Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Overview
This course studies literature, language, history and culture from medieval times to the present and covers Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa and Latin America.
It will help you to deepen and broaden your understanding of the Hispanic & Lusophone world, while providing the opportunity to concentrate on a disciplinary or country-specific focus of interest.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
Unrivalled range of modules taught by specialists in literary, cultural and historical studies, film and visual arts.
Guided country-specific or disciplinary focuses of study. Opportunity to personalise your studies for breadth or target particular interests in a period, topic, or area.
Excellent opportunities for both taught and research modules. Hone your advanced research skills in small classes and a dissertation module.
Excellent seminar and lecture series that attracts national and international speakers and allows students access to state-of-the-art thinking in the subject areas. Get actively involved in departmental events and Humanities Research Centres that attract national and international speakers.
Located in the heart of London and with modern study and social spaces that create a vibrant and supportive environment for students and academic staff.
Enhanced career prospects in a wide range of fields: cultural industries, teaching, academia and business.

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

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Subjects

  • Latin
  • Teaching
  • International
  • Part Time

Course programme

Year 1

If you are a full-time student, we will give you six to eight hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 32 hours of self-study.

If you are a part-time student, we will give you two to four hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars in your first year and second year and we will expect you to undertake 16 hours of self-study in your first and second year.

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

Most of the modules on this course are assessed through coursework, although this may be different for modules from beyond this course. You will also be required to write a 10,000-word dissertation.

Required Modules You are required to take:
  • Dissertation (60 credits) - 10,000-word dissertation.

If you are a part-time student, then you will take this module in your second year.

Optional Modules

In addition, if you are a full-time student, you are required to take 120 credits and if you are a part-time student, you are required to take 80 credits in your first year and 40 credits in your second year from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

  • Spanish/American Theatre: Acts of Translation & Performance (20 credits)
  • Latin American Narrative 20th Century I (20 credits)
  • Latin American Narrative 20th century II (20 credits)
  • The Problem of Woman in Early Hispanic Literature (20 credits)
  • Horror & the Gothic in Spanish Cinema (20 credits)
  • Brazilian Populism, Culture & the State: Vargas & beyond (20 credits)
  • Popular Music in Context: The Sounds of Brazil (20 credits)
  • Conflicts of the Mind: Narratives of Social Division in Italy & Spain since the 1930s (20 credits)
  • Key Concepts & Critical Views In Latin American Visual Arts (20 credits)
  • Culture & Society in Spain (20 credits)
  • Society on Stage: Theatre during the Discoveries (20 credits)
  • Exile & Identity: The Jews of Muslim & Christian Spain (20 credits)
  • Unsettled Modernities: Tales of the Untameable in the South Atlantic World (20 credits)
  • You may also take optional language modules for graduate students in the Modern Language Centre up to the value of 20 credits in addition to your normal 180 credits

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change.

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