Programme Requirements for 2021/22 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages and History of Art Full-time

Year: 1
2021/22 Session

Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in History of Art and 40 credits in at least one modern foreign language. If students opt to study two modern foreign languages they will be required to study 40 credits in each language.
If two languages are taken at beginners level, one of these must be Beginners French or Beginners Spanish.

Beginners French can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits if combined with 20 credits of Modern Languages departmental modules.

History of Art

Students taking 40 credits in History of Art must take:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Historical Concepts in the History of Art 10 25340 20 Semester 1
LC Debates and Methods in the History of Art 10 25149 20 Semester 2

Students taking 60 credits in History of Art must take:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Historical Concepts in the History of Art 10 25340 20 Semester 1
LC Debates and Methods in the History of Art 10 25149 20 Semester 2
LC Writing Art's Histories I: From Antiquity to Enlightenment 10 30269 10 Semester 1
LC Writing Art's Histories II: Modern and Contemporary Art 10 30270 10 Semester 2

Students taking 80 credits in History of Art must take:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Object + Medium 1: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculptures 10 27106 20 Semester 1
LC Object and Medium 2: Photography, Film, Performance and Installation 10 27109 20 Semester 2
Historical Concepts in the History of Art 10 25340 20 Semester 1
LC Debates and Methods in the History of Art 10 25149 20 Semester 2

Modern Languages (all students must take at least 40 credits for each language they wish to study; either Advanced or Beginner):

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

Italian:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Italian Core I - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 29746 20 Semester 1
LC Italian Core I - Beginners: Icons of Italy 09 29757 20 Semester 1
LC Italian Core II - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 29747 20 Semester 2
LC Italian Core II - Beginners: Icons of Italy 09 29758 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 additional Level C modules provided annually by the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each subject, optional module choices may be restricted.

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

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages:

Portuguese Optional Module:

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 Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Creative Ecologies A: Literature and the Environment 09 37024 10 Semester 1
LC Creative Ecologies B: Literature and the Environment 09 37025 10 Semester 2
LC Introduction to European Film A 09 35099 10 Semester 2
LC Introduction to European Film B 09 35100 10 Semester 2
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

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

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv Italian) 09 31446 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv Italian) 09 31447 10 Semester 2
LC Visions of Italy: Modern Italy in the Making A 09 35112 10 Semester 1
LC Visions of Italy: Modern Italy in the Making B 09 35113 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

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Figuring and Re-figuring the Hispanic World in Visual Culture A 09 35095 10 Semester 1
LC Figuring and Re-figuring the Hispanic World in Visual Culture B 09 35098 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

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