University of Aberdeen
Master of Arts in English and Spanish and Latin American Studies
The Master of Arts in English and Spanish and Latin American Studies in Language and Culture Studies is offered by University of Aberdeen.
Program Length: 5 YEARS.
Master of Arts in English and Spanish and Latin American Studies offered by the University of Aberdeen
English and Spanish & Latin American Studies at Aberdeen gives you all the advantages of the UK’s second top research hub for English literature, language and creative writing. You will study this programme within an international context through top-quality teaching of the Spanish language and the literature, history and cultures of Spain and Latin America. This subject combination is ideal preparation for a career across the creative arts and media.Aberdeen is a leading centre for the study of literature, language and creative writing, rated second in the UK for its research output. You will study poetry and prose through the dynamic relationship between author, reader and literary text, covering every period from Chaucer to contemporary English, Scottish, Irish, European and American writing and the cultural and critical impact of powerful and controversial modern works. You will be inspired by enthusiastic teachers and researchers, themselves acclaimed authors and poets and be encouraged to develop your own creative writing skills.Aberdeen is one of the most dynamic places to study and research the Spanish language and the cultural frameworks in countries where it is spoken. You will be equipped with the skills to communicate in a global language, spoken by 350 million native Spanish speakers in 19 Latin American states, Spain, and increasingly in the US. You will also study historical, literary and cultural texts, films and visual culture.As an integral part of your 5-year programme, you will spend the whole of year three taking your language and cultural skills to a very high level as a Teaching Assistant or visiting student in a Spanish-speaking country.You will graduate well prepared for a wide range of careers including across the arts, publishing, media, with the international dimension opening opportunities in business, international organisations and development, tourism and many other options.
What you'll study
Year 1
Compulsory CoursesAcademic Writing for Language & Literature (AW1008)Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen (PD1002)Acts of Reading (EL1009)Controversial Classics (EL1513)
Optional CoursesSelect one of the following options:Beginners:Spanish Language 1 (SP1027)Spanish Language 2 (SP1528)
Intermediate:Spanish Language 2 (SP1028)Spanish Language 3 (SP2525)
Advanced:Spanish Language 3 (SP2525)Plus one or both of the following:Encountering the Other in Iberia and the Americas (SP1038)Latin America: A Cultural History (SP1536)Plus further courses of choice to make up 120 credit points.
Year 2Compulsory CoursesEncounters with Shakespeare (EL2011)The Tragedy of Knowledge (EL2512)
Optional CoursesSelect one of the following options:Beginners:Spanish Language 3 (SP2025)Spanish Language 4 (SP2526)
Intermediate/Advanced:Spanish Language 4 (SP2026)Spanish Language 5 (SP2531)Plus one or both of the following:(SP2035) Spain: Texts and Contexts(SP2536) Latin America: Texts and ContextsPlus further courses of choice to make up 120 credit points.
Year 3Compulsory CoursesResidence Abroad Project (SP30AB)
Year 4Compulsory CoursesSpanish Language 6 (SP30A3)
Optional CoursesSelect a total of two courses from the following groups, each from a different group:Medieval/RenaissanceEL30DQ: Knights, Virgins and Viragos, Chaucer and Medieval WritingEL30CP: Page and Stage: Renaissance Writings 1500-1640EL35EJ: Writing Revolt: Literature and Politics in the 17th Century
Romantic/VictorianEL3009: American InnovationEL35XR: RomanticismEL35SB: Britain and the 19th Century WorldEL30QA: Sympathy for the Devil: Scottish Short StoriesEL35VB: Bildungsroman to Alien Invasion
Contemporary/ModernEL35KN: Haunted TextsEL30FF: Modernism: Make it NewEL30UT: Art and Atrocity: Representations of Violence and TraumaEL35UT: Art and Atrocity: Representations of Violence and TraumaPlus one course from the following:EL35WC: Queer TimesEL35YB: Creative Writing: Creativity and CraftEL35EH: Classical EpicCE3594: Dangerous Liaisons: Love, Sex and Romance in the Celtic West and Old NorthEL30VC: Fallen Women and Self-Made MenPlus 45 credits of Level 3 Spanish and Latin American Studies courses and further courses of choice to make up 120 credit points.
Year 5Compulsory CoursesSpanish Language 7 (SP40A5)
Optional CoursesSelect one of the following dissertation options:English Dissertation (EL4502)Dissertation in Hispanic Studies (SP4039)Select further credit points from level 4 courses in English and Spanish and Latin American Studies to gain a total of 60 credits in each discipline.