Programme Requirements for 2021/22 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages with Music Full-time

Year: 1
2021/22 Session

Compulsory Modules
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.

A two-language combination is not available to BA Modern Languages and Music students, due to the 60/60 requirement in Year 1.

Music

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint 1 09 31581 10 Semester 1
LC Tonal Harmony and Counterpoint 2 09 31582 10 Semester 2
LC Music History I 09 31575 20 Semester 1
LC Music History II 09 31576 20 Semester 2

Modern Languages (students must choose both Advanced OR both Beginner modules in their chosen language where applicable):

French:

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:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC German Core I - Advanced: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism 09 29744 20 Semester 1
LC German Core II - Advanced: Nation, Populism, and Conflict 09 29745 20 Semester 2

Russian:

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

Spanish:

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

In addition to the core modules listed above, students choose 20 credits of additional Level C modules provided annually by the Department of Modern Languages.

Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Additional Optional Modules

Catalan Optional Modules:

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

Portuguese Optional Modules:

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 Optional Modules:

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 European Film B 09 35100 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

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 Translation in Practice I (Adv German) 09 31444 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv German) 09 31445 10 Semester 2
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 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 Translation in Practice I (Adv Spanish) 09 31448 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II (Adv Spanish) 09 31449 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