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Master of Arts (Honours) German and Spanish


MA (Hons) German and Modern Language (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( First Level German A 1 20 AND
First Level German A 2 20 ) OR
( First Level German B 1 20 AND
First Level German B 2 20 )) AND
Between 0 and 80 credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Spanish Language and Texts 1 20 AND
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20 ) OR
( Spanish for Beginners 1 20 AND
Spanish for Beginners 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options )

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) German and Modern Language (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Second Level Advanced German Language 1 10 AND
Second Level Advanced German Language 2 10 ) OR
( Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 1 10 AND
Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 2 10 )) AND
Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: GM2011 - GM2014 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options )

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Students are strongly advised to take at least 60 credits in German.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all German modules taken
MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20 OR
Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20 ) AND
Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all Spanish modules taken.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) German and Modern Language (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
German Language 1 15 AND
German Language 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: GM3010 - GM3099, GM4000 - GM4095, GM4097
GM3047 The Literature of Friedrich Nietzsche 15
GM3075 Thomas Mann - Doktor Faustus 15
GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990 15
GM3089 The German Gothic (1800 - 2000) 15
GM3091 The Nazi Past in German Cultural Memory 15
GM4007 Translation Methodology (German / English) 15
GM4046 Medieval Things 15
GM4048 Art and the Artist in Modern German Culture 15
GM4056 German Popular Music: Sound, Page and Screen 15
Holocaust Memory Culture and Its Discontents 15
Memory and the Archive in Contemporary German Culture 15
GM4070 Writing Nature: German Environmental Thought (1800 - 2000) 15
Shakespeare: the German Catalyst 15
GM4072 German Classicism 15
GM4073 Women in German Letters 15
GM4074 Medieval History 15
GM4075 Berlin: Modernity and the Metropolis 15
Masculinities in Contemporary German Film, TV and Literature 15
GM4084 German Monsters 15
GM4089 Mermaids, Devils, Fortunes: How the German Novel Began 15
GM4092 East German Cinema 15
The German Long Story (1880 - 1941) 15
GM4095 Rethinking German Realism 1845 - 1898 15
GM4097 Post-Wall Cinema: The Berlin School and beyond 15
The Medieval Short Story 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Spanish Language 1 15 AND
Spanish Language 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (except SP4098, SP4099, SP4102), ML3201
Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Subject to the approval of any other School involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme

The students must take a minimum of 90 credits and a maximum of 150 credits in Spanish across Third and Fourth Years.

MA (Hons) German and Modern Language (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
German Language 3 15 AND
German Language 4 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: GM3010 - GM3099, GM3103, GM4000 - GM4099, ML4794, ID4002
GM3047 The Literature of Friedrich Nietzsche 15
GM3075 Thomas Mann - Doktor Faustus 15
GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990 15
GM3089 The German Gothic (1800 - 2000) 15
GM3091 The Nazi Past in German Cultural Memory 15
GM4007 Translation Methodology (German / English) 15
GM4046 Medieval Things 15
GM4048 Art and the Artist in Modern German Culture 15
GM4056 German Popular Music: Sound, Page and Screen 15
Holocaust Memory Culture and Its Discontents 15
Memory and the Archive in Contemporary German Culture 15
GM4070 Writing Nature: German Environmental Thought (1800 - 2000) 15
Shakespeare: the German Catalyst 15
GM4072 German Classicism 15
GM4073 Women in German Letters 15
GM4074 Medieval History 15
GM4075 Berlin: Modernity and the Metropolis 15
Masculinities in Contemporary German Film, TV and Literature 15
GM4084 German Monsters 15
GM4089 Mermaids, Devils, Fortunes: How the German Novel Began 15
GM4092 East German Cinema 15
The German Long Story (1880 - 1941) 15
GM4095 Rethinking German Realism 1845 - 1898 15
GM4097 Post-Wall Cinema: The Berlin School and beyond 15
Dissertation on German Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a German Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
The Medieval Short Story 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Select optional credits to ensure that between 90 and 150 credits are taken in German over Third and Fourth Year.
MA (Hons) Spanish and Modern Language (Joint Honours) (Spanish element): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
( Spanish Language 3 15 AND
Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (excluding SP4102), ML3201, ID4002 (by interview) ) OR
Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain
Not running in 2021-2022
30 AND
( Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30 OR
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list 15 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299, ID4002 )
Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 30
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Subject to the approval of any other School involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme

Access to the pathway with SP4004 and SP4102 requires the permission of the School of the Joint Subject.

The students must take a minimum of 90 credits and a maximum of 150 credits in Spanish across Third and Fourth Years.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).