2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Modern Languages and English (Spanish)
Programme code: | BA-ML/SP&EN | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Chiara La Sala | Contact address: | M.C.LaSala@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:
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
The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for English outlined here:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-english
Programme specification:
The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2022/2023 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2023 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA Modern Languages and English (Spanish) (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of the BA Modern Languages and English at the University of
Leeds lie in the combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which it offers, as well as in the exceptional
range of degree combinations with languages available.
This programme also allows the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.
The combination of English with the study of another language and cultural context allows students to
explore cultural production in multiple cultural contexts, gaining deeper and more critical cultural
insights alongside sophisticated reception and production skills in a major world language.
The programme permits 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. It is emphatically a joint
honours programme, rather than an integrated programme: 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.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
ENGL1055 | Writing Matters | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1065 | Reading Between the Lines | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Route A
Students with prior knowledge of Spanish (B1 of the CEFR) will be required to study the following 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) |
Students with prior knowledge of Spanish (B1 of the CEFR) may take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules:
SPPO1045 | The Historical Development of Spain and Hispanic America | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) | |
SPPO1160 | Introduction to the Cultural Production of Spain and Spanish America | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route B
Students with no prior knowledge of Spanish will be required to study the following modules:
SPPO1091 | Pre-Intermediate Spanish Language (A2 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SPPO1093 | Spanish for Beginners (A1 of the CEFR) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SPPO1410 | Researching Spanish and Latin American Studies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Route A
Students who take SPPO1010 may take up to 20 credits of the following optional modules from the list below.
ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1286 | Drama: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students who take SPPO1010 may choose to study 20 credits of discovery modules
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
At level 2, Students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 should be taken in either English or their chosen language; the final 20 credits may be taken as Discovery modules or in either English or the chosen language. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.
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:
ENGL2030 | Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2045 | Body Language: Literature and Embodiment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students taking SPPO2010 may study up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (Baskets 1-4).
Students taking SPPO2220 may study up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (Baskets 1-4).
Basket 1:
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2085 | Medieval and Tudor Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2:
ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 3:
ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2096 | The World Before Us: Literature 1660–1830 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Basket 4:
ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2080 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students who studied SPPO1010 and SPPO1420 in level 1 must study the following module:
SPPO2010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students who studied SPPO1093, SPPO1091 and SPPO1410 in level 1 must study the following modules:
SPPO2210 | Política y Sociedad en el Mundo Hispanohablante Contemporáneo | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2220 | Spanish Language Skills B1/B2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students studying SPPO2220 will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) | |
SPPO2510 | Latin America since Independence (c1800 - c1930) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SPPO2680 | Modern Spain (1868-1975) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students studying SPPO2010 will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) | |
SPPO2590 | Catalan Language II | 20 credits | ||
SPPO2651 | The Spanish regional Melting Pot: the old same History? | 15 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
SPPO2680 | Modern Spain (1868-1975) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in English or Spanish.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules
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]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in English and in their chosen language. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as Discovery modules. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.
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 module:
SPPO3010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
ENGL3005 | Textual Editing Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) |
- Students will be required to study between 40-80 credits in Spanish. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Spanish or English. If you take your Final Year Project in Spanish you will take fewer optional modules in this subject.
- Students will be required to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
MODL3200 | Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3410 | Contemporary World Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) |
- Students who take their FYP in English may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules (EITHER Basket 3 OR Basket 4):
- Students who take their FYP in Spanish must take 40 credits from the following list of optional modules (EITHER Basket 3 OR Basket 4):
Basket 3
ENGL3031 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3033 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3034 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3062 | Charles Dickens Then & Now | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3063 | Haunted Hinterlands: Wyrd Works and Folk Horror Fictions | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3163 | Milton | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3359 | Indigeneity and the Postcolonial | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3579 | Law and Literature: Transgression, Justice, and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 4
ENGL3006 | Remixing the Renaissance | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3008 | Writing Modern Sexualities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3061 | Heart Disease in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3066 | The Public Poet (Creative Writing) | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3100 | Digital Englishes | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32941 | ‘Global English’: Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Decolonisation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3314 | Imagining Posthuman Futures | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3402 | Home Bodies: Domestic Animals in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
ENGL3407 | Shakespeare and Global Cinema | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3461 | Imagining the United States: Citizenship, Domesticity and Slavery | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in English or their chosen language.
- Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
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