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Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages with Music Full-time

Year: 1
2023/24 Session

Compulsory Modules
The following core language modules - 40 credits for post-beginners, or 40 credits at beginners level - are compulsory at Stage I for each language followed.

A two-language combination is not available to BA Modern Languages and Music students, due to the 60/60 requirement in Year 1.

Music cannot be combined with Italian or Beginners' German due to timetabling reasons. Only Advanced German can be combined with Music. Music

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Music and its Cultures I 09 37490 20 Semester 1
LC Music and its Cultures II 09 37491 20 Semester 2
LC Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint 1 09 31581 10 Semester 1
LC Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint 2 09 31582 10 Semester 2

Modern Languages (students must choose both Advanced OR both Beginner modules in their chosen language where applicable):

French:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC French Core I - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 29742 20 Semester 1
LC French Core I - Beginners: French Cultures and Identities 09 29753 20 Semester 1
LC French Core II - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 29743 20 Semester 2
LC French Core II - Beginners: French Cultures and Identities 09 29754 20 Semester 2

German:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC German Core I - Advanced: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism 09 29744 20 Semester 1
LC German Core II - Advanced: Nation, Populism, and Conflict 09 29745 20 Semester 2

Russian:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Russian Core I - Advanced: Beyond the Basics. Russian Language in Context 09 29748 20 Semester 1
LC Russian Core I - Beginners: Cracking the Code: Russian Language, Russian Life 09 29761 20 Semester 1
LC Russian Core II - Advanced: Beyond the Basics. Russian Language in Context 09 29749 20 Semester 2
LC Russian Core II - Beginners: Cracking the Code: Russian Language, Russian Life 09 29762 20 Semester 2

Spanish:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Spanish Core I - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29750 20 Semester 1
LC Spanish Core I - Beginners: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29763 20 Semester 1
LC Spanish Core II - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29751 20 Semester 2
LC Spanish Core II - Beginners: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29764 20 Semester 2

In addition to the core modules listed above, students choose 20 credits of additional Level C modules provided annually by the Department of Modern Languages.

Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Additional Optional Modules

Catalan Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Beginners Catalan Language A 09 33694 10 Semester 1
LC Beginners Catalan Language B 09 33696 10 Semester 2
LC Catalan Culture Project A 09 33734 10 Semester 1
LC Catalan Culture Project B 09 33735 10 Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Roots of Inequality: Race, Gender and the Legacies of Colonialism in the Global North 09 37019 10 Semester 2
LC Roots of Inequality: Race, Gender and the Legacies of Colonialism in the Global South 09 37018 10 Semester 1

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Introduction to Linguistics A: Science of Language 09 37020 10 Semester 1
LC Introduction to Linguistics B: language change and variation 09 37021 10 Semester 2
LC Landmarks in European Literature A 09 35103 10 Semester 1
LC Landmarks in European Literature B 09 35104 10 Semester 2

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC La France Moderne A 09 35101 10 Semester 1
LC La France Moderne B 09 35102 10 Semester 2
LC Occupation, Liberation, Innovation: France and its people in film and writing A 09 35105 10 Semester 1
LC Occupation, Liberation, Innovation: France and its people in film and writing B 09 35106 10 Semester 2
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv French) 09 31442 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv French) 09 31443 10 Semester 2

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv German) 09 31444 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv German) 09 31445 10 Semester 2
LC Writing Identities in the German-Speaking World A 09 35114 10 Semester 1
LC Writing Identities in the German-Speaking World B 09 35115 10 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Between the National and the Global: Peninsular Spanish History, 1936 to the Present Day A 09 34909 10 Semester 1
LC Between the National and the Global: Peninsular Spanish History, 1936 to the Present Day B 09 35987 10 Semester 2
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv Spanish) 09 31448 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv Spanish) 09 31449 10 Semester 2
LC Unity, Diversity and the Re-shaping of the New World: Latin America since 1800 09 34907 10 Semester 1
LC Unity, Diversity and the Re-shaping of the New World: Latin America since 1900 09 34908 10 Semester 2

Russian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Russia Unwrapped: Cultures, Contexts, Identities A 09 35109 10 Semester 1
LC Russia Unwrapped: Cultures, Contexts, Identities B 09 35110 10 Semester 2