Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. Modern Languages and History Full-time

Year: 2
2022/23 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).

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.

Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in History and 40 credits in one modern foreign language.

JH students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant language as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (beginners or advanced) as set out in the handbook for the relevant language section.

Intermediate French and Intermediate German can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits if combined with 20 credits of Modern Languages departmental modules.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Group Research	09 23513	20	Semester 2

Modern Languages
Students must choose both Intermediate modules or both Advanced modules in their chosen language:

French:

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:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI German Core III – Advanced: Other Germanies	09 34774	20	Semester 1
LI German Core III – Intermediate: Other Germanies	09 34773	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

Spanish:

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 of the following languages is studied: French, German, Spanish - and where the student is not taking a dissertation preparation module in the other JH subject - students must take the following module.

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Core V - Student Research Project	09 30157	10	Semester 2

Russian

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

Students follow additional Level I modules from Modern Languages and History to the relevant credit value for their respective programme, to a combined total of 120 credits.

The list of available approved modules will vary from year to year, as new modules are introduced and others withdrawn. The modules available each year will be advertised in advance to students.

Note: the availability of module combinations will be subject to timetabling constraints

History Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI History in Theory & Practice A	09 33715	10	Semester 1
LI History in Theory & Practice B	09 33720	10	Semester 2
LI Research Methods A	09 33726	10	Semester 1
LI Research Methods B	09 33727	10	Semester 2
LI Media in Practice	09 37869	20	Semester 1
LI Public History	09 30693	20	Semester 1

French Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI IWLP Tandem Learning French & English B	09 33476	10	Semester 2
LI Translation in Practice III (French)	09 31450	10	Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (French)	09 31451	10	Semester 2
LI Contemporary French Politics	09 37683	10	Semester 2
LI Rebels and the Restless: Turmoil and Transgression in French Texts	09 30740	10	Semester 2

German Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI German Language Project A	09 34912	10	Semester 1
LI German Language Project B	09 34913	10	Semester 2
LI Translation in Practice III (German)	09 31452	10	Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (German)	09 31453	10	Semester 2
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977	09 24732	10	Semester 1
LI Desire, Disease and Decay: Thomas Mann and His World	09 37077	10	Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World	09 30977	10	Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Translation in Practice III (Spanish)	09 31454	10	Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (Spanish)	09 31455	10	Semester 2
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture	09 30742	10	Semester 2
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights	09 30973	10	Semester 1
LI Icons of the Hispanic World	09 30975	10	Semester 2
LI Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction	09 37655	10	Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages	09 30826	10	Semester 2

Russian Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Fiction in Place of Public Sphere: the Golden Age of Russian Novel from Pushkin to Turgenev	09 31145	10	Semester 1
LI Fiction in Place of Public Sphere: the Golden Age of Russian Novel, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy	09 31147	10	Semester 2

Catalan Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Beginners Catalan Language A	09 33737	10	Semester 1
LI Beginners Catalan Language B	09 33745	10	Semester 2
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

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 Languages and Power	09 37027	10	Semester 1