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Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages Full-time

Year: 1
2023/24 Session

For ALL routes, 1-3, the following core language modules - 40 credits for post beginners, or 40 credits at beginners level - are compulsory at Stage I 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.

Beginners German, beginners French and beginners Portuguese can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in Year 1 if combined with 20 credits of departmental modules.

Beginners Italian can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits in Year 1.
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.

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

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

Mandarin (choose both Beginners modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Mandarin Chinese Language beginners I 09 26164 20 Semester 1
LC Mandarin Chinese Language beginners II 09 26165 20 Semester 2

Japanese (choose both Beginners modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Japanese Language Beginners I 09 26153 20 Semester 1
LC Japanese Language Beginners II 09 26154 20 Semester 2

TRANSLATION STUDIES PATHWAY: Students must take modules 09 31437 and 09 31438 PLUS two of the other modules listed below. You must take both modules in the same language:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Talking about Translation I 09 31437 10 Semester 1
LC Talking about Translation II 09 31438 10 Semester 2
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv French) 09 31442 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv German) 09 31444 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv Italian) 09 31446 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice I (Adv Spanish) 09 31448 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv French) 09 31443 10 Semester 2
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv German) 09 31445 10 Semester 2
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv Italian) 09 31447 10 Semester 2
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv Spanish) 09 31449 10 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

Portuguese (choose both Beginners 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

Catalan (students must take all modules for the Catalan Minor (40 credits):

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

Route 1 (One language) Students taking 120 credits in one language [Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish]. Choose four optional modules in your chosen language (includes departmental options). 3: OPTION Route 2 (Two languages or one language plus Translation Studies) Students taking 80 credits in language A: [Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Beginners French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish] Choose two optional modules in language A (includes departmental options) 3: OPTION And 40 credits in language B: [Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Beginners Catalan, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish] You take no optional modules in language B. 3: OPTION OR 3: OPTION Students taking 80 credits in language A: [Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish] Choose two optional modules in language A (includes departmental options) PLUS 40 credits of Translation Studies (80/40) 3: OPTION OR 3: OPTION Students taking 60 credits in language A: [Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Beginners French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish] Choose one optional module in language A (includes departmental options) 3: OPTION And 60 credits in language B: [Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Beginners, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish] Choose one optional module in language B (includes departmental options) 3: OPTION Route 3 (Three languages or two languages plus Translation Studies) Students taking 40 credits in language A, B and C. You do not choose any optional modules. 3: OPTION For ALL routes, 1-3, in addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), students choose additional Level C 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 modules choices may be restricted Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints. 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 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

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

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

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 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

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