Hispanic studies and linguistics ba (hons)

Structure

The Spanish language modules you take will depend on your entry level. We offer separate classes for beginner, post-GCSE, post-A-level and native speakers.

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4

Year 1 Compulsory

• Critical Thinking and Writing for Modern Foreign Languages
• Foundations of Linguistics
• Introduction to Hispanic Studies
• Spanish language module (streamed according to entry level)

• English in Use
• Introduction to English Syntax
• Introduction to Phonology
• Language Acquisition
• Language in the UK
• Languages of the World
• Sounds of English

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

• Spanish language module (streamed according to entry level)

• Brazilian Cinema: The Social Tradition
• Catalan Literature: An Introduction
• Colonialism and Culture in Latin America
• Cuban Poetry and Fiction: Post 1980
• Culture and Society in Medieval Spain: Christian, Jews and Muslims
• Introduction to Translation Studies: Catalan, Spanish, English
• Introductory Catalan
• Introductory Portuguese
• Literature, Dictatorship and Cultural Memory in the Hispanic World
• Modern Spanish Fiction
• The Spanish Inquisition

• Aspects of Meaning
• Describing Prosody
• Explaining Grammatical Structure
• Historical Linguistics
• History of English
• Language and Ethnicity
• Language and Mind
• Language and the Media
• Linguistic Typology and Grammatical Theory
• Sociolinguistic Variation and Change

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 3

• Year abroad

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 4 Compulsory

• Research Methods in Linguistics
• Research Project in Linguistics
• Spanish language module

• Bilingualism
• Formal Semantics
• Language and Life in London
• Less Familiar Languages
• Philosophy of Language
• Pidgins and Creoles
• Structures of Spoken Language
• Syntactic Theory

• Advanced Oral Competence in Spanish
• Catalan II Intensive
• Cervantes and the Nature of Fiction
• Languages in the Classroom: Teaching Spanish
• Modern Languages Research Project
• Portuguese II Intensive
• Slavery, Colonialism and Postcolonialism in African Cinema
• Spanish Translation: Theory and Practice
• Subversive Humour in Modern Spanish and Latin American Literature and Film
• The Mexican Revolution and its Aftermath
• War, Humour and Love in Medieval Spanish Literature

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year abroad

You have three options for how to spend your year abroad:

• teaching English as a foreign language assistant
• attending university
• in the professional world, either on a work placement with our support, or independently with our approval.

We have partner institutions in Spain (Almería, Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Seville, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, and Vigo), Latin America (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico) and Colombia (Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá).