Programme Requirements for 2021/22 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages and History Full-time

Year: 1
2021/22 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 language as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (beginners or advanced).

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 History modules

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:

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:

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 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

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

Students follow additional Level C 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.

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

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 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

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

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
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

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