University of Wolverhampton, BA (Hons), Spanish and English

Students will take two Spanish language modules with a minimum of four class contact hours per week; in addition, students will take a minimum of one further module in each year of study; in year 1, this will include a study of contemporary France or Germany and Spain; students could also take a further module from: film studies, linguistics, business studies and information technology; in year 2, modules may be: Catalan language, culture and society; the Spanish civil war; comparative European literature; linguistics; or research methods; in year 3, students could take: language in translation; questions of identity in European literature; words and their structure; culture and identity in contemporary Spain; dependency and development in Latin America; or undertake a Spanish studies project; in English, the first year delves into the inner workings of English, exploring theories of language and writing; it focuses on English as it is used today, and provides a strong introduction to literature and poetry; year 2 expands linguistic appreciation, taking in themes as diverse as American literature, Romanticism and journalistic writing; it investigates the literary classics, realism and the novel, as well as bringing critical thinking to studies; the third year provides a historical perspective, from the Renaissance, to the darkest (as well as the most enlightened) corners of 18th Century literature and the Victorian vision, up to the 1960s; it also explores contemporary literature, as well as looking at English in the West Midlands, and issues of gender and language.