2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Spanish
| Programme code: | BA-SPANISH | UCAS code: | R410 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Sofia Martinho | Contact address: | s.martinho@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 480
Entry requirements:
Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Languages, Cultures and Societies:
Languages, Cultures and Societies
Programme specification:
The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:
BA Spanish(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
On this course, you will become highly competent in Spanish, one of the world’s most widely spoken languages while gaining a detailed understanding of culture and history – covering both Spain and Spanish-speaking countries across Africa and Latin America. You can also learn Portuguese or Catalan during your time at Leeds.
Each year, language modules will improve your spoken and written Spanish and optional modules will allow you to explore music, literature, cinema and history, as well as topics like race, ethnicity and nationalism. You will also be able to gain practical skills such as translation or specialised Spanish for business purposes, and develop your personal and intellectual independence.
You will take a compulsory year abroad that will allow you to practise your language skills and get first-hand experience of local culture(s) while gaining skills that make you highly attractive to employers.
Studying at Leeds means you will learn from world-leading experts in fields as diverse as Spanish popular music, translation, Venezuelan cinema, gender in the Spanish-speaking world, electronic art and writing, and nationalism and empire. Our teaching across modules therefore is a unique blend of language and content, and many of your modules will contain classes and/or assessment in Spanish. The programme is mainly assessed through coursework, offering students a wide range of creative assessments. Your Final Year Project will be an opportunity for you to work on a topic of your choice, under the close guidance of one of our expert lecturers.
By the end of your course, you will use Spanish at a professional level of language competence (up to C2 level in the CEFR) and you will have the knowledge, skills and intercultural awareness necessary to achieve your true potential and pursue a wide range of exciting global careers.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:
| SPPO1010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO1420 | Researching Spanish and Latin American Studies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| SPPO1045 | The Historical Development of Spain and Hispanic America | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO1160 | Introduction to the Cultural Production of Spain and Spanish America | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| SPPO1080 | Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SPPO1145 | Catalan Language and Culture I | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the follow-ing optional modules:
| MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| SPPO2010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 2 Pre-requisite for: Year abroad | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2075 | Global Environmental Humanities | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| SPPO2100 | Issues in Hispanic Cinema | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2110 | Literature and the Arts in the Spanish-speaking World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2510 | Latin America since Independence (c1800 - c1930) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2580 | Translation Theory and Practice in a Spanish - English Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2650 | The Spanish regional Melting Pot: the old same History? | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| SPPO2680 | Modern Spain (1868-1975) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Students may study 20 credits from the options below:
| MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2595 | Catalan Language and Culture II | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students may also choose to study the below module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
- Candidates will be able to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
- Candidates may not choose FLTU Spanish modules.
Students will be able to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules or take the above FOAH module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools
Students may not choose FLTU Spanish modules
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| MODL9500 | LCS Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: Year 4 | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).
Compulsory modules:
All students are required to study the following compulsory module:
| SPPO3010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
All students are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
| MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast) | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
All students are required to study a minimum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| MODL3200 | Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL3650 | Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO3062 | Spanish in an Economic and Business Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO3071 | Contemporary Spain: Politics, Culture and Society After Franco | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| SPPO3420 | Spanish-English Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO3535 | Catalan Language and Culture III | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO3715 | Nationalism and Internationalism in the Spanish-Speaking World | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| SPPO3800 | Icons and Stars: Celebrity and Revolution in Spain and Latin America | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO3900 | Race and Representation in the Spanish-speaking world | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
All students may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules from the above list of optional modules. Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits. Students may not select FLTU Spanish modules.
Last updated: 03/05/2024 17:00:48
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