Programme Requirements for 2022/23 Session


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

Year: 4
2022/23 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 taken from the list of optional modules available and 40 credits in at least one modern foreign language. If a student opts to study two modern languages they will be required to study 40 credits in each language.

At least 20 credits and a maximum of 40 credits must consist of independent study in either history of art or modern languages. Students may not do a 40 credit dissertation in History of Art if they are taking only 40 credits from the available History of Art modules.

All students must take at least 20 and no more than 40 credits of independent studying either History of Art or modern languages. This will require at least one of the following (students may not take both History of Art dissertation modules). Students may not do a 40 credit dissertation in History of Art if they are taking only 40 credits form the available History of Art modules.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages 09 25584 20 Full Term
LH Dissertation (short) - History of Art 10 18557 20 Full Term
LH Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 1 09 33503 20 Semester 1
LH Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 2 09 33505 20 Semester 2
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation 09 27515 40 Full Term
LH Long History of Art Dissertation 10 18563 40 Full Term

History of Art

20-credit optional modules: chosen from a given list each year.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Paris Moderne 1850-1930: Image, Concept, Femininity 09 28443 20 Semester 2
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1
LH Sculptural Experiments in Britain, 1837-1901 10 28859 20 Semester 2
LH Sound and Vision: Word, Music, Image 1860-Now 09 34893 20 Semester 1
LH Women and Artistic Culture in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period 09 28450 20 Semester 2

Modern Languages

FRENCH

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH French Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33706 10 Semester 1
LH French Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33709 10 Semester 2

ITALIAN

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Italian Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33719 10 Semester 1
LH Italian Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33722 10 Semester 2

RUSSIAN

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Russian Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33730 10 Semester 1
LH Russian Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33738 10 Semester 2

SPANISH

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Spanish Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33743 10 Semester 1
LH Spanish Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33746 10 Semester 2

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

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (French) 09 31456 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (French) 09 31457 10 Semester 2
LH Adapting Nineteenth-Century France 09 26876 20 Semester 2
LH From Princesses to Poisoners: Gender, Identity and Society in Seventeenth-century French texts 09 34926 20 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Gender and Sexuality in the Hispanic World 09 29791 20 Semester 1
LH Imagining the Truth: Latin American Culture in a Post-truth World 09 34900 20 Semester 1
LH Performing Gender/Translating Performance 09 34942 20 Semester 2
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (Spanish) 09 32307 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (Spanish) 09 32308 10 Semester 2
LH Uniformity and diversity in the Iberian-Romance speaking world 09 32380 20 Semester 1

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Dante: word, music, image 09 34927 20 Semester 2
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (Italian) 09 32305 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (Italian) 09 32306 10 Semester 2

Russian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Border Crossings: Word & Image in Twentieth- and Twenty-first-century Russian Culture 09 34929 20 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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
LH Back to the Future – Hidden Histories and Utopian Possibilities, 1800-present 09 34928 20 Semester 2
LH Echoes of Colonialism and Imperialism Across Cultures 09 34935 20 Semester 2
LH Ethics, Politics, Race and Sexuality in Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema 09 37026 20 Semester 1
LH From Text to Tech: Digital Approaches to Languages and Cultures 09 30754 20 Semester 2
LH Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture 09 34910 20 Semester 2