Programme Requirements for 2020/21 Session


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

Year: 2
2020/21 Session

As a result of enhancements to the University's Joint Honours provision, students in their second and final year may choose either 80, 60 or 40 credits in each subject of their Joint Honours degree (subject to a combined total of 120 credits in each year). THe number of optional /compulsory modules available to you (if any) will therefore vary depending on the precise number of credits you are taking in each subject. The number of credits taken in each subject may also result in a change to your degree title, as detailed in the University's Regulations. Please consult your Programme Director if you have any queries.

A minimum of 40 credits in History of Art from the list of optional modules provided by the department, and 40 credits in at least one modern foreign language from the list of optional modules below. If a student opts to study two modern languages they will be required to study 40 credits in each language from the list of optional modules below.

Intermediate 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 1 x 20 credit optional module (from the list provided) in each semester.

Students taking 60 credits in History of Art must take the following modules plus 1 x 20 credit optional module in each semester:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Art History in the Field: Overseas Study Trip 10 24005 10 Semester 2
LI Research Techniques in History of Art 10 24008 10 Semester 1

Students taking 80 credits in History of Art must take the following modules plus 1 x 20 credit optional module in each semester. A third 20 credit optional modules can be taken in either semester 1 or 2:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Art History in the Field: Overseas Study Trip 10 24005 10 Semester 2
LI Research Techniques in History of Art 10 24008 10 Semester 1

Modern Languages (Students must take either 2 Advanced or 2 Intermediate modules in their chosen language)

French:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI French Core III - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 30216 20 Semester 1
LI French Core III - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities 09 30126 20 Semester 1
LI French Core IV - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 30221 10 Semester 2
LI French Core IV - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities 09 30132 10 Semester 2

Italian:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Italian Core III - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 30218 20 Semester 1
LI Italian Core III - Intermediate: Icons of Italy 09 30128 20 Semester 1
LI Italian Core IV - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 30223 10 Semester 2
LI Italian Core IV - Intermediate: Icons of Italy 09 30135 10 Semester 2

Spanish:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Spanish Core III - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30219 20 Semester 1
LI Spanish Core III - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30130 20 Semester 1
LI Spanish Core IV - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30224 10 Semester 2
LI Spanish Core IV - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30137 10 Semester 2

When one or more of the following languages is studied: French, Italian, Spanish - and where the student is not taking a dissertation preparation module in the other JH subject - students must take the following module:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 30157 10 Semester 2

Russian:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Russian Core III - Advanced: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30220 20 Semester 1
LI Russian Core III - Intermediate: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30131 20 Semester 1
LI Russian Core IV - Advanced: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30225 20 Semester 2
LI Russian Core IV - Intermediate: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30138 20 Semester 2

In addition to the core modules listed above, students choose additional Level I 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.

Modern Languages Optional Modules:

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Giallo e nero: Twentieth Century Italian Crime Fiction 09 25890 10 Semester 2
LI Il bello dell'italiano: Dante and the History of the Italian Language 09 30978 10 Semester 1

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Conflicting Identities in Spanish Cinema 09 30753 10 Semester 2
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture 09 30742 10 Semester 2
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights 09 30973 10 Semester 1
LI Icons of the Hispanic World 09 30975 10 Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages 09 30826 10 Semester 1

Russian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Russian Language Project A 09 34914 10 Semester 1
LI Russian Language Project B 09 34915 10 Semester 2
LI Fiction in Place of Public Sphere: the Golden Age of Russian Novel from Pushkin to Turgenev 09 31145 10 Semester 1
LI Fiction in Place of Public Sphere: the Golden Age of Russian Novel, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy 09 31147 10 Semester 2

Catalan Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Beginners Catalan Language A 09 33737 10 Semester 1
LI Beginners Catalan Language B 09 33745 10 Semester 2
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A 09 33747 10 Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B 09 33749 10 Semester 2
LI Artistic and literary representations of Barcelona 09 31143 10 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Catalan Identity 09 31144 10 Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 30977 10 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Beyond the Nation-State 09 31138 10 Semester 2
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement 09 31137 10 Semester 1
LI Global Enterprise Project 09 30969 10 Semester 1
LI Myth, Fetish and Power: Reconfiguring Global Languages 09 30828 10 Semester 1
LI Songs without Borders 09 30937 10 Semester 1

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Behind the Camera: introduction to women's cinema from the 1960s to the present (10cr) 09 26041 10 Semester 1
LI Conflict, Identity and Absurdity in French Theatre 09 30943 10 Semester 2
LI Défis contemporains de la société française 09 34838 10 Semester 2
LI Writing, Reacting, Adapting: from Humanism to Realism 09 30962 10 Semester 1