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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students should aim to divide the number of credits they take in each academic year evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Spanish 1A

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.
OR

Spanish 1B

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Spanish 1B: Spanish Higher Grade (SCE) or equivalent. Entrants with SCE qualifications should hold at least a 'B' pass.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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


Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
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.

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 LLC and PPLS 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.
Nordic Languages: Diversity and Historical Developments is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in Year 1.
Communicating across the Scandinavian Languages is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in Year 1.
For LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.

OR

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

Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks must be spent in a relevant country and prescribed work completed in English Literature and the relevant language in an approved establishment. During sessions when this is not permitted students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.

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.

1. Spanish Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Spanish Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Spanish (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Spanish Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. English Literature YA work
6. English Literature YA work (same mark as 5)
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Spanish Hons option course
10. English Literature option 1
11. English Literature option 2
12. Selected English Literature Reading Theory course

Compulsory courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

DELC Year Abroad Options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, 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.

1. Spanish Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Spanish Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Spanish (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Spanish Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. English Literature YA work
6. English Literature YA work (same mark as 5)
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Spanish Hons option course
10. English Literature option 1
11. English Literature option 2
12. Selected English Literature Reading Theory course

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

English Literature_Year 3_Reading Theory

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

English Literature Year 4 Option Courses - Semester 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

English Literature Year 4 Option Courses - Semester 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.
AND

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses

AND

English Literature Year 4 Option Courses - Semester 1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

English Literature Year 4 Option Courses - Semester 2

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

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