Course Content
Year 1
Languages
You'll take core language modules. These modules focus on developing your fluency, accuracy and communication expertise. Examples may include:
- Spanish Language and Society I
- Spanish Grammar
By taking Italian ab initio, you will follow an intensive, fast-track programme. Examples may include:
- Ab Initio Italian Language Skills
- Ab Initio Italian Language and Society
- Ab Initio Italian Grammar
Linguistics
You will take linguistics modules, examples of which may include:
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Syntax
You will take both modules in Year 1 if you have an A level in both languages. You will take these modules across Years 1 and 2 if you are studying one language ab initio.
Year 2
Languages
You'll study core language modules in Italian and Spanish, examples of which may include:
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
You will also study four option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- Historical Memory in the Spanish-speaking World
- Hispanic Culture Through Film
- The Role of Art in Italian Society
- Filming the Nation: Cinematic Representations of Modern Italy
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
- Intermediate Phonetics and Phonology
- Intermediate Syntax
- Introduction to Language Acquisition
- Linguistics as Data Science
Year 3
- Year Abroad (You can divide the year abroad between two locations, Italy and a Spanish-speaking country, or you can choose to spend the whole year in one location.)
Year 4
Core modules
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
You'll choose a selection of option modules from languages or linguistics in addition to the core modules.
Option modules
You will also study four option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (Italian)
- Mass Media, Culture and Intellectuals in Contemporary Italy
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (Spanish)
- Hispanic Culture Through Film
- Latinos in the USA
- Filming the Nation: Cinematic Representation of Modern Italy
- Independent Study in Italian
- Independent Study in Spanish
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics
- Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Psycholinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Bilingualism
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
