Hispanic studies and politics ba (hons)

Structure

The Spanish language modules you take will depend on your entry level. We offer separate classes for beginner, 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
• Introduction to Hispanic Studies
• Spanish language module (streamed according to entry level)
• Thinking Politically: Introduction to concepts, theories and ideologies

Choose from

• Introduction to International Relations
• Political Analysis

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

• Modern Political Thought 1
• Spanish language module (streamed according to entry level)

Choose up to three from

• Accountability and Complexity in British Government
• Colonialism, Capitalism and Development
• Comparative European Politics I - Context and Institutional Development
• Comparative European Politics II - Issues and Performance
• European Integration
• International Relations Theory
• Modern Political Thought 2
• Modernity: Theories of State, Economy and Society
• Political Research
• Politics of International Law
• Power and Legitimacy in British Politics
• Power in Global Governance
• Researching Everyday Politics
• The International Politics of Security
• The International Politics of the Developing World
• US Politics
• War in World Politics

Choose up to two from

• 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

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

• Spanish language module (streamed according to entry level)

Choose up to four from from

• Africa and International Politics
• American Politics, Carceral State and Social Movements
• British Economic and Social Policy Since 1945
• Contemporary Russian Politics
• Doing International Politics
• Gender and Politics
• Global Politics of Health and Disease
• Globalisation: Issues and Debates
• Justice in a Global City
• Latin American Politics
• Nationalism & Ethnicity in International Relations
• Parliamentary Studies
• Parliamentary Studies (Internship)
• Political Violence and Liberal Modernity
• Politics of South Asia
• Populism in 21st Century Europe
• Race and Racism in World Politics
• Radical Politics
• Slavery, Colonialism and Postcolonialism in African Cinema
• The Politics of the Post-Colonial Middle East
• US Foreign Policy
• Utopia and Dystopia: Political, Economic and Literary Dreamworlds
• War, Humour and Love in Medieval Spanish Literature

Choose one or two from

• Advanced Oral Competence in Spanish
• Catalan II Intensive
• Cervantes and the Nature of Fiction
• Languages in the Classroom: Teaching Spanish
• Modern Languages Research Project
• Modern Languages Research Project
• Portuguese II Intensive
• Slavery, Colonisation 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

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year abroad

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

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

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).