Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Description

Our BA Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies offers you the opportunity to develop your language skills in Spanish and Portuguese to a high proficiency level, as all our modules are delivered in the target languages. You also acquire graduate level professional skills (translation, interpreting and subtitling) in both languages, and familiarity with aspects of contemporary Brazilian society and culture. This course enables you to have a deeper understanding of the Hispanic and Lusophone cultures, and develops your employability skills.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 11950 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

For our BA Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies all your modules will be compulsory for first, second and final years. You will spend your third year abroad. The structure of your course will depend on whether you took A level Spanish and A level Portuguese, only A level Spanish or only A level Portuguese.
With a small number of exceptions, if you successfully complete the first year of your BA, then you are qualified to enter the second year of that course and a range of other courses: for example, if you take economics, politics, philosophy and sociology, then you have a choice of at least nine possible single or joint honours courses at the end of your first year. This means you can change your course, providing you have taken the appropriate pre-requisites and places are available.
We operate a credit framework for our awards, which is based on principles widely used across the UK university sector. Each module has a credit rating attached and our standard three-year course consists of 360 credits (120 credits in your first year, and 240 credits across your second and final years).
Please note that module information on our course finder provides a guide to course content and may be subject to review on an annual basis.

Year 1

If you possess A-levels in both Spanish and Portuguese: Advanced Portuguese;
Brazil in Focus: Business, Culture and Society;
Advanced Spanish; and
From the Caves to Modern Graffiti: a Visual History of the Spanish Language
If you possess A-level Spanish: Spanish to Portuguese Conversion;
Brazil in Focus: Business, Culture and Society;
Advanced Spanish; and
From the Caves to Modern Graffiti: a Visual History of the Spanish Language
If you possess A-level Portuguese: Advanced Portuguese;
Brazil in Focus: Business, Culture and Society; and
Intensive Initial Spanish (double module)

Year 2

If you possess A-levels in both Spanish and Portuguese: Proficiency Portuguese;
Portguese Project;
Proficiency Spanish; and
Spanish and Latin American Art, Film and Music; or Spanish Project
If you possess A-level Spanish: Advanced Portuguese;
Proficiency Spanish;
Spanish and Latin American Art, Film and Music; or Spanish Project
If you possess A-level Portuguese: Proficiency Portuguese;
Portuguese Project; Advanced Spanish; and
From the Caves to Modern Graffiti: a Visual History of the Spanish Language

Year 3

Year abroad

Year 4

If you possess A-levels in both Spanish and Portuguese: Mastery Portuguese;
Portuguese Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling Skills;
Mastery Spanish; and
Contemporary Spanish Language and Culture or Spanish Dissertation
If you possess A-level Spanish: Proficiency Portuguese;
Portuguese Project;
Mastery Spanish; and
Contemporary Spanish Language and Culture or Spanish Dissertation
If you possess A-level Portuguese: Mastery Portuguese;
Portuguese Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling Skills;
Proficiency Spanish; and
Spanish and Latin American Art, Film and Music or Spanish Project

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• A-levels: ABB-BBB
• GCSE English: C
• IB: 32-30 points (we consider IB certificates at the Higher Level on a case-by-case basis)
• Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 6 level three credits at distinction and the remainder at merit (or above) or achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 45 level three credits at merit (or above).
• If French or Portuguese is taken as the major language, A-level French or Portuguese/Spanish (or equivalent) is required. German, Italian and Spanish can be studied as the major language either from scratch, via our intensive route, or via our post A-level route. All languages can be studied from scratch as the minor language.
• If you are interested in studying a language for which you consider yourself to be a native speaker, please contact our Undergraduate Admissions Office.

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each component (or equivalent). Different requirements apply for second year entry.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Essex.

Funding

For up-to-date information on funding opportunities at Essex, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance.