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Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies units in 2017/18

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
African Presence in Latin America: Nation and Representation HISP20100 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Colombia: History and Culture since Independence HISP30071 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Conflict and Transformation in the Visual Arts of the Hispanic World HISP20103 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Conquest and Colonisation: Spanish America, 1492-1700 HISP30032 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Contemporary Hispanic Fiction in Translation HISP30072 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Crime and corruption in contemporary Hispanic literature HISP20097 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Critical Concepts in the Study of the Hispanic World HISP10010 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Cultural Exchange in the Lusophone Atlantic, 16th-17th Centuries HISP20089 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Culture and Politics in Luso-Africa and Brazil 18th-19th Centuries HISP30058 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds HISP30070 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
El Siglo de las Luces: Literature and Society in Spain 1700-1814 HISP20083 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
From Frontiers to Football: South American History 1850-1950 HISP20102 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
History of Latin America's Indigenous People HISP30068 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Identity and belonging in contemporary Venezuela HISP20098 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Images of Power in Lusophone Culture HISP20092 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Impressions of Dictatorship in Argentine and Chilean Cinema HISP30085 20 Honours/6 Not open B,C TB-1
Introduction to Language Technology for Students of Portuguese HISP20093 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture HISP10015 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula HISP20088 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Migration and Movement: Cultural Exchange in the Lusophone World, 19th to 20th Centuries HISP20099 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America HISP20077 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Oceanic Images in Modern Chilean Culture HISP30084 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Popular Protest and Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain, 1875 - 1923 HISP30075 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML HISP20302 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language HISP10302 40 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees HISP30302 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Race, Religion, and Gender: Readings in the History of the Iberian Atlantic World, 1430-1830 HISP20062 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975 HISP20076 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Spanish Language HISP20101 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Spanish Language (Ab-initio) HISP10116 40 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Spanish Language (Post A level) HISP10001 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees HISP30101 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Spanish for Business HISP30057 20 Honours/6 Open TB-4
The Cuban Revolution in the World: Culture and Politics of Internationalism HISP30074 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day HISP10014 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
The Novels of Carmen Laforet HISP31026 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Spanish Civil War, 1936 - 1939 HISP30076 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
The Theatre of Federico Garcia Lorca HISP30029 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Themes in Latin American Film: Social Changes and Challenges HISP30073 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Theory and Practice of audio-visual Translation and Subtitling for Students of Portuguese HISP30055 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Transnational Narratives in Contemporary Brazilian Culture HISP30059 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Urban Narratives in the Lusophone World HISP20091 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain HISP21309 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Writing, Society and Politics in Franco's Spain HISP20038 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Year Abroad Portuguese HISP29101 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR

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