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Master of Arts (Honours) Italian and Spanish


MA (Hons) Italian (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Introduction to Italian Language 20 AND
Italian Language (Elementary) 20 ) OR
( Italian Language Intermediate 1 10 AND
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10 AND
View list 20 credits from Module List: IT1013, IT1014 )) AND
Italian Geographies 10
Italian Histories 10
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
Remaining 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) Italian (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Second Level Italian 20 AND
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 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 7 in all Italian 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 7 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) Italian (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Italian Language 1 15 AND
Italian Language 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: IT3003 - IT3099, IT4006 - IT4089, ML3201
IT3012 Fourteenth Century Literature 15
The Language and Literature of Renaissance Italy 15
IT3022 Romanticising the Nation: Culture and Identity in the Ottocento 15
Italian Detective Fiction 15
Venice 15
IT3037 Contemporary Italian Woman Writers 15
IT3038 Primo Levi 15
IT3039 Emigrant Nation 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
IT4013 Modern Italy through Cinema 15
Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance 15
IT4016 Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry 15
IT4022 Fascist Italy 15
IT4024 Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
Contemporary Cultures of Migration 15
IT4026 Fascism and Film 15
IT4028 The Twentieth-century Italian Novel 15
Black Italians 15
IT4030 Italian Cinema and Society, 1945-1975 15
IT4031 Leaving the Factory: Labour and its Others in Modern and Contemporary Italy 15
Travellers and Tourists in Italian Culture 15
IT4033 Elena Ferrante 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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.

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
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
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
SP3157 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
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 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
Guerreras: Women and Emancipation(s) in Colombian Cinema 15
Women in motion: Gender and mobilities in Latin American contemporary literature 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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.



MA (Hons) Italian (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Communication Skills 1 15 AND
Communication Skills 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: IT3003 - IT3099, IT4005 - IT4089, IT4098, IT4099, ML3201, ML4794, ID4002
IT3012 Fourteenth Century Literature 15
The Language and Literature of Renaissance Italy 15
IT3022 Romanticising the Nation: Culture and Identity in the Ottocento 15
Italian Detective Fiction 15
Venice 15
IT3037 Contemporary Italian Woman Writers 15
IT3038 Primo Levi 15
IT3039 Emigrant Nation 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
IT4013 Modern Italy through Cinema 15
Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance 15
IT4016 Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry 15
IT4022 Fascist Italy 15
IT4024 Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
Contemporary Cultures of Migration 15
IT4026 Fascism and Film 15
IT4028 The Twentieth-century Italian Novel 15
Black Italians 15
IT4030 Italian Cinema and Society, 1945-1975 15
IT4031 Leaving the Factory: Labour and its Others in Modern and Contemporary Italy 15
Travellers and Tourists in Italian Culture 15
IT4033 Elena Ferrante 15
Dissertation on an Italian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on an Italian Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.

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
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
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
SP3157 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
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 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
Guerreras: Women and Emancipation(s) in Colombian Cinema 15
Women in motion: Gender and mobilities in Latin American contemporary literature 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 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
Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 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
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
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
SP3157 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
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 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
Guerreras: Women and Emancipation(s) in Colombian Cinema 15
Women in motion: Gender and mobilities in Latin American contemporary literature 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 30
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
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.

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.



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¶³ÊÓÆµ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).