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SPANISH FACULTY OF ARTS
Spanish
Spanish at Bristol offers students an exceptionally wide range of cultural options, from Spanish and Latin American literature to courses on cinema, history, politics and linguistics, all taught by skilled researchers in these areas.
Why study Spanish at Bristol? At Bristol you have the opportunity to achieve an excellent level of spoken and written Spanish, while discovering the society, culture, literature and linguistic history of the countries where it is spoken. Our Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies has an outstanding reputation and a close student community. Following a broad grounding in year one, you choose in years two and four from a wide and imaginative range of options to suit your interests. You may also choose to study other optional units offered by the School of Modern
Languages.The department organises many extracurricular activities including an annual Semana Cultural, which features music, plays, talks, readings and seminars.
For more information about our courses visit
bristol.ac.uk/ug19-spanish.
BA Spanish A-levels ABB (BBC†
) IB 32 (29† )
The Single Honours Spanish course allows you to achieve a command of modern spoken and written Spanish to a high level of fluency and accuracy. You will develop a thorough understanding of the rich diversity of the culture in Spain and elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world. As well as studying the literature and culture of Spain, you will cover the history, literature and cultures of Latin America. We offer popular and imaginative options, which currently include sports writing, women’s writing and cinema.
You will spend your third year on a study or work placement in a Spanish-speaking country.
bristol.ac.uk/spanish
BA Hispanic Studies A-levels ABB (BBC†
) IB 32 (29† )
With interactive language learning in Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan and a diverse range of units covering history, literature and cinema, Bristol’s Hispanic Studies degree will give you a global perspective on the cultures of hundreds of millions of people. You can combine the study of Spanish with Portuguese, which can be studied from beginners’ level, and Catalan from year two. You will divide your third year between a Portuguese-speaking country and Catalonia (for Spanish and Catalan). Our degree builds on many aspects of the history, literature and culture of Portugal, Spain and Latin America. Literary and cultural units enable you to improve your language skills through reading modern representative texts and viewing films, while giving you a taste of the cultural diversity of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world.
BA Spanish and a modern language A-levels AAB-ABB (BBB-BBC†
) IB 34-32 (31-29† )
Our Joint Honours modern languages degrees allow you to combine the study of Spanish with another language, providing a truly global cultural experience. Our degrees explore many aspects of the history, literature and culture of the languages studied, and you will acquire advanced fluency and competence in both. You will divide your third year between Spanish-speaking countries in Europe or Latin America and a country relevant to your other language.
Single Honours BA Spanish 4 years
BA Hispanic Studies 4 years BA Modern Languages
Joint Honours BA Czech and Spanish 4 years
BA French and Spanish 4 years BA German and Spanish 4 years BA Italian and Spanish 4 years
R400 RR45 p117
RR4V RR14 RR24 RR34
BA Spanish and Portuguese 4 years RR54 BA Spanish and Russian 4 years BA Film and Spanish
BA History of Art and Spanish BA Philosophy and Spanish BA Politics and Spanish BA Theatre and Spanish LLB Law and Spanish
RR47 p93
p103 p122 p128 p141 p107
Academic entry requirements
The University recognises a wide range of UK and international qualifications for admission; for further details please see p48
Typical standard offer for BA Spanish/ BA Hispanic Studies
A-levels ABB including Spanish
IB Diploma 32 points overall with 16 at Higher Level including 5 in Higher Level Spanish Typical contextual offer†
for BA Spanish/
BA Hispanic Studies A-levels BBC including B in Spanish
IB Diploma 29 points overall with 14 at Higher Level including 5 at Higher Level in Spanish Other requirements
Part-time study Yes (six or seven years with daytime, weekday teaching, plus a period of residence abroad)
English language profile B (see p46) †
Contextual offer; see p50
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