Study Schemes

BA  Modern Languages / Mathematics [RG90]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2025/2026

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship; The Coleg Incentive Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
MA10510

Algebra

or
MT10510

Algebra

MP10610

Calculus

or
MT10610

Calcwlws

Semester 2
MA11110

Mathematical Analysis

or
MT11110

Dadansoddi Mathemategol

MP11010

Further Algebra and Calculus

or
MT11010

Algebra a Chalcwlws Pellach

Year 1  Options

PATHWAY A: Students taking a language at NON-BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of NON-BEGINNERS language modules:

Semester 1
FR11900

French Language (Non-Beginners)

GE11900

German Language (Non-Beginners)

SP11900

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
FR11940

French Language (Non-Beginners)

GE11940

German Language (Non-Beginners)

SP11940

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1  Options

PATHWAY B: Students taking a language at BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of BEGINNERS language modules:

Semester 1
FR11700

French Language (Beginners)

GE11700

German Language (Beginners)

IT11700

Italian Language (Beginners)

SP11700

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
FR11740

French Language (Beginners)

GE11740

German Language (Beginners)

IT11740

Italian Language (Beginners)

SP11740

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Year 1  Options

Choose 20 credits

Semester 1
MA10110

Coordinate and Vector Geometry

MA10310

Probability

MT10110

Geometreg Gyfesurynnol a Fectoraidd

MT10310

Tebygoleg

Semester 2
MA11210

Differential Equations

MA11310

Statistics

MT11210

Hafaliadau Differol

MT11310

Ystadegaeth

Year 1  Options

All students MUST choose an additional 20 credits of the following language pathway specific, EL or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

GE10920

Exploring German Cultural Identity

SP16100

Hispanic Civilization

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

SP16120

Hispanic Civilization

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 2
MA21410

Linear Algebra

or
MT21410

Algebra Llinol

MA21510

Complex Analysis

or
MT21510

Dadansoddiad Cymhlyg

Year 2  Options

PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 1.

Semester 1
FR22100

French Language (Intermediate)

GE22100

German Language (Intermediate)

IT22100

Italian Language (Intermediate)

SP22100

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
FR22140

French Language (Intermediate)

GE22140

German Language (Intermediate)

IT22140

Italian Language (Intermediate)

SP22140

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Year 2  Options

FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules

Semester 1
FR21020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

Semester 2
FR27820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

Year 2  Options

Choose 40 credits of optional mathematics modules, EITHER from Block A, OR BLOCK B. (BLOCK A listed below):

Semester 1
MA20110

Real Analysis

MA20310

Introduction to Abstract Algebra

MA26010

Distributions and Estimation

MA26600

Applied Statistics

MT20110

Dadansoddiad Real

Semester 2
MA26620

Applied Statistics

Year 2  Options

GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules

Semester 1
GE26020

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE27220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Year 2  Options

Choose 40 credits of optional mathematics modules, EITHER from Block A, OR BLOCK B. (BLOCK B listed below):

Semester 1
MA20110

Real Analysis

MA20310

Introduction to Abstract Algebra

MA25200

Introduction to Numerical Analysis and its applications

MT20110

Dadansoddiad Real

MT25200

Cyflwyniad i Ddadansoddiad Rhifiadol a'i Gymwysiadau

Semester 2
MA25220

Introduction to Numerical Analysis and its applications

MA25610

Hydrodynamics 1

MA25710

Advanced Dynamics

MT25220

Cyflwyniad i Ddadansoddiad Rhifiadol a'i Gymwysiadau

MT25610

Hydrodynameg 1

Year 2  Options

ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules

Semester 2
IT21020

Rethinking late 20th Century Italy

Year 2  Options

SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 2
SP20620

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP27020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society

Final Year  Options

PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 2.

Semester 1
FR33400

French Language (Advanced)

GE33400

German Language (Advanced)

IT33400

Italian Language (Advanced)

SP33400

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
FR33440

French Language (Advanced)

GE33440

German Language (Advanced)

IT33440

Italian Language (Advanced)

SP33440

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Final Year  Options

FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules

Semester 1
FR31020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

Semester 2
FR37820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

Final Year  Options

GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules

Semester 1
GE36120

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE37220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Final Year  Options

ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules

Semester 2
IT31020

Rethinking late 20th Century Italy

Final Year  Options

SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 1
SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
SP37020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society

Final Year  Electives

Choose 60 credits (level 3) from mathematics as advised by the department, subject to pre-requisites

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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