BA Film Studies and Spanish

Year 4

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

-communicate fluently and appropriately, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy, in Spanish with native or other competent speakers
-demonstrate sophisticated receptive and productive language skills, and show some practice in mediation language skills (such as translation, interpreting, and presentation in the target language), in a variety of contexts
-demonstrate a consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures and registers of Spanish
-demonstrate an ability to evaluate critically one or more aspects of the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, social and economic structures of the Spanish-speaking world
-demonstrate global and cultural awareness and a particular understanding of one or more cultures and societies, other than their own, that will normally have been significantly enhanced by a period of residence abroad
-demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an awareness of and ability to engage with and respond to the ethical issues raised by the programme of study
-effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of media, including undertaking extended pieces of work or projects, demonstrating independent research skills, making appropriate use of primary sources and showing coherent and detailed knowledge of different aspects of the disciplines and recent research and scholarship
in the field, and demonstrating professional competencies
-describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship, appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the subject and make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources
-work autonomously within a structured environment
- demonstrate coherent knowledge of a wide range of world cinemas, film history and genres, and key critical and conceptual / theoretical approaches
- have an understanding of the concepts related to cinematic authorship, genre and the role of new technologies in filmmaking
-demonstrate an ability independently to identify and critically engage with instances of cross-over between the two strands of the degree programme
-demonstrate their command of spoken and written Spanish at the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), being able to understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning and distinctions of style; to express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions and relating contributions skilfully to those of other speakers; to use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes; and to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects integrating sub-themes, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
-demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the cultures and societies of the Spanish-speaking world, which will normally have been enhanced by a period of residence in an appropriate country;
-undertake an extended autonomous research-based project, potentially linking the two disciplines by bringing knowledge and understanding gained in one discipline to bear in the other.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to Spanish and Film Studies, e.g. being able to gather and critically evaluate information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources and being able to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as an aid to learning
- skills necessary for the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions
- skills necessary for the exercising of independent judgement, personal responsibility and decision making;

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the knowledge and application of concepts, information and techniques relevant to Spanish and Film Studies;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
- demonstrating a broad knowledge base within the two disciplines
- work that draws on a wide variety of material and is typically both evaluative and creative
- the ability to critically evaluate received opinion;
- demonstrating evidence of the ability to conduct independent, in-depth enquiry within the two disciplines