3rd October 2023

Amended Optional modules list

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Optional modules

Optional modules can vary from year to year, and are taken by students in both the second and final year of study. Example optional modules may include:

• Nature and Modernity in Latin America
• Climate Fictions in the Hispanic World
• Illusion and Reality, Doubt and Deceit: The Baroque Obsession with Uncertainty
• Postmodernism and Popular Culture in Latin America
• Love, Death, and Desire in the Golden Age
• Journeys and Cityscapes in Latin American Film
• Screening Spain: Spanish Film in Context.
• Memory and the Spanish Civil War: Virtual Approaches to a Contested Past
• The Disappeared: Literature and Culture from Chile and Argentina
• Gender and Translation in the Hispanic World: Translating Women Writers
• Knowing Women: Gender, Education and Power in Hispanic Writing
• Latin American Counterpoints: Cultural Representations of Slavery in the 20th Century

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Optional modules

Optional modules can vary from year to year, and are taken by students in both the second and final year of study. Example optional modules may include:

• Climate Fictions in the Hispanic World
• Crime and Punishment in Spanish Film
• Illusion and Reality, Doubt and Deceit: The Baroque Obsession with Uncertainty
• Postmodernism and Popular Culture in Latin America
• Mediterranean Cinema
• Galician Connections: Culture and Identity on the Atlantic Rim
• Love, Death, and Desire in the Golden Age
• Journeys and Cityscapes in Latin American Film
• Aquatic Latin America
• European Gothic
• Screening Spain: Spanish Film in Context.
• Gender and Translation in the Hispanic World: Translating Women Writers
• Knowing Women: Gender, Education and Power in Hispanic Writing
• Latin American Counterpoints: Cultural Representations of Slavery in the 20th Century
• Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Chile
• Propaganda and Persuasion in Modern Europe
• Translation and Translators in the Contemporary World

4th August 2022

Following University approval, we have made changes to the IB standard and contextual offer for this course on the Entry Requirements tab:

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IB typical offer

34 to include 5 at Higher Level in a modern or classical language.

IB contextual offer

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the contextual eligibility criteria and whose predicted grades are close to, or slightly below, the contextual offer level. The typical contextual offer is 32 including grade 5 in a Higher Level modern foreign language or Latin/Ancient Greek. See if you’re eligible.

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IB typical offer

32 to include 5 at Higher Level in a modern or classical language.

IB contextual offer

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the contextual eligibility criteria and whose predicted grades are close to, or slightly below, the contextual offer level. The typical contextual offer is 30 including grade 5 in a Higher Level modern foreign language or Latin/Ancient Greek. See if you’re eligible.