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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2018

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Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your course options, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Spanish language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Before selecting your course options, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor.

Entry to 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 the first attempt, in Arabic 2.
(3) Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Spanish Language 2.
(4) Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in Literatures and Cultures of the Spanish-Speaking World 2.

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

IMES Year 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School of LLC and PPLS Level(s) 8

Select exactly 20 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 Linguistics courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1.

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year: at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in relevant countries. The minimum period of residence in the country of either language is eight consecutive weeks.

Final Assessment Weighting:

*This applies to students who will be studying abroad during 2018/19*

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. Arabic 4
2. Arabic 4
3. Arabic Oral
4. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1
5. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 2
6. Oral for Spanish
7. Year Abroad online language learning course - Spanish
8. IMES Dissertation Part 1 or MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 9)
9. IMES Dissertation Part 2 or MEL Dissertation Completion (see note below)
10. Honours option course in IMES
11. Honours option course in Spanish
12. Honours option course in IMES or Spanish

If students choose to complete their dissertation with Spanish, papers 8 and 9 will be calculated as a combined grade, as follows: 10% from MEL Dissertation Preparation and 90% from MEL Dissertation Completion. Credits cannot be awarded for the MEL Dissertation Preparation course unless the full 2 year course is completed.

Compulsory courses

Course options

Arabic and MEL Dissertation Options Year 3

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment Weighting:

*This applies to students completing their degree during 2018/19*

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. Arabic 4
2. Arabic 4
3. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1
4. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 1
5. Spanish 4 Honours Language Paper 2
6. Arabic Oral
7. Spanish Oral
8. IMES Dissertation Part 1 or MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 9)
9. IMES Dissertation Part 2 or MEL Dissertation Completion
10. Honours option course in IMES
11. Honours option course in Spanish
12. Honours option course in IMES or Spanish

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Arabic Language Options Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
'Arabic Language Based Courses' are courses involving close study of Arabic texts in specific thematic contexts. A list of courses is made available to students prior to the start of the new academic year.
AND

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses

AND

IMES or MEL Dissertation Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Level 10 courses

Notes:
'IMES option courses' are courses involving discursive studies of Islam/Middle East-related subjects with texts read in English. A list of courses is made available to students prior to the start of the new academic year, and whilst the courses offered change from year to year, they typically include subjects in history, politics, religion, or cultural studies.
OR

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses


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