Spanish with English with a year abroad
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
Overview
The major/minor degree in London is split between Spanish and English. The Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies is active in all fields of Hispanic language, literature and cultural history. The English Department prides itself on the range and diversity of the modules it offers.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Spanish
One of the country's most highly rated Hispanic Studies departments for teaching and research.
Programme taught by staff who are experts in their field.
Central location offers easy access to a wide range of institutes and centres that promote Hispanic culture.
Opportunity to study abroad for a year offers students the chance to immerse themselves in 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, 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.
English
One of the oldest English departments in the country, with an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.
Personal attention given to each student, creating a vibrant intellectual atmosphere and a network of support.
Offers a wide range of modules, and diverse approaches.
Central location offers access to Shakespeare’s Globe, and countless other sites and buildings with literary associations.
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Subjects
- Spanish Language
- English Language
- Latin
- Access
- Options
- Teaching
- English
- Writing
- Poetry
- Shakespeare
Course programme
Year 1
Year 1
Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
In your first year you will take 90 credits from Spanish and 30 credits from English.
Required ModulesSpanish
- Spanish Language I (30 credits)
- Global Iberias: Introduction to the Spanish and Portuguese-Speaking Worlds (30 credits)
There are no compulsory modules for English.
Optional ModulesSpanish
You will chose a further two further modules (totalling 30 credits) from a range of options that may include:
- Image: Visual Culture in the Global Iberias (15 credits)
- Introduction to Modern Hispanic Culture I (15 credits)
- From Frontier to Empire: Cultures in Contact in the Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Worlds (15 credits)
- Music of the Lusophone and Hispanic Worlds (15 credits)
- Spanish in the 20th Century (15 credits)
English
You will choose two modules (totalling 30 credits) of a range of options that may include:
- Introducing Literary Theories (15 credits)
- Writing London (15 credits)
- Language in Time (15 credits)
- Medieval Literary Culture (15 credits)
- Early Modern Literary Culture (15 credits)
- Classical & Biblical Contexts of English Literature (15 credits)
Year 2
Year 2
In your second year you will take 90 credits from Spanish and 30 credits from English.
Required ModulesIn your second year, there is only one compulsory module, which is:
- Spanish Language II (30 credits)
Spanish
You will choose four modules (totalling 60 credits) from a range of options that 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)
English
In your second year of English, there are no compulsory modules and you will choose any two of the following wide range of modules, each worth 15 credits, which may include:
- A Mad World, My Masters: Performing Culture in Jacobean England (15 credits)
- Renaissance Wordplay (15 credits)
- Comedy and Identity (15 credits)
- Cultural Encounters: literature and language in the Anglo-Saxon period (Medieval) (15 credits)
- Eighteenth-Century Travel Writing (15 credits)
- The Film of The Play (15 credits)
- History, Politics & Elizabethan Imagination (15 credits)
- Language on the Edge (15 credits)
- London Literature 1380-1450 (Medieval) (15 credits)
- Old English Poems & Modern British Poetry (Medieval) (15 credits)
- Performance in Medieval Culture (Medieval) (15 credits)
- The Poetry of Revolution (15 credits)
- Subjects of Desire in Medieval Literature (Medieval) (15 credits)
- Prose Fiction (15 credits)
- Literature and Psychoanalysis (15 credits)
- Modern Theatre (15 credits)
- Victorians and Social Change (15 credits)
- Nineteenth Century American Literature (15 credits)
- Moments of Culture (15 credits)
- US slavery and the literary imagination (15 credits)
Year 3
Year 3
Your third year will be spent abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. If you choose to study, then we have an extensive list of partner institutions which you may attend, which currently include:
Spanish institutions:
- 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, which you will normally arrange yourself, allowing you to explore career prospects and fields of personal interest.
Required Modules There are no required modules in year three. Optional Modules There are no optional modules in year three.
Year 4
Year 4 In your fourth year, you will return to King’s to complete your studies. In this year, you will take 90 credits from Spanish and 30 credits from English. Required Modules
In your fourth year you are required to take the following module:
• Spanish Language IV (30 credits)
Optional ModulesSpanish
You are also required to choose four modules (totalling 60 credits) from a wide range of options, which may typically include:
- Dissertation Option 1 (15 credits)
- Advanced Topics in Applied Linguistics (15 credits)
- Key Terms and Points of View in Latin American Visual Arts (15 credits)
- Writing Women in Pre-modern Spain (15 credits)
- Brazilian Poetry and Song: 1958 to the Present (15 credits)
- Advanced Catalan Language (15 credits)
- Myth and Archive (15 credits)
- Journey through Spain: Travel Writing in Modern Spain (15 credits)
- The Writer and the Public: Journalism in Spain, Past and Present (15 credits)
- Cross-Cultural Exchanges between Africa and the Americas, 16th-20th Centuries (15 credits)
- Comparing Romance Languages: Historical Evolution and Linguistic Interference (15 credits)
- Catalan Culture (15 credits)
- Myth & Archive: 19th & 20th Century Rewritings on Colonial Latin America (15 credits)
- Images of Spain: Stereotypes in Spanish Cinema (15 credits)
English
In your final year of English, there are no compulsory modules and you are reqiured to choose any two of the following wide range of modules, each worth 15 credits, which may typically include:
- Autobiography (15 credits)
- Beowulf (15 credits)
- Creative Writing: Poetry(15 credits)
- Critically Queer (15 credits)
- Late Shakespeare (15 credits)
- Victorians Abroad (15 credits)
- Modernist Short Story (15 credits)
- Austen in Context (15 credits)
- Shakespeare’s London (15 credits)
- Reading Paradise Lost (15 credits)
- Literature and Media (15 credits)
- Conspiracy Fictions in Contemporary America (15 credits)
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-todate, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore modules may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Spanish with English with a year abroad