Study Schemes

BA  French / Spanish [RR14]

Academic Year: 2024/2025Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
FR19900

French Language Advanced

Semester 2
FR12910

Images of France: The French Family

FR19930

French Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
SP19900

Spanish Language Advanced

Semester 2
SP19930

Spanish Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
SP10820

Beginners Spanish 1

Semester 2
SP11020

Beginners Spanish 2

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
FR10920

Beginners French 1

Semester 2
FR11020

Beginners French 2

Year 1  Options

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Year 1  Options

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take SP10610 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP11120

Study and Research Skills in Spanish and Latin American Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP10610

Hispanic Civilization

Year 1  Options

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP11120

Study and Research Skills in Spanish and Latin American Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Year 1  Options

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR20100

French Language

Semester 2
FR20130

French Language

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP20100

Spanish Language

Semester 2
SP20130

Spanish Language

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

EL20700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR27820

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

FR29110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

EL20720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

FR20310

Language of Business 1

FR21020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR26120

Humour and Literature

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following SP or EL modules but note that you cannot take both SP20010 and SP20310:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

EL20700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

SP26120

Spanish American Cinema

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

EL20720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

SP20010

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP20310

Language of Business and Current Affairs 1

SP25020

Seeing Spain Through Cinema

SP27020

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

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SPS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
SPS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FRS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
FRS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR30100

French Language

Semester 2
FR30130

French Language

Final Year  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP30100

Spanish Language

Semester 2
SP30130

Spanish Language

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following SP or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

EL30700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

EL30720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

SP35020

Seeing Spain Through Cinema

SP37020

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

SP39910

Traducción al español

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

EL30700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

FR30310

The Language of Business and Current Affairs

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR37820

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

FR39110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

EL30720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

FR31020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR36120

Humour and Literature

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary