Programme Requirements for 2020/21 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages Full-time

Year: 2
2020/21 Session

NB: To proceed from Stage I to Stage II a student must have a minimum of 100 credits, to include the relevant Core II language module(s).

For all routes, 1-4. The following core language modules are compulsory at Stage II for each language followed.

No more than two languages may be taken at beginners level, one of which must be Beginners French or Beginners Spanish.

Catalan, Mandarin, and Japanese can only be taken to a maximum of 40 credits in any year.

Intermediate German, Beginners French and Portuguese can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in Year 2 if combined with 20 credits of departmental modules.


Russian can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in any year.

Translation Studies pathway: two compulsory core modules to a maximum of 40 credits in any year.

Translation Studies is restricted to speakers of English + French, or English + German, or English + Italian, or English + Spanish. Native standard is required in one of the languages of each pair and Advanced Level in the other.

English as a Modern Foreign Language can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in year 2 for direct entry students (30 credits of compulsory language modules, 10 credit Core V Research Project and 40 credits of departmental optional modules). EMFL is restricted to non-native speakers of English. Students studying EMFL may not follow modules in their native language. English can only be combined with Beginners or Advanced French, Beginners or Advanced German, Beginners or Advanced Spanish, Beginners or Advanced Russian or Beginners Japanese or Beginners Chinese.

French (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

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

German (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Beginners modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI German Core III - Advanced: German-speaking Europe before Germany 09 30217 20 Semester 1
LI German Core III - Intermediate: German-speaking Europe before Germany 09 30127 20 Semester 1
LI German Core IV - Advanced: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World 09 30222 10 Semester 2
LI German Core IV - Intermediate: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World 09 30133 10 Semester 2

Italian (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Beginners modules):

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

Portuguese:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Portuguese Core III - Intermediate: Global Cultures in Portuguese 09 30129 20 Semester 1
LI Portuguese Core IV - Intermediate: Transatlantic Exchanges 09 30136 10 Semester 2

Catalan:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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

Russian (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Beginners modules):

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

Japanese:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Japanese Language Intermediate I 09 26155 20 Semester 1
LI Japanese Language Intermediate II 09 26156 20 Semester 2

Mandarin:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate I 09 26168 20 Semester 1
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate II 09 26169 20 Semester 2

Translation Studies: Take the Translation Group Project (31441) and Audiovisual Translation Group Project (31436) plus the relevant language modules listed below:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Audiovisual Translation Group Project 09 31436 10 Semester 2
LI Introduction to Summarising from English into Italian 09 28850 10 Semester 1
LI Introduction to Translating from Italian into English 09 28851 10 Semester 2
LI Translation Group Project 09 31441 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice III (French) 09 31450 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice III (German) 09 31452 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice III (Spanish) 09 31454 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (French) 09 31451 10 Semester 2
LI Translation in Practice IV (German) 09 31453 10 Semester 2
LI Translation in Practice IV (Spanish) 09 31455 10 Semester 2

Spanish (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Beginners modules):

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, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English students must take the following module.

NB: Students will only take the research project in one of their chosen languages.

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

English as a Modern Foreign Language (up to 80 credits):

For ALL routes, 1-4, in addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), 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 language, optional module choices may be restricted (please refer to the relevant language section in the BA Modern languages handbook and language-specific module choice information).