Teaching
This is a taught MA with a significant research component in the form of a compulsory Dissertation.
Researchers across the four languages (French, German, Italian, and Spanish) collaborate to teach the core modules.
We encourage interdisciplinary teaching or supervision within and outside Modern Languages through optional taught modules, guided research project, and your dissertation.
Class sizes
Seminar teaching is typically in groups of between 1 and 10 students, though groups may be larger in Research Skills, a module shared with other MA programmes within the School.
Individual supervision is provided for the dissertation.
Typical contact hours
The course will involve 35 hours of work per week, typically comprising 3 hours of seminar teaching, 1-2 hour of lectures, 1 hour of tutoring and 30 hours of independent study over Terms One and Two.
In Term Three, which is focused on the Dissertation, you will work closely with your supervisor through one-to-one supervision meetings.
All our PG students can do an additional language for free at the Language CentreLink opens in a new window, subject to availability.
Assessment
Modules are assessed by written and oral assignments, consisting of essays and a presentation for the Critical Debates in the Study of Modern Languages and Cultures module; a portfolio of tasks (comprising book reviews, academic or professional CVs, abstracts for conference papers, among others) for the for Professional Development and Communication Skills module; a literature review and an annotated bibliography for Research Skills; an essay for the Guided Research Project. Students will also submit an approximately 15,000-word final Dissertation.
Reading Lists
If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.
You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue.
Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.
Your timetable
Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.