Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. Modern Languages with English Literature Full-time

Year: 1
2024/25 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC English in the World	09 33559	10	Semester 2
LC Poetry	09 26838	20	Semester 2
LC Prose	09 27933	20	Semester 1
LC Reading English	09 33560	10	Semester 1

The following core language modules - 40 credits for advanced and 40 credits for beginners are compulsory at Stage I.

French (choose either Beginners or Advanced Modules):

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 (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

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

Italian (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Italian Core I - Advanced: Icons of Italy	09 29746	20	Semester 1
LC Italian Core I - Beginners: Icons of Italy	09 29757	20	Semester 1
LC Italian Core II - Advanced: Icons of Italy	09 29747	20	Semester 2
LC Italian Core II - Beginners: Icons of Italy	09 29758	20	Semester 2

Russian (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

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

Portuguese (Students must choose both Beginner modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Portuguese Core I - Beginners: The expansion of Portuguese as a World-Language	09 31624	20	Semester 1
LC Portuguese Core II - Beginners: Modernities in Portuguese	09 31625	20	Semester 2

Students must take one 20 credit optional module for their chosen language (includes departmental options). Please refer to the module choice information provided by Modern Languages. 3: OPTION Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

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

German Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
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

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Visions of Italy: Modern Italy in the Making A	09 35112	10	Semester 1
LC Visions of Italy: Modern Italy in the Making B	09 35113	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

Catalan Optional Modules [available to all students]:

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 [available to all students]:

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 [available to all students]:

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 1
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
LC Landmarks in European Literature A	09 35103	10	Semester 1
LC Landmarks in European Literature B	09 35104	10	Semester 2

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

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Translation in Practice I	09 39792	10	Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II	09 39793	10	Semester 2