Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. Modern Languages and Linguistics Full-time

Year: 1
2024/25 Session

Students must take a minimum of 60 credits in English and 60 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).

Language combinations
Languages that can be combined with English Language pathway: French, Italian, Russian, Spanish.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Investigating Language A	09 33887	10	Semester 1
LC Investigating Language B	09 33888	10	Semester 2
LC Fundamentals of Language: Grammar and Discourse	09 31570	20	Semester 2
LC Fundamentals of Language: Sounds and Words	09 31569	20	Semester 1

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).

Language combinations
Languages that can be combined with English Language and Linguistics: French, Italian, Russian, Spanish.

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

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

Spanish (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

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 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.

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

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

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Between the National and the Global: Peninsular Spanish History, 1936 to the Present Day A	09 34909	10	Semester 1
LC Between the National and the Global: Peninsular Spanish History, 1936 to the Present Day B	09 35987	10	Semester 2
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 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 [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

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

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

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