Linguistics and Spanish BA Honours

Subjects of study
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course. For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the full course document.
Year 1 (Credit Level 4)
Subjects of study include:
Intercultural Communication – an Introduction
Introduction to Language and Literature
Introduction to Linguistics
Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
Language Myths
Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
The Spanish World and the Word
Year 2 (Credit Level 5)
Subjects of study include:
Child Language Acquisition
Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution Across World Cultures
Expressions of Spanish Culture
Form and Meaning
Language Teaching
Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
Literary Linguistics
Screening Memory Through Food, Music and Childhood
Transposing Current Affairs through Multilingual e-Collaboration
Work Placement/Work Shadowing Experience in a Language/Culture Setting
Year 3 (Credit Level 6)
Subjects of study include:
Applied Language Studies
Developing Career Competences for Linguists
Dissertation
Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness Across Cultures
Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
Language and Power
Language Contact and Change
Language Form
Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
People and Things on the Move: Identity, Place and Memory in and Across Diasporic Spaces
Professional Experience and Development
Studies in Literary Language
Themes in Spanish Studies
The Course content.
is listed by year, corresponding to the full-time mode of study. If you study part-time you will study the same content, spread over five years.
Westminster electives
As part of your course you can take elective modules. Electives are an exciting opportunity to widen your experience at university and to gain skills and knowledge that will help make you more employable.