2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA European Studies and Italian A
Programme code: | BA-EURO&IT/A | UCAS code: | RR83 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ingo Cornils | Contact address: | i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.
General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 1 students must study 125 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in each of their two main subjects, a 20 credit cornerstone module and 20 credits of discovery modules. The discovery credits may take the form of either further modules in one or both main subjects or of one or more modules chosen from other subject areas.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ITAL1010 | Italian Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1010 | IT for LCS Students | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL1034 | Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL1040 | Italy from Fascism to the Present | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL1085 | Skills and Issues in Italian Studies | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL1150 | Italian Cinema: An Introduction | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In level 2 students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:
subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 level 1 elective credits may be taken in level 2.
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 modules:
ITAL2015 | Italian Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED2100 | British Central Government | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates may choose to take additional credits from the following optional modules:
PIED2123 | The Conservative Party from Churchill to Cameron | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2160 | Spin Doctors and Electioneering | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2201 | Development Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2403 | Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2558 | Security Studies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2711 | Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2810 | Career Planning for POLIS Students | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2811 | Career Planning for POLIS Students | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL2020 | Introduction to Dante | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2025 | Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2090 | Power, Pain and Beauty: Introduction to the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2095 | The Italian Renaissance: Ideals and Realities | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL2200 | Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2300 | Italy: Regions, Identities and Nation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2400 | Tall Tales: An Introduction to the Italian Short Story | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their Italian options must take a minimum of 60 credits of Italian in level 2 including ITAL2015.
Discovery modules:
Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the third year of the programme in Italy.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to follow the following compulsory module:
ITAL9001 | Year Abroad in Italy | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:
subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 credits of either level 2 electives or level 1 special skills electives may be taken in level 3.
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:
ITAL3010 | Italian Language 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED3310 | Britain and the EU | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates may study additional credits of optional modules to be chosen from the following list of third level modules in POLIS.
PIED3155 | British Political Parties | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3172 | Parliaments and the Public | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3202 | Land, Fuel and Agriculture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3206 | The Politics of Aid | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3207 | International Development and Social Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3230 | Gender and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3302 | Extreme Right Parties in Contemporary Europe | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3403 | Politics of Islamism | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3405 | Israel: Politics and Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3407 | Israel: Politics and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3603 | Political Psychology: on Authority and Obedience | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3604 | Culture and Community: Theoretical Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3609 | Radical Political Ideas: Marx, Nietzsche, Schmitt, Foucault, Kristeva | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3610 | Feminist Challenges to Political Theory | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
ITAL3020 | Dante, Purgatorio and Paradiso | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3025 | Italian Terrorisms/Italian Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3033 | The Making of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3090 | Italian Dissertation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL3110 | Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL3153 | Primo Levi: From Testimony to Fiction | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3233 | Minority Languages and Dialects in Italy from Fascism to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3253 | Language and Identity in Twentieth-Century Italian Novels | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3310 | 'Giocare al Romanzo': Italo Calvino and the Novel, from Neorealism to Postmodern | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ITAL3340 | Bad Christmas Films: The Italian Cinepanettone | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3350 | Specialised Uses of Italian | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
ITAL3370 | Dark Italy: Italian Crime Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3375 | A Year With 366 Days: A Journey Through Petrarch's Canzoniere | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3400 | Made in Italy. Italian for Business | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3450 | Family Novels: Life Stories, Gender and Social Change in Modern Italy | 20 credits | Not running in 201617 |
Discovery modules:
Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 20/04/2016
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