War Studies

Description

A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme.

Spanish is second only to English as the most widely spoken language in the world. With that in mind, this programme aims to provide you with an opportunity to develop and perfect your language skills, whilst experiencing the history, literature, film and visual arts of the worlds Hispanic peoples.
As befits one of the larger Hispanic Studies departments in the country, we offer a considerable range of courses on Spain, Portugal, Latin America, the Caribbean and Lusophone Africa, as well as the languages and cultures of Galicia, Catalonia and the Basque Country. In fact, Birmingham has one of the most significant concentrations of expertise in Iberian languages and cultures in the country.

Detailed Course Facts

• English

Course Content

First year

Hispanic Studies: During the year you take a variety of introductory courses. If you have never studied Spanish before, you will spend a greater portion of your time on practical language work. Those who have Spanish to A level (or equivalent) are taught separately for language and also follow modules which deal with different aspects of Hispanic literature and cultures.

Second year

Hispanic Studies: During the second year, you continue to take a variety of introductory courses, which deal with different aspects of Hispanic literature and cultures, as well as helping you develop your Spanish language skills.

Third year

This year is spent at a university in Spain or Latin America, where you perfect your language skills and prepare a dissertation on an Hispanic theme.

Fourth year

Hispanic Studies: We offer a range of options in the final year, which reflect staff research interests, from advanced translation skills to Piracy and Conspiracy, and US Latino Culture.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 80(Grade A) TOEFL iBT® test : 93

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Requirements

Number of A levels required: 3

Typical offer: AAB-ABB

International Baccalaureate Diploma: 34-36 points

Required subjects and grades: A modern language A level at grade B preferred, but not essential

Additional information:

Typical offer grades are for guidance only, and will depend on the subjects you are combining. Please read the entries for both subjects. Where there is a disparity between the typical offer for Subject A and the typical offer for Subject B, the higher offer should be taken as the usual offer for the combination of the two.
Other qualifications are considered|

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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