Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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

Year: 2
2025/26 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). 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. Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in English Literature 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). Intermediate French, Intermediate German and Intermediate Portuguese can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits if combined with 20 credits of Modern Languages departmental modules. Optional Modules Students taking 40 credits of Modern Languages and 80 credits in English Literature: Modern Languages [Advanced French, German, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]: You must take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2. [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. English Literature: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in Semester 1 and TWO 20-credit options in Semester 2 Students taking 60 credits of Modern Languages and 60 credits in English Literature: Modern Languages: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1. [Advanced French, German, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]: You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2. [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. English Literature: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and TWO 20-credit options in Semester 2 OR Modern Languages: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. [Advanced French, German, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]: You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2. [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. English Literature: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 Students taking 80 credits of Modern Languages and 40 credits in English Literature: Modern Languages: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. [Advanced French, German, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]: You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2. [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. English Literature: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2

Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in English Literature 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).

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

The following core language modules are compulsory at Stage II for each language followed.

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

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

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

Portuguese: (Students must choose both Intermediate modules)

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Portuguese Core III - Intermediate: Global Cultures in Portuguese 09 30129 20 Semester 1
LI Portuguese Core IV - Intermediate: Transatlantic Exchanges 09 30136 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

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

Core V is compulsory for all students taking a modern language except for those studying Russian.

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

Students taking 40 credits of Modern Languages and 80 credits in English Literature
Modern Languages [Advanced French, German, Italian or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese]: You must take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2.

[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian]: You must take take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV module in Semester 2.

Students taking 60 credits of Modern Languages and 60 credits in English Literature
Modern Languages: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1.

[Advanced French, German, Italian or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese]: You must also the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2.

[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.

English Literature: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and TWO 20-credit options in Semester 2

OR

Modern Languages: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.

Advanced French, German, Italian or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese]: You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2.

[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.

English Literature: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2

Students taking 80 credits of Modern Languages and 40 credits in English Literature
Modern Languages: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.

[Advanced French, German, Italian or Intermediate French, German, Italian, Portuguese]: You must also the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2.

[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.

English Literature: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2

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

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

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977 09 39273 20 Semester 1
LI Obedience and Autonomy in German Culture and Thought 09 39285 20 Semester 2

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

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

Russian Optional Modules [some 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  

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

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

English Literature Options:
A maximum of one module from any block can be taken.
BLOCK A

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Gothic 09 39923 20 Semester 1
LI Imagined Worlds: Genre Fiction and Popular Culture 09 39935 20 Semester 1
LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan 09 39982 20 Semester 1

English Literature Options:
BLOCK B

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature 09 39915 20 Semester 1
LI Literature 1950-Present 09 36230 20 Semester 1
LI Restoration and Revolution 09 36228 20 Semester 1

English Literature Options:
BLOCK C

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Earliest English 09 37686 20 Semester 1
LI Reading the Renaissance 09 39840 20 Semester 1
LI The Canterbury Tales 09 29579 20 Semester 1

English Literature Options:
BLOCK D

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI British Theatre 10 29000 20 Semester 2
LI Colonial/Postcolonial 09 39968 20 Semester 2
LI Literature and Environment: Crisis and Resistance 09 39765 20 Semester 2
LI Shakespeare: Jacobean 09 39983 20 Semester 2

English Literature Options:
BLOCK E

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Our Digital World 09 39969 20 Semester 2
LI Rags and Riches: Wealth and Poverty in American Literature and Culture 09 39768 20 Semester 2
LI The Social Life of Literature 09 38960 20 Semester 2

English Literature Options:
BLOCK F

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Aspects of Modernism 09 32447 20 Semester 2
LI Gender and Sexuality Studies 09 39763 20 Semester 2
LI Victorian Literature 09 27776 20 Semester 2