This course allows you to take a joint honours degree that combines Spanish language, culture and society with French or German Studies - or with one of the many other courses in the Oxford Brookes Modular Programme such as Anthropology, Educational Studies, English Studies, European Culture and Society, History, History of Art, Marketing Management, Politics, Sociology or Tourism. During the first year, you study Spanish language using contemporary materials taken from the Spanish media. In addition to the core language modules, you take the foundation modules Spain in the World, which provides an overview of Hispanic culture in the international arena, and Introduction to Contemporary Spain, which focuses on the development of Spain from the Civil War and Franco to the present day. The language modules you take in Years 3 and 4 build on the greater fluency and range of expression acquired during your second year, which you spend at a university in Spain or as a language assistant. At the same time, you can select from a range of modules focusing on specific aspects of Spanish life, institutions and culture.
Modules dealing with aspects of European culture are also available.
In your final year you undertake independent work for your dissertation, which can span both your fields of study. Year Abroad You spend your second academic year in Spain, studying at one of the universities with which we have exchange arrangements. You will attend intensive language courses and lectures which complement your programme of study at Oxford Brookes. By carrying out an independent research project on contemporary Spain, and immersing yourself in Spanish life and social activities with fellow students, you will acquire a high level of linguistic and cultural competence. The course is taught in Spanish.