BA Philosophy and Hispanic Studies

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  • Objectives
    A degree in Philosophy and Hispanic Studies allows you to develop your understanding of the Spanish language, and of Spanish and Latin American culture and society, at the same time as learning about philosophical issues that have challenged thinkers for centuries. In this degree course you will normally take half of your modules in Hispanic Studies and half in Philosophy. The course lasts four years, including a year abroad. We offer a large number of year abroad options in Spain and Latin America, and are flexible in making arrangements to suit your interests. We have outstanding success in securing placements with the British Council's language-teaching assistantship schemes in Spain and Latin America. Hispanic Studies: On the Hispanic Studies side of the degree about a third of teaching time is devoted to developing your written and oral fluency in Spanish, supported by small-group learning on a weekly basis and by language laboratory, video and satellite TV facilities as well as weekly classes with native speakers. Level one provides a grounding in the language, culture, history and society of Spain and Latin America. All Single Honours students take Portuguese or Catalan, and these are also available to suitably qualified Dual Honours students. Levels two and three offer very broad coverage of diverse aspects of Spanish and Latin American society, history and culture, including film, music, literature, art and sport. Level three also includes practice-based modules in interpreting, translating and musical performance. Language learning remains central, but otherwise you have an extensive choice of optional modules. This allows you to build your own pathway and set your own challenges, all within a framework of support from personal tutors. Philosophy: The Philosophy Department offers an exciting range of courses taught by researchers who are experts in their fields. You can develop your understanding of the key areas of Philosophy such as Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Theory of Knowledge, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics and Logic. We also have courses on major figures in the history of Philosophy such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel and others. The Philosophy side of the degree is highly flexible, with no required modules.
  • Entry requirements
    Entry requirements GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB+BB Scottish Highers - AAAA-AAAB/AAB Irish Leaving Cert. - AAABB-AABBB International Baccalaureate - 35-33 points Core Requirements - Grade B in a foreign language at GCE A Level
  • Academic title
    BA Philosophy and Hispanic Studies
  • Course description
    Our students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.

    Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.

    Important notice :
    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.

    This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.

    Typical First Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Critical Thinking  20
     
    Human Rights  20
     
    Matters of Life and Death  20
     
    Mind, Brain and Personal Identity  20
     
    Philosophy of Art and Literature  20
     
    Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture I  20
     
    Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture II  20
     
    Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture I  20
     
    Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture II  20
     
    Areas of Philosophy  10
     
    History of Philosophy  10
     
    Key Arguments  10
     
    Knowledge, Justification and Doubt  10
     
    Philosophy of Religion  10
     
    Philosophy of Science  10
     

    Typical Second Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Advanced Spanish Language I  10
     
    Advanced Spanish Language II  10
     
    Descartes and The Empiricists  20
     
    Ethics: Theoretical and Practical  20
     
    Ethics: Theoretical and Practical  20
     
    Feminism  20
     
    Formal Logic  20
     
    Paradoxes  20
     
    Philosophy of Art and Literature  20
     
    Philosophy of Law  20
     
    Philosophy of Mind  20
     
    Plato  20
     
    Political Philosophy  20
     
    Political Philosophy  20
     
    Reference and Truth  20
     
    The Rationalists  20
     
    The Social Contract  20
     
    Theory of Knowledge  20
     
    Topics in Ancient Philosophy  20
     
    Topics in Ancient Philosophy  20
     
    Cinema, Nation and Identity in the Hispanic World  10
     
    Contemporary Latin America (Cuba)  10
     
    Contemporary Latin America (Mexico)  10
     
    Cuban Culture and the Revolution  10
     
    Further Portuguese: Language and Culture I  10
     
    Further Portuguese: Language and Culture II  10
     
    Hispanic Film and Human Rights  10
     
    Intensive Catalan I  10
     
    Intensive Catalan II  10
     
    Intensive Portuguese I  10
     
    Intensive Portuguese II  10
     
    Linguistic Developments in Modern Spain  10
     
    Narrative Perspectives on Post-Civil War Spain  10
     
    Representations of Latin America  10
     
    Spain and Enlightenment  10
     
    Spanish American 20th-Century Literature I  10
     
    Spanish Language in Business Contexts  10
     
    The Novels of Benito Perez Galdos  10
     
    Troubled Times: Writers and Social Conflict in the Spain of the 1930s  10
     
    Typical Third Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Hispanic Studies Year Abroad  40
     
    Hispanic Studies Year Abroad  40
     
    Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)  20
     
    Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)  20
     
    Typical Fourth Year Modules

    Module/Unit Credits
    Advanced Spanish Language III  10
     
    Advanced Spanish Language IV  10
     
    Advanced Logic  20
     
    Aristotle  20
     
    Desires of One's Own  20
     
    Desires of One's Own  20
     
    Dissertation  20
     
    Epistemology  20
     
    Feminism: Rationality and Politics  20
     
    Hegel and His Critics  20
     
    Hobbes and Hume  20
     
    Kant  20
     
    Metaphysics  20
     
    Morality, Identity and Freedom  20
     
    Philosophical Problems 1  20
     
    Philosophical Problems II  20
     
    Philosophy of Language  20
     
    Philosophy of Mathematics  20
     
    Philosophy of Psychology  20
     
    Philosophy of Science  20
     
    Possible Worlds  20
     
    Pragmatism  20
     
    Spanish Language Teaching  20
     
    The Imagination  20
     
    Theories of Rights  20
     
    Value Theory  20
     
    Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture I  10
     
    Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture II  10
     
    Contemporary Argentina  10
     
    Dissidence and Debate in Early 20th-Century Spain  10
     
    Genesis and Genre: From Novel to Play to Screen: Galdos Today  10
     
    Interpreting Skills  10
     
    Law and Culture in the Hispanic World  10
     
    Media Ethics in the Hispanic World  10
     
    Modern Peru  10
     
    Modern Uruguayan Narrative  10
     
    Musical Performance and Hispanic Culture  10
     
    Popular Culture and Society in Latin America  10
     
    Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture I  10
     
    Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture II  10
     
    Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture III  10
     
    Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture IV  10
     
    Sexual Politics in Latin American Fiction  10
     
    Spain Since 1975  10
     
    The Politics and Fiction of Crisis: 1868 - 1898  10
     
    The Rise of Popular Culture in Latin American Fiction  10
     
    The Spanish-American New Narrative  10
     
    Translation Studies  10
     
    Visual Culture in Spain and Latin America  10
     
    Writers Under Franco  10
     
    Writing in Exile  10

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