BA Spanish

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Spanish(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

On this course, you will become highly competent in Spanish, one of the world’s most widely spoken languages while gaining a detailed understanding of culture and history – covering both Spain and Spanish-speaking countries across Africa and Latin America. You can also learn Portuguese or Catalan during your time at Leeds.
Each year, language modules will improve your spoken and written Spanish and optional modules will allow you to explore music, literature, cinema and history, as well as topics like race, ethnicity and nationalism. You will also be able to gain practical skills such as translation or specialised Spanish for business purposes, and develop your personal and intellectual independence.
You will take a compulsory year abroad that will allow you to practise your language skills and get first-hand experience of local culture(s) while gaining skills that make you highly attractive to employers.

Studying at Leeds means you will learn from world-leading experts in fields as diverse as Spanish popular music, translation, Venezuelan cinema, gender in the Spanish-speaking world, electronic art and writing, and nationalism and empire. Our teaching across modules therefore is a unique blend of language and content, and many of your modules will contain classes and/or assessment in Spanish. The programme is mainly assessed through coursework, offering students a wide range of creative assessments. Your Final Year Project will be an opportunity for you to work on a topic of your choice, under the close guidance of one of our expert lecturers.
By the end of your course, you will use Spanish at a professional level of language competence (up to C2 level in the CEFR) and you will have the knowledge, skills and intercultural awareness necessary to achieve your true potential and pursue a wide range of exciting global careers.

Year 1

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Compulsory Modules

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO1010	Practical Language Skills in Spanish 1	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
SPPO1420	Researching Spanish and Latin American Studies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO1045	The Historical Development of Spain and Hispanic America	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1160	Introduction to the Cultural Production of Spain and Spanish America	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO1080	Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO1145	Catalan Language and Culture I	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the follow-ing optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL1050	Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1060	Language: Structure and Sound	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1070	World Histories	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1090	Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1100	Politics, Culture and Society	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1150	Worlds of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1401	Discourse, Culture and Identity	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Students may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules

Year 2

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In Level 2 students must study 120 credits.

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO2010	Practical Language Skills in Spanish 2	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 60 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL2015	Black Europe	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075	Global Environmental Humanities	20	Not running in 202425
SPPO2100	Issues in Hispanic Cinema	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2110	Literature and the Arts in the Spanish-speaking World	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2510	Latin America since Independence (c1800 - c1930)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2580	Translation Theory and Practice in a Spanish - English Context	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2650	The Spanish regional Melting Pot: the old same History?	20	Not running in 202425
SPPO2680	Modern Spain (1868-1975)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

- Not all modules will be available every year.

Students may study 20 credits from the options below:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL2001	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2595	Catalan Language and Culture II	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students may also choose to study the below module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
FOAH2020	Towards the Future: Skills in Context	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

- Candidates will be able to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
- Candidates may not choose FLTU Spanish modules.

Students will be able to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules or take the above FOAH module as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools
Students may not choose FLTU Spanish modules

Year 3

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9500	LCS Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Year 4

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At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module. 
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).

Compulsory Modules

All students are required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO3010	Practical Language Skills in Spanish 3	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

All students are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3300	Final Year Project: Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3340	Final Year Project: Extended Translation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3350	Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

All students are required to study a minimum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3200	Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3600	Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption	20	Not running in 202425
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620	Decolonial Approaches	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630	Social Movements across Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650	Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3062	Spanish in an Economic and Business Context	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3071	Contemporary Spain: Politics, Culture and Society After Franco	20	Not running in 202425
SPPO3420	Spanish-English Translation	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3535	Catalan Language and Culture III	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3715	Nationalism and Internationalism in the Spanish-Speaking World	20	Not running in 202425
SPPO3800	Icons and Stars: Celebrity and Revolution in Spain and Latin America	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO3900	Race and Representation in the Spanish-speaking world	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

All students may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules from the above list of optional modules. Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.  Students may not select FLTU Spanish modules.

Last updated: 03/05/2024 17:00:48

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