Spanish Joint Major (ELJ1)

Undergraduate (Level 8 NFQ, Credits )
Academic Year 2024/2025

Duration:: 3 Year(s)
Next Intake:: 2024/2025 September
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Spanish is a truly global language, spoken by more than 400 million people around the world.

Taught through interactive language classes, Spanish is not only accessible in the initial stages of learning, it is also richly rewarding for those interested in the more advanced subtleties of linguistic study. In tandem with learning to communicate effectively in Spanish, a combination of lectures, tutorials and group work enables you to pursue your own readings of and reflections upon works by major authors, from Cervantes to Lorca, García Márquez and beyond. This will deepen your knowledge of Hispanic culture as well as sharpening your critical faculties.

Opportunities may be available to study Portuguese and acquire translation skills

About this Course

We aim to train you in the four main skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. A complementary objective is to focus on the analytical study and understanding of Hispanic literatures and cultures. If suitably qualified, students have the opportunity to study for an Erasmus year in Spain, Latin America or Portugal.

Spanish is taught in lectures and classes and there is an emphasis on independent study.

Assessments are varied and may include end-of-semester examinations, coursework, presentations and projects.

Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.

Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
SPAN10010	Spanish Language I a	Autumn	5
SPAN10140	Intensive ab initio Spanish Ia	Autumn	5
SPAN10050	Spanish Language I b	Spring	5
SPAN10150	Intensive ab initio Spanish Ib	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options
PORT10090	Film and Fiction (in the Portuguese-speaking world)	Spring	5
SPAN10110	Reading Hispanic Texts	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options
Stage 2 Options
HUM20010	Career Readiness for Arts	Autumn	5
SPAN20080	Spanish Language II a	Autumn	5
SPAN20230	Spanish ex ab-initio IIa	Autumn	5
SPAN20240	Latin American Culture I	Autumn	5
SPAN20260	Modern Spanish Theatre	Autumn	5
SPAN20290	21st-C Spanish fictions	Autumn	5
SPAN20060	Spanish Language II b	Spring	5
SPAN20300	Spaces of Conflict in Spanish Film	Spring	5
SPAN20310	Indigenous Cultures	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options
Stage 3 Core Modules
SPAN30010	Spanish Language III a	Autumn	5
SPAN30020	Spanish Language III b	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules
Stage 3 Options
SPAN30070	Latin American Literature II: To the Boom and Beyond	Autumn	5
SPAN30290	Producción y comprensión oral en español	Autumn	5
SPAN30200	Surrealism in Spain and Mexico	Spring	5
SPAN30230	Historical Memory in Spain: 21st Century Narrative and Film	Spring	5
SPAN30280	Women's Life Writing in Spain	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options
Stage 4 Core Modules
SPAN30010	Spanish Language III a	Autumn	5
SPAN30020	Spanish Language III b	Spring	5
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options
SPAN30070	Latin American Literature II: To the Boom and Beyond	Autumn	5
SPAN30290	Producción y comprensión oral en español	Autumn	5
SPAN30200	Surrealism in Spain and Mexico	Spring	5
SPAN30230	Historical Memory in Spain: 21st Century Narrative and Film	Spring	5
SPAN30280	Women's Life Writing in Spain	Spring	5

Our graduates are flexible, articulate and eminently employable people who enjoy careers in:

Civil Service

Journalism

Banking and business

Teaching

Tourism

They are also eligible to apply for the MA in Modern Languages and other taught master's in the School of Languages & Literatures and College of Arts & Celtic Studies. MLitt and PhD programmes are also available.

The following advice is for Non-EU applicants. For Irish/EU/UK students, please apply via MyUCD.

The following entry route(s) are available:

BA Arts (BAU5) Undergraduate Degree (Non EU)	Entry in Sep 2024	Full Time - 3 Year(s)	Apply from Oct 2023	Apply