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Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, Programme Catalogue 2012/13

UHPL-AYB19: BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and Italian)

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MODERN LANGUAGES AND EUROPEAN STUDIES (SPANISH AND ITALIAN)

Mode of attendance: Full-time with Year Abroad
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Year 1

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year has a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 11 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 12 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 1 Stage 1 of this programme contributes 0% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1
Designated Essential Units
PL10632 Italian written & spoken language 1 (advanced entry) 12 Credits
PL10638 Spanish written and spoken language 1 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1
Compulsory Units
PL10103 Introduction to European studies 6 Credits
PL10788 Spain 1898 - 1975 6 Credits
PL10790 From unification to facism: history of Italy 1815 - 1945 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1
Compulsory Units
PL10104 Europe since 1945 6 Credits
PL10789 Spanish political and cultural studies 1975 - present 6 Credits
PL10791 Italian cultural studies 1 6 Credits

Year 2

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year has a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 2 Stage 2 of this programme contributes 24% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2
Designated Essential Units
PL20633 Italian written and spoken language 2 12 Credits
PL20639 Spanish written and spoken language 2 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2
Compulsory Units
PL20726 European integration 6 Credits
PL20778 Italy since 1945 6 Credits
PL20782 Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin American culture 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2
Compulsory Units
PL20779 Italian culture in the 20th Century 6 Credits
PL20783 Introduction to contemporary Latin American politics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL20407 Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
PL20416 Totalitarian politics 6 Credits
PL20424 Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) 6 Credits
PL20724 European Union politics 6 Credits

Year 3

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • Placement Type: Standard.
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 2 Stage 3 of this programme contributes 8% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3
Compulsory Units
PL20300 Year abroad 60 Credits

Year 4

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 27 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 28 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 3 Stage 4 of this programme contributes 68% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 4
Designated Essential Units
PL30634 Italian written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
PL30640 Spanish written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list:
AA00021 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
PL30643 European film 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 4
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30078 Italian national option IT3: Scrittrici Italiane del ventesimo secolo 6 Credits
PL30548 Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30568 The politics of democracy & development in Latin America 6 Credits
PL30675 In search of Latin America: diversity and the dream of unity 6 Credits
PL30794 In the shadow of Franco: repression, denial and memory 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list:
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN30040 European integration studies 1 6 Credits
PL30107 Culture & national identity 6 Credits
PL30294 In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 6 Credits
PL30468 Transitions to democracy 6 Credits
PL30732 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
PL30741 US global politics 6 Credits
PL30864 Europe in global politics 6 Credits
SP30210 Global governance and the contemporary challenges of under-development 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 4
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30077 Italian national option IT2: The novel, the cinema & Italian society 6 Credits
PL30671 Italian national option IT11: Political terrorism and its legacy in Italy 6 Credits
PL30842 Italian politics and society II: the Berlusconi years (1994-2012) 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30569 The post-Franco party political system in Spain 6 Credits
PL30728 The international relations of Latin America 6 Credits
PL30760 Latin American visual cultures 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list:
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN30059 European integration studies 2 6 Credits
PL30108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? 6 Credits
PL30295 In search of Europe 2: borders, regions and migration in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
PL30795 Europe and the Second World War: strategy, politics and society 6 Credits
SP30012 European social policy: a comparative approach 6 Credits

Notes:
* This programme catalogue is applicable for the 2012/13 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2013/14 and beyond should not assume that later years of a programme will be in the format displayed here for 2012/13.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.