BA Arabic and Portuguese

Programme overview

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.

Year 1

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At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects.

Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and a minimum of 40 credits in Portuguese.


The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects

(Arabic AND Portuguese), a further option with Portuguese, or discovery module


The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects

(Arabic AND Portuguese), a further option with Portuguese, or discovery modules

Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB1001	Beginning Arabic 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARAB1002	Beginning Arabic 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
ARAB1171	Studying the Middle East and North Africa	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
SPPO1035	Introduction to Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese Speaking Africa	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO1087	Portuguese Language Skills in Context	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of 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 choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 2

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The candidate will spend the second year of the programme in an Arabic-speaking country, approved by the School.

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 3

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At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and a minimum of 40 credits in Portuguese. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (Arabic AND Portuguese), a further option with Portuguese, or discovery modules.

Compulsory Modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB2010	Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2020	Essential Skills in Practical Arabic	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
SPPO2090	Portuguese Language Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB2066	Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2095	Global Media: Discourse, Representation and Society	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2181	Cultures of the Arab Middle East and North Africa	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARAB2190	Global Jihad: From the Taliban to ISIS	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2310	Modern Middle Eastern History	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB2312	Islamic Law: Authority, Continuity and Change	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO2020	Film and Literature in the Portuguese-speaking World	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SPPO2410	Culture and Society in the Portuguese-Speaking World	20

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL2001	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2003	Global Queer Politics and Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL2015	Black Europe	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2070	Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075	Global Environmental Humanities	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL2250	Digital Communications Across Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Discovery Modules

Students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 4

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All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER Arabic OR Portuguese).

The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (Arabic AND Portuguese), a further option with Arabic OR Portuguese, or discovery modules.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB3020	Advanced Skills in Arabic Language	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3050	Final Year Project	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
SPPO3110	Advanced Portuguese Language	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students who take their FYP in Portuguese are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules. Students who take their FYP in Arabic may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB3072	Islam and Modernity	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARAB3090	The Qur’an and the Hadith: Muslim Scriptural Sources	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ARAB3110	Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ARAB3888	Advanced Media Arabic: Translation Skills in Text Typology	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Students who take their FYP in Arabic are required to take the following module. Students who take their FYP in Portuguese may take the module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SPPO3701	Urban Realities and Representations in the Portuguese Speaking World	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

All students may study up to 20 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)
MODL3410	Contemporary World Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600	Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption	20	Not running in 202526
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Not running in 202526
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 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Discovery Modules

All students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Last updated: 21/07/2025 17:00:44

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