Spanish Joint Honours, BA (Hons)

An exciting course designed to ensure rapid progress in the Spanish language and in-depth knowledge of the societies and cultures in which it is spoken. Why choose this course?

Spanish can be studied from beginners, GCSE or A-level. You will develop:

• Spanish language skills
• knowledge and understanding of the contemporary Spanish-speaking world
• applied language skills such as translation.

Learning will take place in language classes and a range of lively options including modules that explore contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture, society and politics. You will achieve a high level of communicative skill, and an in-depth understanding of Spanish and Latin American culture and society. To further increase your career options you can take a final year module that develops translation and interpreting skills.

Take a year abroad

The year abroad option will allow you to increase your foreign language fluency and understanding of other cultures. You will come away with an experience that will give you a real advantage when competing for the best jobs. In Year Three you can spend time working or studying in Spain or Latin America. Our partner Universities are found in Alcala, Avila, Leon, Madrid, Salamanca, Santander, Valencia and Santiago in Chile. There are no fees to pay for the year abroad and students remaining within Europe receive a grant from the EU.

Joint Honours Degree combinations and UCAS codes

Spanish is taken in combination with one or two of the following subjects as part of the BA Joint Honours programme. The number in brackets is the UCAS code for a Joint Honours degree in Spanish alongside the listed subject.

• Chinese (Mandarin) (RT41)
• Communication and Society (RP49)
• English (RQ43)
• European Studies (RR49)
• Film and TV (PR34)
• French (RR14)
• German (RR24)
• Global Studies (LR94)
• History (RV41)
• International Relations (RL42)
• Italian (RR43)
• Linguistics (RQ41)
• Media (RP43)
• Philosophy (RV45)
• TESOL (RX41).

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What will I study?

Spanish must be combined with another subject to create your degree programme.

Find out more about our degree combinations including Spanish:

• BA (Hons) Film and TV and Spanish (PR34)
• BA (Hons) French and Spanish (RR14)
• BA (Hons) German and Spanish (RR24)
• BA (Hons) Global Studies and Spanish (LR94)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Communication and Society (RP49)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and English (RQ43)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and European Studies (RR49)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and History (RV41)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and International Relations (RL42)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Italian (RR43)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Linguistics (RQ41)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Mandarin Chinese (RT41)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Media (RP43)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Philosophy (RV45)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and TESOL (RX41)

Extra opportunities

Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for students in the School of Arts and Humanities. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enable students to take part in optional:

• International exchange (plus optional Year Abroad during Year Three)
• Work placements
• Learn or improve language skills

Gain valuable work experience that will impress employers, learn another language, experience other cultures and travel the globe - all as part of your degree. Our international exchange partners include universities in Australia, Europe, USA, Canada and Thailand. Find out more on an Open Day.

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Please note that course specifications may be subject to change

Language learning support
To provide opportunities to develop language skills outside the classroom, you will have access to our excellent language resource centres which provide:

• internet access
• audio-visual facilities
• an extensive library of the latest Spanish-language films
• computer-aided language learning software
• course-related books, materials and periodicals.

Books and library resources
In our library you will have access to an extensive and diverse range of books including those on your reading list. The library also stocks spanish periodicals. Clifton campus has its own Blackwell’s Bookshop which stocks relevant academic texts plus a wide range of bestselling novels.

IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across Clifton campus, with PCs providing access to:

• Microsoft Office
• email
• web browsing
• networked file storage
• high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student).

Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.