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Students
Tuition Fee
GBP 22,400
Start Date
Medium of studying
Duration
48 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Bachelors
Major
Foreign Language | Linguistics
Area of study
Langauges
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
Average International Tuition Fee
GBP 22,400
About Program

Program Overview


The Hispanic Studies BA (Hons) program at the University of Liverpool offers a comprehensive study of the languages, cultures, histories, and societies of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Students develop proficiency in Spanish (or an additional Iberian language) and gain a deep understanding of Hispanic studies, preparing them for careers in various fields worldwide. The program emphasizes linguistic fluency, cultural immersion (including a year abroad), and a range of transferable skills, fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication abilities.

Program Outline


Hispanic Studies BA (Hons) - University of Liverpool


Degree Overview:

Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool covers the languages, literatures, cultures, and histories of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The program takes a pluricultural and plurilingual approach to the Luso-Hispanic World, focusing on the variety of languages and cultures encountered in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.


Objectives:

  • Develop Spanish language skills to proficiency level (at least C1 of the CEFR).
  • Gain a broad understanding of Hispanic studies, including linguistics, historical and cultural study (including literature and film), and practical skills such as translation and interpreting.
  • Become a confident reader, writer, listener, and speaker of Spanish, with the option of studying a second Iberian language (Basque, Catalan, or Portuguese).
  • Gain a thorough understanding of many aspects of Hispanic Studies.

Outline:

The program is a four-year full-time degree. Students can choose to study Spanish as a beginner or at an advanced level.


Year One:

  • Beginners Spanish: Students take two modules in Spanish language at the appropriate level.
  • Advanced Spanish: Students take two modules in Spanish language at the appropriate level, plus two further modules in Portuguese, Catalan, or Basque.
  • Foundational Modules: Students take modules introducing Iberian and Latin American histories and cultures.
  • Additional Modules: Students of advanced Spanish taking Single Honours will also take a ‘Language awareness’ module and a module on Iberian Literature.
  • Optional Modules: Students can choose to take modules in Beginners' Basque, Beginners' Catalan, or Beginners' Portuguese.

Year Two:

  • Language Modules: All students must take four language modules, continuing with the two languages studied in Year One or picking up a second language (Basque, Catalan, or Portuguese).
  • Optional Modules: Students can choose from a variety of modules, including:
  • Intermediate Portuguese
  • Intermediate Catalan
  • Intermediate Basque
  • The Cinematic City
  • Multilingual Liverpool: Reading the City
  • "Does the Nation Matter?"
  • The Basques' Will to Persist in the Global Culture
  • Spanish and Latin American Cinemas: An Introduction
  • Latin America in its Literature
  • Spain is Not Spain: Nationalisms & Identities in Spanish Literature
  • Women in Iberian and Latin American Literature and Culture
  • Language Teaching: Theory and Practice
  • Globalisation and Development in Latin America
  • Global Public Spaces: Resistance, Justice and Heritage
  • Elementary Portuguese
  • Elementary Catalan
  • Elementary Basque

Year Abroad (Year Three):

  • Students spend one year abroad as an assistant in a school, as a student at a university, or on a work placement.
  • Students are encouraged to split the year between two countries/regions to be fully immersed in all the languages they study.

Year Four:

  • Language Modules: All students must take four language modules, continuing with the two languages studied in Years One and Two.
  • Optional Modules: Students can choose from a variety of modules, including:
  • Proficient Portuguese
  • Proficient Catalan
  • Advanced Basque
  • Transnational Cinema
  • Researching Digital Cultures in the Americas
  • Contemporary Latin American Politics
  • Terror Remembered: Representing Traumatic Histories in Latin America, Europe and China
  • Remembering Slavery
  • Translation Theory and Practice
  • Research Project 1
  • Beginners' Basque
  • Beginners' Catalan
  • Beginners' Portuguese
  • Proficient Portuguese
  • Proficient Catalan
  • Advanced Basque
  • Advanced Portuguese
  • Advanced Catalan
  • Intermediate Basque
  • Comics and Graphic Novels: Memory and Transcultural Mobility
  • Screening Texts
  • Resistance and Renewal: Spanish Poetry from the Folk Songs of the Frontier to the Slam Sessions of Madrid
  • Screening Spain: Contemporary Spanish Film and Television
  • The Sociolinguistics of Contemporary Spain
  • Translation Project
  • Research Project 2
  • Elementary Basque
  • Elementary Catalan
  • Elementary Portuguese
  • Dissertation

Combined Degree:

  • Students can study Hispanic Studies as a joint (50/50) or major/minor (75/25) subject with another subject area.
  • Students will study a Spanish language module, at beginners or advanced level, and another language or cultural module per semester, alongside two other modules in their other subject.

Assessment:

  • Performance throughout the year is carefully monitored and used to supplement examinations.
  • Language modules involve continuous assessment, such as oral presentations, listening tests, and grammar tests, as well as exams.
  • Other modules have a mix of essay and exam assessment.
  • Exams take place at two points in the academic year: at the end of semester one in January and at the end of the session in May.
  • For language programmes, the second year’s work counts for 20%, the work done during the year abroad (foreign exams or extended essay or portfolio) counts for another 10%, and the final year’s work counts for 70%.

Teaching:

  • Teaching is delivered by the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Film, who bring together experts in a wide range of disciplines.
  • A cutting-edge research programme and award-winning teaching provide great opportunities to study all aspects of language and culture within a global context.
  • Tuition takes place in small groups with first-language speakers playing a prominent part and includes a range of skills such as listening, writing, speaking, interpreting, and translation.
  • Students are also expected to make regular use of the Language Lounge to enhance their own study.
  • Graduates go on to careers in all sectors worldwide, including:
  • Media
  • Industry and commerce
  • Finance
  • Local and central government
  • Translation
  • Interpreting
  • Teaching in schools and universities

Other:

  • The University of Liverpool has a vibrant community of students who are involved in a wide range of extracurricular activities, including Iberian and Latin American Week, an annual symposium, visiting writers, and much more.
  • The University is proud to have been awarded a Gold rating for educational excellence in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023.

Tuition fees


UK fees (applies to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland)

Full-time place, per year £9,250 Year in industry fee £1,850 Year abroad fee £1,385


International fees

Full-time place, per year £22,400

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