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Programme code | 1HILA002U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Jo Crow
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Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | Languages, Cultures and Societies (2023) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 4 years (full time) |
To develop a good knowledge of the Spanish language and the ability to understand it in its written and spoken forms and to speak and write it well.
To provide students with a grounding in the language, literature, society, culture, politics and history of Spanish-speaking countries from the medieval period through to the present day.
To enable students to acquire an in-depth specialist knowledge of specific aspects and periods of the language, literature, society, culture, politics and history of Spain and Latin America.
To develop a good knowledge of the Portuguese or Catalan language and the ability to understand it in its written and spoken forms and to speak and write it well.
To provide students with a grounding in some aspects of the language, literature, society, culture, politics and history of countries where the Portuguese or Catalan language is spoken, with an emphasis on the modern period.
To enable students to acquire an in-depth specialist knowledge of a small number of specific aspects and periods of the language, literature, society, culture, politics and/or history of the countries where the Portuguese or Catalan language is spoken.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Acquisition of knowledge through lectures, seminars and tutorials. |
Methods of Assessment | |
A range of essay writing skills (short and extended essays). Project work. Seminar presentations. |
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Intellectual skills are developed through seminars, tutorials, oral presentations and essay writing. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Essay writing and examinations test the students' ability to analyse information and present reasoned arguments. |
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Seminars and tutorials are used to develop oral communication by requiring students to engage in class discussions and to give short introductory talks/presentations to initiate discussion. |
Methods of Assessment | |
All units are assessed through written coursework in the form of essays of varying lengths and requirements. These require a detailed and expansive handling of literature and extensive reading in support of their conclusions. The knowledge base is also tested through traditional unseen written examinations, through Project work and Dissertation. Some units require oral class presentations to a satisfactory standard to gain CPs and, in some cases, this also forms a part of the summative assessment. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Year 1 of the course has been expressly designed to lay the foundations which will allow students to fulfil the course's aims and objectives. Core units in language are geared to lead the student in the development of their language skills. Foundation units introduce students to the literature, society, culture, politics and history of Spanish-speaking countries from the medieval period through to the present day and to aspects of the literature, society, culture, politics and history of countries where the Portuguese or Catalan language is spoken. The expectation is that their work may require considerable direction from members of staff at this stage. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
In Year 2 students are expected to be able to demonstrate that they have expanded the range and depth of their knowledge in various areas of the discipline and their capacity to evaluate their work. The themes and language readings will be of greater depth and substance. Students will develop their analytical skills, their ability to structure their work and present it fluently. They will be encouraged in group work skills through active participation in seminars and oral language classes. They will be developing a capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of essays and projects). The grammatical and lexical knowledge of the Spanish and Portuguese or Catalan language will be tested, as will their specialist knowledge of specific periods/topics within the language, literature, society, culture, politics, history of the Spanish- and Portuguese/ or Catalan-speaking world. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
Students are expected to have expanded the breadth of their knowledge through the study of optional units, which are more closely linked to staff research interestsand which aim to develop conceptual and methodological approaches in more complexity. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
The Department also offers a single honours programme in Spanish and through the School of Modern Languages, joint programmes in Spanish with one of the following: Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Drama; History of Art, Philosophy and Politics, and in Portuguese with one of the following: Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Drama; History of Art, Philosophy and Politics.
The Department has SOCRATES links/exchanges with universities in Barcelona, Evora, Granada, Oporto, Vigo, Vic, and Zaragoza. The University has an agreement with the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil to take students during their year abroad. Further links with Brazilian universities are being established.
Http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Hispanic/
Mandatory units Spanish Language and Portuguese Language are must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Spanish Language (Post A level) | HISP10001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Critical Concepts in the Study of the Hispanic World | HISP10010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Portuguese Language | HISP10302 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture | HISP10015 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day | HISP10014 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Students with A level Portuguese take the following 40cp instead of HISP10302: | |||||
Portuguese Language - Post A Level | HISP10307 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Comparative Literature: What is it and how can we practise it? | MODL10016 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Mandatory units HISP20101, HISP20302 and MODL23014 are must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Students take 60cp of language units (all three language units): | |||||
Spanish Language | HISP20101 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML | HISP20302 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Catalan Language (Elementary) | MODL23014 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
In addition students must also choose a total of 60cp of optional units from Lists A, B, and C as follows: | |||||
Choose at least 20cp but no more than 40cp from List A: | |||||
LIST A | |||||
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975 | HISP20076 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain | HISP21309 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Choose at least 20cp but no more than 40cp from List B: | |||||
LIST B | |||||
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula | HISP20088 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Mobility and Displacement in the Lusophone World | HISP20120 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Students may choose 20cp from List C: | |||||
LIST C | |||||
World Cinemas: from national to transnational | MODL23016 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Woman and Nation | MODL23017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Year Abroad units MODL20014 and MODL20015 are must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Year Abroad TB-1 | MODL20014 | 60 | Mandatory | AYEAR | |
Year Abroad TB-2 | MODL20015 | 60 | Mandatory | AYEAR | |
120 |
Mandatory units HISP30101, HISP30302 and MODL30011 are must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees | HISP30101 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees | HISP30302 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Catalan Language (follow-on) | MODL30011 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
In addition, students must choose optional units to a total of 60cp by selecting from the following lists: | |||||
Students must choose at least 20cp but no more than 40cp units from List A: | |||||
List A | |||||
Students must choose at least 20cp but no more than 40cp from List B: | |||||
List B | |||||
The Theatre of Federico Garcia Lorca | HISP30029 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
The Novels of Carmen Laforet | HISP31026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Spanish Civil War, 1936 - 1939 | HISP30076 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
Contemporary Latin American History | HISP30069 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds | HISP30070 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
Students may choose up to 20cp from List C: | |||||
List C | |||||
Independent Study 1 | MODL30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Translating in a Professional Context | MODL30010 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
Communism in Europe | MODL30001 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Liaison Interpreting | MODL30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
Hispanic Studies (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
An oral distinction may be awarded.
The alternative classified honours degree of Arts (Modern Language Studies) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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