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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018

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Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in first year that follow on into second year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Spanish language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Spanish 1A: A pass in at least one modern foreign or classical language on the Higher Grade (SCE) or evidence of linguistic proficiency.
Spanish 1B: Spanish Higher Grade (SCE) or equivalent.
Entrants with SCE qualifications should hold at least a 'B' pass
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Notes:
Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

Entry into Honours
(1) students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years
(2) students must achieve 50% or more at first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree
(3) students must achieve at least 50% overall in the relevant second-year language course(s), including at least 50% in the language component of that course.
(4) All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad, an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Courses from School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and Philosophy, Psychology and Language G - I Level(s) 8

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France is only available to students who have passed French 1A or French 1B.
Scandinavian Languages 2 is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in year one.
For LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.

AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
At least 30 weeks spent in Spanish-speaking country as appropriate.

Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.).
1. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
2. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
3. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 2.
4. Spanish Oral.
5. Year Abroad Work (Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Essay).
6. Year Abroad Work (Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Essay).
7. Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8).
8. Dissertation Completion.
9. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.
10. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.
11. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.
12. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.).
1. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
2. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
3. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 2.
4. Spanish Oral.
5. Year Abroad Work (Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Essay).
6. Year Abroad Work (Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Essay).
7. Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8).
8. Dissertation Completion.
9. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.
10. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.
11. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.
12. Honours option course in Hispanic Studies.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses

OR

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

LLC Common Courses Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses


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