Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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

Year: 4
2024/25 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.

Independent Study
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 Semester 1
LH Dissertation (short) - History of Art 10 18557 20 Full Term
LH Final Year Extended Independent Study Module in Modern Languages 09 36148 40 Semester 1
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 Full Term
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation 09 27515 40 Semester 1
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 An Unnatural History: Animals in Modern Western Art 09 30794 20 Semester 2
LH Berlin 1890-1933: Symphony of a (Great?) City 09 39870 20 Semester 1
LH Contemporary Art and Home 09 30798 20 Semester 2
LH Contemporary Art and Masculinity 09 29705 20 Semester 1
LH Fashioning Flesh and Technology: Modernism and the Body in Germany 1918-1933 09 28455 20 Semester 2
LH Global Art and Cultural Studies 09 29919 20 Semester 2
LH Image as Witness 09 37034 20 Semester 2
LH Inside Out: Interior and Interiority in French Art, Design and Culture 1840-1940 10 28862 20 Semester 1
LH Michelangelo 09 39862 20 Semester 1
LH Paris Moderne 1850-1930: Image, Concept, Femininity 09 39856 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1
LH Rodin Reconsidered 09 37032 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 2
LH The Pre-Raphaelites: Contexts, Approaches and Reputations 10 28858 20 Semester 2
LH Turning the Pages: Manuscript and Print, Past and Present 10 28857 20 Semester 2
LH Women and Artistic Culture in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period 09 28450 20 Semester 2
LH ‘Islamic’ Aesthetics in Art 09 37657 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 Interpreting A 09 34937 10 Semester 1
LH Interpreting B 09 34938 10 Semester 2
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 Breaking New Ground: Innovative French Writing and Visual Culture 09 34930 20 Semester 1
LH Ethics, Politics, Race and Sexuality in Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema 09 37026 20 Semester 2
LH Francophone Caribbean Literature and Film 09 37656 20 Semester 1
LH The Algerian War 09 21093 20 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Gender and Sexuality in the Hispanic World 09 29791 20 Semester 2
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  
LH Spanish Exile Culture 09 30745 20 Semester 1
LH The Marginal Other in the Hispanic World 09 34941 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 US Latino Cultures: Spanish Caribbean 09 34911 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 Audio-Visual Translation Project: Russian to English 09 35144 20 Semester 2
LH Business Russian 09 37847 20 Semester 1
LH Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture 09 34910 20 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Back to the Future – Hidden Histories and Utopian Possibilities, 1800-present 09 34928 20 Semester 2
LH Contemporary representations of the body: literature, theory and art 09 30770 20 Semester 2
LH Echoes of Colonialism and Imperialism Across Cultures 09 34935 20 Semester 1
LH From Text to Tech: Digital Approaches to Languages and Cultures 09 30754 20 Semester 2
LH Language, Culture and Communication: Digging into the text 09 32333 20 Semester 2
LH Narratives of Conquest and Incomprehension 09 38836 20 Semester 2
LH The Romance languages: structure, variation and change 09 34943 20 Semester 1

Catalan Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Advanced Catalan Language A 09 33755 10 Semester 1
LH Advanced Catalan Language B 09 33757 10 Semester 2
LH Intermediate Catalan Language A 09 33753 10 Semester 1
LH Intermediate Catalan Language B 09 33754 10 Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture 09 34910 20 Semester 2

Students who have taken LI 37673 Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy cannot take the LH version of this module.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 38933 20 Semester 1