Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies units in 2009/10

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
20th Century Prose Fiction in Brazil HISPM1005 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
An Introduction to Literature in Portuguese HISP10303 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
An Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian History HISP10304 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Brazil: From Empire to Republic HISP21305 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Building the Nation; Post-colonial Fiction from Angola to Mozambique HISPM1008 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Catalan History HISP20112 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Catalan Institutions HISP10305 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Catalan Language HISP30006 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Catalan Language (Hispanic Studies) HISP20111 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Catalan Language (Hispanic Studies) HISP10108 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Catalan Language (ab-initio option) HISP20043 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Catalan Language and Literature HISP30014 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Catalan Literature HISP20113 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Chinese for General Purposes (post-intermediate) LANG32047 20 Honours/6 Open TB-4
Colombia, 1800-2000: Literature, Culture and Society HISP30064 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Conflict and Change in 20th Century Latin American Narrative HISP21310 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Conquest and Colonisation: Spanish America, 1492-1700 HISP30032 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Cuisine, Culture and Identity in the Hispanic World HISP30065 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
El Siglo de las Luces: Literature and Society in Spain 1700-1814 HISP20083 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
From Frontiers to Football: Nations in Latin America HISP20070 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
From History to Hollywood: Exploiting El Cid HISP30027 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Gender and Identity in Spanish Theatre: From the Golden Age to Romanticism HISP31027 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Introduction to Literature and Culture in Portuguese HISP11302 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian History HISP11303 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Introduction to the History of Spain and Latin America HISP10011 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Introduction to the Literature of Spain and Latin America HISP10012 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Japanese for General Purposes Pre-Intermediate LANG21046 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Language Through Theatre A HISP20035 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Language Through Theatre B HISP20036 10 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Language for Medical Studies (Ab-initio Japanese) LANG11306 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Language for Medical Studies (Mandarin Chinese) Ab-initio LANG11307 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Literary History of Catalonia HISP10306 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Mandarin Chinese for General Purposes (pre-intermediate) LANG21047 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote HISP30033 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Modern Brazil HISP30037 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Modern Catalan Literature HISP30025 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Modern Catalan Literature (1) HISP30024 10 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Nationalism and National Identity in Argentina, 1810-1955 HISP20046 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
New Lusophone Worlds HISP30038 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Politics and Literature in Fifteenth-Century Castile HISP20039 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Popular Protest and Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain, 1875 - 1923 HISP30075 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Portuguese Africa, 1900-1961 HISP21306 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML HISP20302 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language HISP21011 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language HISP10302 40 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language (Hispanic Studies) HISP10106 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Portuguese Language - Post A Level HISP10307 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language for Hispanic Studies HISP30007 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees HISP30302 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Portuguese Literature - Post A level HISP10308 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975 HISP20076 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Romance Linguistics HISP30010 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Roots of Regionalism HISP30042 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Searching for an Identity: Women's Writing in Contemporary Spain (1940-1998) HISP30036 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Spain and Portugal in the Atlantic World 1430-1830 HISP30083 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Spanish Language HISP20101 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Spanish Language (Ab-initio) HISP10116 40 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Spanish Language (Post A level) HISP10001 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees HISP30101 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Spanish for Business and Professional Purposes Level 3 LANG34015 10 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12015 10 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio) LANG11045 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12025 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13015 10 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13025 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Spanish for Medical Studies Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio) LANG11305 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Spanish for Medical Studies Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12305 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-4
Spanish for Medical Studies Level 1 Grade 3 (post A' level) LANG13305 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 LANG21025 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 LANG21015 10 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 LANG22025 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 LANG22015 10 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Spiritual Children - Daily Life in the Catholic Missions of Colonal Spanish America HISP20081 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Survey Course on the History of Spain and Latin America HISP10115 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
Survey Course on the Literature of Spain and Latin America HISP10114 10 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
The Lexical History of Spanish HISP20040 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
The Linguistic History of Spain HISP10013 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-1
The Masks of Don Juan: Representations of the Legendary Figure in Spain, 1630-1930 HISP20082 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
The Theatre of Federico Garcia Lorca HISP30029 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Writing, Society and Politics in Franco's Spain HISP20038 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Year Abroad (Hispanic Studies) HISP29002 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Year Abroad (Joint Honours) HISP29004 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Year Abroad (Modern Languages/Spanish) HISP29003 60 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Year Abroad (Single Honours) HISP29001 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Year Abroad Portuguese HISP29101 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Year Abroad Portuguese HISP29102 60 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR