DPT: Spanish (MA Hons) (UTSPANS)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

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

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 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

Selected courses must be passed

Spanish 1A

Spanish 1B

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Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.
Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

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

Spanish Language 2

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Literatures and Cultures of the Spanish-Speaking World 2

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Course options

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.

Selected courses must be passed

Gender and Visual Representations

Introduction to European Cinema

Languages Beyond University

Crime and Detection in Literature

Cultural Responses to War

The Coming of Age Narrative

Dynamics of Language and Power

Migration, Diaspora, Exile: The Politics of Representation

Gender and Culture

Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France A

Dutch for Beginners

Culture and Society in the Catalan World

Basque Language for beginners

Catalan Language 1

Transnational Russian Culture

The Golden Age of Russian Literature

Scandinavian Civilisation A: Vikings, Sagas and the Road to Enlightenment

Scandinavian Civilisation B: From National Romanticism to the Nordic Model

Nordic Languages: Diversity and Historical Developments

Communicating across the Scandinavian Languages

LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods

LEL2C: English in Time and Space

LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories

LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages

AND

Selected courses must be passed

AND

Selected courses must be passed

Our Changing World

Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)

Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030

Living in the Anthropocene

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World

Healthy Eating for People and Planet

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in a Spanish-speaking country. 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. ELCC10007 is a 40 credit course, and is therefore counted twice (papers 5&6).

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. Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. MEL Year Abroad Work (ECTS or YA Essay) ELCC10007
6. MEL Year Abroad Work (ECTS or YA Essay) ELCC10007
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation; credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed)
9. Spanish Hons option 1
10. Spanish Hons option 2
11. Spanish Hons option 3
12. Spanish or Portuguese Hons option or LLC-wide Hons option

Compulsory courses

Modern European Languages Year Abroad Work

MEL dissertation preparation

Language acquisition through residence/study B

Year Abroad online language learning course - Spanish

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

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. ELCC10007 is a 40 credit course, and is therefore counted twice (papers 5&6).

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. Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. MEL Year Abroad Work (ECTS or YA Essay) ELCC10007
6. MEL Year Abroad Work (ECTS or YA Essay) ELCC10007
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation; credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed)
9. Spanish Hons option 1
10. Spanish Hons option 2
11. Spanish Hons option 3
12. Spanish or Portuguese Hons option or LLC-wide Hons option