40 University of Bath Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences European Studies & Modern Languages
Why study Modern Languages & European Studies at Bath?
The Department of European Studies and Modern Languages provides a fertile and supportive environment for the study of language. Within a close-knit community of highly motivated staff and students, subject knowledge and language proficiency can be developed to new levels within a contemporary and highly relevant framework.
Our successful formula allows students to take in tandem either two languages from an advanced level or one language from an advanced level and an ab initio (beginners) level language. We also offer degrees in one language and politics. Please see listings for possible combinations and language levels. Ab initio students undergo an intensive programme of language study in the first semesters, and are able to reach a standard comparable to students who enter at an advanced level. Our resources include modern, digital language labs and a Self Access Language Centre which contains a wide selection of films and audio visual material for private study.
Students value the integrated nature of the degree programme, which maintains a balance between the two languages throughout their time at Bath. They engage with topics ranging across the following key areas: Language, Politics and Society, Culture, and European Studies. A comprehensive suite of National Options straddling the areas of Politics and Society
Modern Languages & European Studies programme structure Year 1
Language 1: Written & Spoken Language
Cultural Studies Politics & Society
Language 2: Written & Spoken Language
Cultural Studies Politics & Society
European Studies Introduction to European Studies
Europe since 1945 Year 2
Language 1: Written & Spoken Language
Cultural Studies Politics & Society
Language 2: Written & Spoken Language
Cultural Studies Politics & Society
European Studies European Integration
And an Option in European Studies (from: Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Totalitarian Politics; Border Crossings: Memory and Identity in Contemporary Europe.)
Year Abroad Year 3 Year 4
Language 1: Written & Spoken Language
National Option
Language 2: Written & Spoken Language National Option
European Options
Final Year options currently include: Political Scandals in France; French Autobiography; Travelling Identities: Postcolonial Cultures in Literature and the Visual Arts; Culture and Politics in the GDR; Mass Media in Germany; Organized Crime and Democracy in Italy; The Novel, the Cinema and Italian Society; Politics in Post-Communist Russia; Modern Russian Cinema; In Search of Latin America: Diversity & the Dream of Unity; The Post-Franco Political System in Spain; Culture and National Identity; European Film; Transitions to Democracy; Women and Politics in Europe.
Students and staff from all the language sections come together for the European Studies element of the programme. These interesting and diverse units underpin language studies and provide an overarching view of developments affecting Europe as a whole.
Politics and Society units develop and enhance an understanding of nation-specific socio-political developments and provide both historical background and political insight.
Cultural Studies involves the study of the modern literature and visual culture, including film, of the countries in question.
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