in your other joint Honours subject
- Language and Culture in Context - French, German or Spanish
- One optional module from the European Studies module list
Alternatively, the whole or part of Level 3 can be spent studying at a partner university in Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain or Turkey.
Level 4Students take four modules, typically including at least one of:
Semester 1
- HY42048 - Fascist Italy
- PI42014 – Fundamental Texts in the European Tradition – Phenomenology
- PI41026 - Sovereignty, Biopolitics and Autoimmunity: A Critique of Political Life
- EN41002 – Of Gods and Monsters: Literature of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
- PO41009 - Russian Politics in Transition
Semester 2
- HY42002 – Italian Renaissance
- HY42049 – Film and History (evening module)
- EN41016 – H.G. Wells, Science and Fiction
- EN42027 – Film and Theatre
Year long
- EU40002 – Dissertation
Plus
- Language and Culture in Context - French, German or Spanish
- Module(s) from your joint honours subject
The teaching and assessment methods vary between Levels. Initially the teaching is mainly lectures, where we will introduce a topic to you; you will be asked to find out more about the topic, and you will discuss the lectures and your own findings in tutorials.
As you deepen your understanding, the focus moves to seminars in which you will play a leading part by introducing your own research. At all stages we encourage teamwork in small groups.
How you will be assessedAt all Levels exam and continuous assessment marks are combined to arrive at your final grade. For continuous assessment at Levels 1 and 2, you usually write essays on topics chosen by your tutor, but by the time you are in Levels 3 and 4 you will often tackle projects and presentations on subjects of your own choice.
Additional information
European Studies with Spanish MA (Hons)