Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. Modern Languages and History Full-time

Year: 1
2024/25 Session

Students must take a minimum of 60 credits in History and 60 credits in one modern foreign language.

JH students take all compulsory core language modules modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (beginners or advanced). Language combinations Languages that can be combined with History: French, German, Russian and Spanish.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Practising History (A): Skills in History	09 22609	10	Semester 1
LC Practising History (B): Skills in History	09 22608	10	Semester 2

Core modules:

Students must choose one of the following two modules in Semester 1:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Discovering the Middle Ages	09 25898	20	Semester 1
LC The Making of the Modern World, 1500-1800.	09 33723	20	Semester 1

Students must choose one of the following two modules in Semester 2:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC The History of Africa and its Diaspora	09 36065	20	Semester 2
LC The Making of the Contemporary World: Modern History c. 1800 to the Present	09 29546	20	Semester 2

Modern Languages

Students must choose both Beginners modules or both Advanced modules in their chosen language:

French 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 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

Spanish 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

Modern Languages Optional Modules
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.
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

German Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
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

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 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 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

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

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

Departmental Optional Modules [available to all students]:

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 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

Departmental Modules [available to students taking Advanced languages only]:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Translation in Practice I	09 39792	10	Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II	09 39793	10	Semester 2