Comments about BA German and Hispanic Studies - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
This is a four-year dual honours BA in German and Hispanic Studies. German: Our courses aim to improve your written and oral proficiency and your presentation and communication skills, as well as extending your academic knowledge. The degree structure is very flexible, and allows you to pursue your interests and develop your strong points in an informal and stimulating environment.
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Practical experience
The third year is spent abroad, usually as a student at a university, as a language assistant in a school, or on a work placement approved by the department.
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Entry requirements
-GCE/VCE A Levels - BBB -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+BB -Scottish Highers - AABB -Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB -BTEC Level N - 2 Distinctions and 1 Merit -International Baccalaureate - 30-23 points -Core Requirements - Grade B in GCE A Level German, plus Grade B in GCE A Level language
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Academic title
BA German and Hispanic Studies
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Course description
This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Aufbausprachkurs
-German Studies - Aufbaukurs
-German Studies - Basiskurs
-Grundsprachkurs
-Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture I
-Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture II
-Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture I
-Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture II
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Advanced Spanish Language I
-Advanced Spanish Language II
-German Language (Continuation)
-German Language (Foundation)
-Dutch Advanced
-German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day
-Introduction to German Linguistics
-Nederlandse Taalvaardigheid en Cultuur
-Aspects of Modern German Drama
-Cinema, Nation and Identity in the Hispanic World
-Contemporary Latin America (Cuba)
-Contemporary Latin America (Mexico)
-Cuban Culture and the Revolution
-Dutch Beginners A
-Dutch Beginners B
-Freud's Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies
-Further Portuguese: Language and Culture I
-Further Portuguese: Language and Culture II
-German Film and Society
-Hispanic Film and Human Rights
-History and Dialectology of the German Language
-Images of Women in German Literature
-Intensive Catalan I
-Intensive Catalan II
-Intensive Portuguese I
-Intensive Portuguese II
-Language and Literature in the German Middle Ages
-Linguistic Developments in Modern Spain
-Maternalism and Militarism: 1871-1918
-Medien und Oeffentlichkeit
-Narrative Perspectives on Post-Civil War Spain
-Oesterreich Heute
-Politik und Gesellschaft in Deutschland
-Representations of Latin America
-Spain and Enlightenment
-Spanish American 20th-Century Literature I
-Spanish Language in Business Contexts
-The Novels of Benito Perez Galdos
-Troubled Times: Writers and Social Conflict in the Spain of the 1930s
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Germanic Studies Year Abroad
-Germanic Studies Year Abroad
-Hispanic Studies Year Abroad
-Hispanic Studies Year Abroad
-German Year Abroad (Project)
-German Year Abroad (Project)
-Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)
-Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)
Typical Fourth Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Advanced Spanish Language III
-Advanced Spanish Language IV
-German Language Part 1
-German Language Part 2
-Deutsche Literatur und Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert
-Dissertation
-Dutch Language and Culture for Specialists
-Fordjupningskurs i svensk sprakfardighet och kultur (Further Advanced Swedish) 20
-Geschichte und Gesellschaft der DDR
-Modern German Political Culture and the Legacy of the National Socialist Past
-Modern German Thought
-Nederlands Voor Gevorderden
-Nederlandse Taalvaardigheid en Cultuur
-Spanish Language Teaching
-Syntax und Diskurs im Gesprochenen Deutsch
-The Language and Society of Luxembourg
-Twentieth Century Fiction and Drama
-Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture I
-Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture II
-Contemporary Argentina
-Genesis and Genre: From Novel to Play to Screen: Galdos Today
-Interpreting Skills
-Law and Culture in the Hispanic World
-Media Ethics in the Hispanic World
-Modern Peru
-Modern Uruguayan Narrative
-Musical Performance and Hispanic Culture
-Popular Culture and Society in Latin America
-Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture I
-Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture II
-Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture III
-Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture IV
-Sexual Politics in Latin American Fiction
-Spain Since 1975
-Swedish Advanced A
-Swedish Advanced B
-The Politics and Fiction of Crisis: 1868 - 1898
-The Rise of Popular Culture in Latin American Fiction
-Translation Studies
-Visual Culture in Spain and Latin America
-Writers Under Franco
-Writing in Exile
