Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages with Translation Studies Full-time

Year: 2
2025/26 Session

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).

One language with Translation Studies
Students must take 40 credits in Translation Studies and 80 credits in one advanced modern foreign language (Advanced French, Advanced German, Advanced Italian, Advanced Russian or Advanced Spanish).

Two languages with Translation Studies
Students who opt to study two modern foreign languages are required to study 40 credits in each language (one must be an advanced language) and 40 credits in Translation Studies.

You can only study Catalan, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese as a two-language combination with Translation Studies.

Translation Studies is restricted to speakers of English + French, or English + German, or English + Italian, or English + Spanish, or English + Russian. Native standard is required in one of the languages of each pair and Advanced Level in the other.

Students must take the following two 20 credit modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Audiovisual Translation Group Project 09 39781 20 Semester 1
LI Translation in the Workplace 09 39794 20 Semester 2

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

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

Portuguese (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

Catalan Minor (40 credits) (students must take Intermediate Catalan A&B plus one of the 20 credit Catalan options.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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  

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

Japanese:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Japanese Language Intermediate I 09 26155 20 Semester 1
LI Japanese Language Intermediate II 09 26156 20 Semester 2

Mandarin Chinese:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate I 09 26168 20 Semester 1
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate II 09 26169 20 Semester 2

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

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

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

Students taking one language with Translation Studies

Students taking 80 credits in language A:
[Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish] Choose ONE optional module in Semester 1 and ONE optional module in Semester 2. You must also take the compulsory Core III module in Semester 1 and the compulsory Core IV and 10c Core V Research Project modules in Semester 2.

And 40c in Translation Studies:
You must take 40 compulsory Translation Studies credits.

Students taking two languages with Translation Studies

Students taking 30c in language A:
[Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish or Beginners French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 30 compulsory language credits.

Students taking 50c in language B:
[Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish or Beginners French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 30 compulsory language credits PLUS the 20c compulsory Core V Research Project.

And 40c in Translation Studies:
You must take 40 compulsory Translation Studies credits.

OR

Students taking 40c in language A where one is Catalan, Mandarin Chinese or Japanese:
[Intermediate Catalan, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 40 compulsory language credits.

Students taking 40c in language B:
[Advanced French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish] You do not choose any optional modules. You must take 30 compulsory language credits PLUS the 10-credit compulsory Core V Research Project

And 40c in Translation Studies:
You must take 40 compulsory Translation Studies credits.

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  

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

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

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

Russian Optional Modules [available to all students]:

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

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  

Departmental Optional Modules [available to all students]:
In addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), students choose additional Level I modules provided annually by the School of LCAHM up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, to a combined total of 120c. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each language, optional module choices may be restricted. Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

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 Translation in the Workplace 09 39794 20 Semester 2
LI Work, The Future and You 09 39770 20 Semester 1