Spanish & Latin American Studies with a year abroad

King’s College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Overview
Our Spanish & Latin American Studies with a year abroad BA gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in all aspects of Spanish and Hispanic language, literature and cultural history at a world-class university in the heart of London. The department is especially strong in medieval and early modern studies, and modern literatures and cultures from Spain and Latin America. Our tradition of excellence in teaching and research provides an education for life, as well as the linguistic expertise and cultural awareness that are so much in demand in today's job market.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
King's has been teaching Spanish since 1831 and has of the country's most highly rated Spanish departments for teaching and research.
Students in the department reported 100% satisfaction with their course in the most recent National Student Survey (2016).
This degree is taught by staff who are experts in their field.
Our central location offers easy access to a wide range of institutes and centres that promote Hispanic culture.
The year spent studying abroad offers you the chance to immerse yourself in a new culture and society and achieve language fluency.
We have exchanges with a number of partner universities currently including Alicante, Cadiz, Carlos III (Madrid), Córdoba, País Vasco, Pompeu Fabra, PUC (Chile), Tec (Querétaro, Mexico), Santiago de Compostela (Lugo Campus), UNAM (Mexico), Pacifico (Peru), Salamanca and San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). The year abroad also offers the opportunity to apply for the English Language Assistantship Programme or to undertake an internship/work placement in a Spanish-speaking environment (typically sourced by students themselves).
Lively department social life through the student-run Hispanic Society.

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Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Spanish Language
  • English Language
  • Latin
  • Options
  • Teaching
  • English

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Required Modules

Required modules:

  • Spanish Language I (30 credits)
  • Global Iberias (30 credits)
Optional Modules

Select four modules, totalling 60 credits, from a range of options, which may typically include:

  • Image: Visual Culture in the Global Iberias (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Spanish American Narrative (15 credits)
  • From Frontier to Empire: Cultures in Contact in the Medieval & Early Modern Iberian Worlds (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Modern Hispanic Culture (15 credits)
  • Spain in the 20th Century (15 credits)


Year 2

Year 2

One core module, plus six optional modules.

Required Modules
  • Spanish Language II (30 credits)
Optional Modules

Select six further modules, totalling 90 credits, from a wide range of options, which may include:

  • Catalan Language (15 credits)
  • The Study of Gender in Spanish American Literature and Culture (15 credits)
  • Memory in Modern Spanish Culture (15 credits)
  • Fatherlands: Spain and Portugal under the Dictators (15 credits)
  • Visuality, Literature and Modern Life in Latin America (15 credits)
  • Language Acts and Worldmaking in Medieval and Early Modern Spain (15 credits)
  • Nationalism in Spain (15 credits)
  • Spain in the World (15 credits)


Year 3

Year 3

Your third year will be spent abroad. If you choose to study, we have an extensive list of partner institutions which you may attend, including:

  • Alicante
  • Cadiz
  • Carlos III (Madrid)
  • Córdoba
  • País Vasco
  • Pompeu Fabra
  • PUC (Chile)
  • Tec (Querétaro, Mexico)
  • Santiago de Compostela (Lugo Campus)
  • UNAM (Mexico)
  • Pacifico (Peru)
  • Salamanca
  • San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador)

You may also choose to apply for the English Language Assistantship Programme, or to undertake an internship or work placement in a Spanish-speaking environment, allowing you to explore career prospects and fields of personal interest. You will arrange this yourself.

Required Modules There are no required modules in year three. Optional Modules There are no optional modules in year three.


Year 4

Year 4

One core module, plus six optional modules.

Required Modules

• Spanish Language IV (30 credits)

Optional Modules

Choose up to six modules, totalling 90 credits, from a wide range of options, which may typically include:

  • Advanced Topics in Applied Linguistics (15 credits)
  • Advanced Catalan Language (15 credits)
  • Myth & Archive: 19th & 20th Century Rewritings on Colonial Latin America (15 credits)
  • Stereotypes in Modern Spanish Cinema (15 credits)
  • Key Terms & Points of View in Latin American Visual Arts (15 credits)
  • Journey through Spain: Travel Writing in Modern Spain (15 credits)
  • Sefarad: The Jews in Spain (15 credits)
  • Research Dissertation option (15 credits)
  • Catalan Culture (15 credits)
  • The Writer and the Public: Journalism in Spain (15 credits)
  • Comparing Romance Languages (15 credits)

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