Programme And Module Handbook
 
Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages and English Literature Full-time

Year: 1
2023/24 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC English in the World 09 33559 10 Semester 2
LC Poetry 09 26838 20 Semester 2
LC Prose 09 27933 20 Semester 1
LC Reading English 09 33560 10 Semester 1

The following core language modules - 40 credits for advanced and 40 credits for beginners are compulsory at Stage I.

French (choose either Beginners or Advanced Modules):

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 (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC German Core I - Advanced: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism 09 29744 20 Semester 1
LC German Core I - Beginners: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism 09 29755 20 Semester 1
LC German Core II - Advanced: Nation, Populism, and Conflict 09 29745 20 Semester 2
LC German Core II - Beginners: Nation, Populism, and Conflict 09 29756 20 Semester 2

Italian (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

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 (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

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 (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

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

Portuguese (Students must choose both Beginner modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Portuguese Core I - Beginners: The expansion of Portuguese as a World-Language 09 31624 20 Semester 1
LC Portuguese Core II - Beginners: Modernities in Portuguese 09 31625 20 Semester 2

Students must take one 20 credit optional module for their chosen language (includes departmental options). Please refer to the module choice information provided by Modern Languages. 3: OPTION Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

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

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 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

Catalan Optional Modules [available to all students]:

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 [available to all students]:

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 [available to all students]:

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