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BA (Hons) Modern Languages 2020 entry compulsory units

View the compulsory units for the BA (Hons) Modern Languages course if you're starting in September 2020.

French and ab initio German

Year 1

Year 2

  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to German: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

French and ab initio Italian

Year 1

Year 2

  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Italian: language and society
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • Italian written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

French and ab initio Mandarin

Year 1

Year 2

  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Mandarin: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • Mandarin written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

French and ab initio Spanish

Year 1

Year 2

  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Spanish: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

French and ab initio Russian

Year 1

Year 2

  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • Introduction to Russian: language in context
  • European integration
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • Russian written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

French and German

Year 1

Year 2

  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

French and Spanish

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Continuity and change in contemporary French politics and society, 1969 to today
  • French written and spoken language 2
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

German and ab initio French

Year 1

Year 2

  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to French: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

German and ab initio Italian

Year 1

Year 2

  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Italian: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Italian written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

German and ab initio Mandarin

Year 1

Year 2

  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Mandarin: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Mandarin written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

German and ab initio Russian

Year 1

Year 2

  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Russian: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Russian written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

German and ab initio Spanish

Year 1

Year 2

  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Spanish: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

German and Spanish

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Die DDR und das vereinigte Deutschland
  • German written and spoken language 2
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

Spanish and ab initio French

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to French: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • French written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

Spanish and ab initio German

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to German: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • German written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

Spanish and ab initio Italian

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Italian: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • Italian written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

Spanish and ab initio Mandarin

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Mandarin: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • Mandarin written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

Spanish and ab initio Russian

Year 1

Year 2

  • Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin America
  • Spanish written and spoken language 2
  • European integration
  • Research design and methods in MLES
  • Introduction to Russian: language in context
  • Plus an optional unit

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Year 4

  • Russian written and spoken language 3
  • Spanish written and spoken language 3
  • Plus a selection of optional units

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