BA Chinese 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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In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Chinese and 60 credits in Portuguese.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1010	Basic Chinese Language 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1020	Basic Chinese Language 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
SPPO1035	Introduction to Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese Speaking Africa	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
SPPO1080	Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SPPO1081	Portuguese for Beginners 1B	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Students with prior knowledge of Chinese may, subject to a placement test, study more advanced language modules (EAST2550/EAST2570) instead of EAST1010/EAST1020, as appropriate in their first year.

Students with prior knowledge of Portuguese may, subject to a placement test, study the more advanced language module SPPO1083 instead of SPPO1080 and SPPO1081.

- Students with prior knowledge of Portuguese may, at the discretion of the programme manager, substitute SPPO1083 (40 credits) for SPPO1080 and SPPO1081 (40 credits).

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1110	Modern China: History and Culture	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1241	Premodern East Asia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1252	Modern Japan	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1450	Foundations of East Asia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1510	Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Year 2

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Students will be required to study the following compulsory residence abroad module.

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

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2030	Chinese Language Skills – 2A	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2031	Chinese Language Skills – 2B	20	Semester 2 (Jan 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 optional modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2006	China Since 1979	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2126	Classical Chinese	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360	Chinese Cinema	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2711	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2712	An Introduction to Cantonese	20	Not running in 202526
EAST2717	Society, Culture and Environment in Early Modern China	20	Not running in 202526

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 will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits of 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)
SPPO2412	Culture and Society 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.

Students may study 20 credits from the following 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)
MODL2230	Questioning Genre in World Cinemas	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 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

Students may choose to take 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 4

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In Level 3 students must study 120 credits, which includes a 40-credit Final Year Project Module. Students are required to take 40 credits in Portuguese and 60 credits in Chinese: the Final Year Project module can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3275	Chinese 3: Advanced Skills	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

Candidates who choose to focus on the Portuguese side of their programme will be required to take 40 credits of the additional Chinese credits below:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3015	Religion in China	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3020	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3051	Modern Documentary Chinese: Politics and Law	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3070	Contemporary Chinese Literature	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3080	Chinese Literature 1912 - 1949	10	Not running in 202526
EAST3120	Classical Chinese	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3252	Modern Japanese History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Not running in 202526
EAST3350	Japanese Cinema in the World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3525	Globalising China and the Developing World	20	Not running in 202526
EAST3630	Advanced Chinese to English Translation	20	Not running in 202526
FOAH3150	Religion and Violence	20	Semester 2 (Jan 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)

- Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their Chinese options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Chinese in the final year including EAST3275.
- Candidates may not take a module from this group that they have taken in another group/year.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates who choose to focus on the Chinese side of their programme will be required to take 20 credits of additional Portuguese credits from the options below:

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

- Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their Portuguese options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Portuguese in the final year including SPPO3110.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

The following modules can be taken in and count towards either Chinese or Portuguese credits. Students may choose to study up to 40 credits from the modules below instead of EAST/SPPO 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)

- Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their Chinese options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Chinese in the final year including EAST3275.

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

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