Programme Requirements for 2022/23 Session


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B.A. Modern Languages and History Full-time

Year: 2
2022/23 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).

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.

Students must take a minimum of 40 credits in History 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) as set out in the handbook for the relevant language section.

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

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Group Research 09 23513 20 Semester 2

Modern Languages
Students must choose both Intermediate modules or both Advanced modules in their chosen language:

French:

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:

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

Spanish:

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

When one of the following languages is studied: French, German, Spanish - and where the student is not taking a dissertation preparation module in the other JH subject - students must take the following module.

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

Russian

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

Students follow additional Level I modules from Modern Languages and History to the relevant credit value for their respective programme, to a combined total of 120 credits.

The list of available approved modules will vary from year to year, as new modules are introduced and others withdrawn. The modules available each year will be advertised in advance to students.

Note: the availability of module combinations will be subject to timetabling constraints

History Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI History in Theory & Practice A 09 33715 10 Semester 1
LI History in Theory & Practice B 09 33720 10 Semester 2
LI Research Methods A 09 33726 10 Semester 1
LI Research Methods B 09 33727 10 Semester 2
LI Media in Practice 09 37869 20 Semester 1
LI Public History 09 30693 20 Semester 1

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI IWLP Tandem Learning French & English B 09 33476 10 Semester 2
LI Translation in Practice III (French) 09 31450 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (French) 09 31451 10 Semester 2
LI Contemporary French Politics 09 37683 10 Semester 2
LI Rebels and the Restless: Turmoil and Transgression in French Texts 09 30740 10 Semester 2

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI German Language Project A 09 34912 10 Semester 1
LI German Language Project B 09 34913 10 Semester 2
LI Translation in Practice III (German) 09 31452 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (German) 09 31453 10 Semester 2
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977 09 24732 10 Semester 1
LI Desire, Disease and Decay: Thomas Mann and His World 09 37077 10 Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 30977 10 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Translation in Practice III (Spanish) 09 31454 10 Semester 1
LI Translation in Practice IV (Spanish) 09 31455 10 Semester 2
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture 09 30742 10 Semester 2
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights 09 30973 10 Semester 1
LI Icons of the Hispanic World 09 30975 10 Semester 2
LI Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction 09 37655 10 Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages 09 30826 10 Semester 2

Russian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Fiction in Place of Public Sphere: the Golden Age of Russian Novel from Pushkin to Turgenev 09 31145 10 Semester 1
LI Fiction in Place of Public Sphere: the Golden Age of Russian Novel, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy 09 31147 10 Semester 2

Catalan Optional Modules:

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 31143 10 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Catalan Identity 09 31144 10 Semester 2

Departmental Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Beyond the Nation-State 09 31138 10 Semester 2
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement 09 31137 10 Semester 1
LI Languages and Power 09 37027 10 Semester 1