2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
| Programme code: | BASP&LAS-R | UCAS code: | RR45 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:
BA Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
On this course, you will become highly competent in Spanish and Portuguese, and gain a detailed understanding of the cultures and histories of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Each year, language modules will help you develop and consolidate your spoken and written languages, while optional modules will allow you to explore music, literature, sport, cinema and history, as well as topics like race, ethnicity, and feminism. You will also be able to gain practical skills such as translation or specialised language 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, Brazilian cinema, gender in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds, electronic art, Angolan dance, and nationalism and empire. Our teaching across modules is a unique blend of language and content, and many of your modules will contain classes and/or assessment in Spanish or Portuguese. 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 and Portuguese 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) | |
| SPPO1035 | Introduction to Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese Speaking Africa | 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 with prior language competence in Portuguese (at least B1 level of the CEFR) will be required to study the following optional module:
| SPPO1083 | Intermediate Portuguese Language | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students with no prior knowledge of Portuguese will be required to study the following optional modules:
| SPPO1080 | Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SPPO1081 | Portuguese for Beginners 1B | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students will be required to study 20 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) |
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 2 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 2 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:
| SPPO2010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2090 | Portuguese Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| 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) | |
| SPPO2680 | Modern Spain (1868-1975) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| 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 |
Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| SPPO2020 | Film and Literature in the Portuguese-speaking World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO2412 | Culture and Society in the Portuguese-Speaking World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students may study up to 40 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) | |
| MODL2070 | Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2075 | Global Environmental Humanities | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| MODL2250 | Digital Communications Across Cultures | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Discovery modules:
Students may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
All students will be required to study the following compulsory module
| MODL9500 | LCS Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| SPPO3010 | Practical Language Skills in Spanish 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SPPO3110 | Advanced Portuguese Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional 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) |
Students who do not take their FYP in Portuguese will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| SPPO3701 | Urban Realities and Representations in the Portuguese Speaking World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students who do not take their FYP in Spanish will be required to study 20 credits and may study 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| 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) | |
| 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 may study up to 20 credits of 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 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| 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) | |
| MODL3650 | Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may study 20 credits of discovery modules
Last updated: 07/05/2024 10:06:59
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