Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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

Year: 2
2025/26 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.

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). 1: 40 MIN The University Regulations permit students registered to Joint degrees to vary their credit weighting in their second and final year. A minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits must be taken in each discipline in both years (subject to a total number of 120 credits in each year). Students who undertake less than 160 credits in one of their disciplines will graduate with a major/minor degree. 1: 40 MIN One language with History of Art 1: 40 MIN Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in History of Art and 40 credits in one modern foreign language. 1: 40 MIN Two languages with History of Art 1: 40 MIN If a student opts to study two modern languages they will be required to study 40 credits in each language. 1: 40 MIN Intermediate French can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits if combined with 20 credits of Modern Languages departmental modules 1: 40 MIN History of Art

Students taking 40 credits in History of Art History modules there are no compulsory modules from Art History

Students taking 60 or 80 credits in Art History must take the following modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Art History in the Field: Overseas Study Trip 10 24005 10 Semester 2
LI Research Techniques in History of Art 10 24008 10 Semester 2

Modern Languages The following core language modules are compulsory at Stage II for each language

French: (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

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

Italian: (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Italian Core III - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 30218 20 Semester 1
LI Italian Core III - Intermediate: Icons of Italy 09 30128 20 Semester 1
LI Italian Core IV - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 30223 10 Semester 2
LI Italian Core IV - Intermediate: Icons of Italy 09 30135 10 Semester 2

Spanish: (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

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

Core V is compulsory for all students studying French, Italian and Spanish.

Students will take either the 10 or 20 credit module depending upon their language combinations.

NB: Students will only take the research project in one of their chosen languages.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 30157 10 Semester 2
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 39146 20 Semester 2

Russian: (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

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

Modern Languages Optional Modules: 4: OPTION Students taking one language with History of Art 4: OPTION Students taking 40 credits in language A: 4: OPTION [Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, Italian, Spanish] You must take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and 10 credit Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2 4: OPTION [Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian]: You must take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV module in Semester 2. 4: OPTION And 80 credits in History of Art: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in semester 2. You will also take the two 10 credit compulsory modules in Semester 2: Research Techniques and Art History in the Field. 4: OPTION OR 4: OPTION Students taking 60 credits in language A: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1. 4: OPTION [Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, Italian, Spanish] You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and 10 credit Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2 4: OPTION [Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian]: You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV module in Semester 2. 4: OPTION And 60 credits in History of Art: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. You will also take the two 10 credit compulsory modules in Semester 2: Research Techniques and Art History in the Field. 4: OPTION OR 4: OPTION Students taking 80 credits in language A: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20 credit option in Semester 2 4: OPTION [Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, Italian, Spanish] You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and 10 credit Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2 4: OPTION [Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian]: You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV module in Semester 2. 4: OPTION And 40 credits in History of Art: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. 4: OPTION Students taking two languages with History of Art 4: OPTION Students taking 40 credits in language A& B: [Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, Italian, Spanish] Language A: You must take the 20 credit Core V Research Project module in Semester 2. Language B: You do not choose any optional modules. And 40 credits in History of Art: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. 4: OPTION OR 4: OPTION Students taking 40 credits in language A& B: [Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, Italian, Spanish] Language A: You do not choose any optional modules Language B: You must take the 20 credit Core V Research Project module in Semester 2. 4: OPTION And 40 credits in History of Art: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. 4: OPTION OR 4: OPTION Students taking 40 credits in language A&B where one is Russian: Language A [Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, Italian, Spanish]: You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project module in Semester 2. Language B [Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian]: You do not choose any optional modules Language B 4: OPTION And 40 credits in History of Art: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. 4: OPTION In addition to the core language modules, students follow additional Level I modules up to the relevant credit value for their respective programme, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each subject, optional modules choices may be restricted (please refer to the module choice i

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Il bello dell’italiano: historical and social aspects of the Italian languages 09 39281 20 Semester 1

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture 09 39275 20  
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights 09 39279 20 Semester 2
LI Icons of the Hispanic World 09 39280 20 Semester 2
LI Mexican and Chicano Art in the Twentieth Century: Revolution and Beyond 09 39284 20  
LI Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction 09 39288 20 Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages 09 39290 20  

Russian Optional Modules [some modules available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Reading Russian Literature in Translation 09 39287 20 Semester 2

Catalan Optional Modules [available to all students]:

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 39270 20 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity 09 39276 20  

Portuguese Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Memory and Public Space in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 39283 20 Semester 2
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 39286 20 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State 09 39271 20 Semester 1
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement 09 39272 20  
LI Global Enterprise Project 09 39764 20 Semester 1
LI Language and power 09 39282 20 Semester 2
LI Work, The Future and You 09 39770 20 Semester 1

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations 09 39278 20 Semester 2
LI Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts 09 39289 20 Semester 1

Departmental Optional Modules [available to students taking Advanced languages only]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Translation in the Workplace 09 39794 20 Semester 2

History of Art Optional modules

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Abstraction and Beyond 09 31891 20 Semester 1 or 2
LI American Art in the 1960s 09 26758 20 Semester 2
LI Art, Architecture and Design in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 10 24000 20 Semester 1
LI Art, Race and the British Empire, 1837-1901: Contexts, Approaches, Legacies 09 37040 20 Semester 2
LI Craft: Practices, Concepts, Activism 09 37038 20 Semester 2
LI Impressionism and After: Art and Society in Late Nineteenth-Century France 09 26713 20 Semester 1
LI Inside the Gallery: Curating an Exhibition 09 34891 20 Semester 2
LI Making Culture: New Ways of Reading Things 10 30802 20 Semester 1
LI Modern Erotica: Sex, Censorship, and Art 09 40403 20  
LI Political Art 09 31897 20 Semester 2
LI Post-War: Art in Britain After the Second World War 10 30805 20 Semester 1
LI Power, Society, Politics: Religious Art in Northern Europe, c. 1400-1600 09 24247 20 Semester 1
LI Real and Ideal: Art and Society in Mid Nineteenth Century France 10 24003 20 Semester 2
LI Renaissance Art in Italy and the Netherlands c.1400-60 10 24004 20 Semester 2