2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and Spanish)

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for Languages, Cultures and Societies outlined here:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10

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 Modern Languages (Chinese and Spanish)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

On this programme, students will become highly competent in their two chosen languages while acquiring an understanding of(?), analysing, interpreting and engaging with the cultures and societies where these languages are spoken.
A compulsory period of residence abroad will provide students with the unique opportunity to develop language skills in a rich and varied context of use, while engaging with other cultures and societies, thereby fostering intercultural awareness and pluricultural competence, self-reliance and flexibility.
This dual-language programme offers opportunities for students at all levels to engage with the connections and contrasts between the languages they study (e.g. through ‘MODL’ modules that span multiple language areas), enabling them to deepen their critical understanding of their chosen languages. There might also be an opportunity to take discovery modules, which include modules in an additional language for students wishing to expand their linguistic repertoire.
At Level 1, students will study core language modules that are tailored to their ability alongside modules which will introduce them to the cultures and societies of the languages they are studying. They will also receive training in crucial academic skills such as critical analysis, argumentation, research and academic writing.

At Level 2 and 3 students will continue to develop their communicative proficiency and their linguistic and intercultural awareness through core language modules. They will also choose from a range of optional modules exploring various aspects of the cultures, history, politics, and social and economic structures of the countries of the languages of study. They will analyse and critically interpret a wide diversity of cultural forms, products and practice, and will learn to mediate, analyse and compare ideas and events that cross national, cultural or linguistic boundaries.

Throughout the programme, students will develop valuable interpretative, analytical and digital skills, as well as becoming confident researchers. Students will demonstrate these qualities when they undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of their choice in one of the language subjects they study.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Chinese and a minimum of 40 credits in Spanish.

The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (Chinese AND Spanish), a further option with Spanish, or discovery modules.

All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students with prior knowledge of Chinese, subject to a placement test, will be required to study the following modules:

Students with no prior knowledge of Chinese will be required to study the following modules:

All students may study up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules:

All students may study up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules:

Discovery modules:

All students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Year Abroad in China. Students will spend this year of their programme in a country or region where the language of interest is used both in official contexts and as a daily means of communication. Where this period of residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you during Level 1. Where you are able to choose a location, you must have this approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to take the following core residence abroad module. Please note that the appropriate Level 1 module(s) in the language needs to be passed in order progress to the Year Abroad.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study a minimum of 125 credits in Level 2. The supernumerary credits will count towards your degree classification.

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:

Students must study the following compulsory modules:

The Term Abroad module SPPO9002 will not be available for students starting their programme from September 2023 onwards.

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules:

As students will be on their Term Abroad in the latter half of Semester 2 they should ONLY select modules which are running in Semester 1.

Students will be required to study a minimum of 15 credits from the following optional modules:

Students may choose 15 credits from the options below:

Students may study the below module instead of further SPPO modules:

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students are required to take 120 credits in Level 3. Students are required to take modules in the same two languages as in Level 1 and 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:

Students must study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

Students who have chosen to complete a Final Year Project in Spanish will be required to study 40 credits from the list below:

Students who have chosen to complete a Final Year Project in Chinese will be required to study at least 20 credits from the options below:

The following modules can be taken in and count towards either Chinese or Spanish credits. Students may choose to study up to 40 credits from the modules below instead of EAST/SPPO optional modules.

Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their Spanish options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Spanish in the final year including SPPO3010.

Last updated: 01/05/2024 06:48:00

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