School of Modern Languages units in 2026/27

Please note: Programme and unit information may change as the relevant academic field develops. We may also make changes to the structure of programmes and assessments to improve the student experience.

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Level QCA-3
Level C/4
Level I/5
Level H/6
Level M/7
Level D/8
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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Advanced French UWLP20002 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Advanced German UWLP20004 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Advanced Japanese UWLP30003 20 Honours/6 Open TB-4
Advanced Mandarin Chinese UWLP30004 20 Honours/6 Open TB-4
Advanced Spanish UWLP20006 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Audio description and technologies for museum accessibility MODLM0072 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Beginners Catalan UWLP10025 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners French UWLP10001 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners German UWLP10004 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Italian UWLP10014 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Japanese UWLP10012 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Korean UWLP10018 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Mandarin Chinese UWLP10013 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Modern Standard Arabic UWLP10008 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Portuguese MODL20022 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Beginners Portuguese UWLP10026 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Beginners Russian UWLP10016 20 Certificate/4 Open F TB-4
Beginners Spanish UWLP10009 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Catalan Language (follow-on) MODL30011 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Cinema and Revolution MODL20020 20 Intermediate/5 Not open D TB-2
City Futures: Migration, Citizenship, and Planetary Change UNIV10005 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Classics of European Cinema MODL10010 20 Certificate/4 Not open C,F TB-2
Comparative Literature Independent Research Project MODL30033 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Comparative Literature: Debates, Contexts, Methods MODLM0076 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Comparative Literature: What is it and how can we practise it? MODL10016 20 Certificate/4 Not open A,C TB-1
Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) I MODLM0071 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Computer-Aided Translation MODLM2016 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Computer-Aided Translation II MODLM0039 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Confronting the Modern in World Literature MODLM0073 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Consecutive Interpreting MODLM0081 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Contemporary European Cinema MODL10009 20 Certificate/4 Not open B,F TB-1
Contemporary Global Chinese Literature and Visual Arts MODLM0050 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Cross-Cultural Communication and Commercial Interpreting MODLM0077 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Cultural Encounters MODLM0002 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-4
Czech Language (follow-on) MODL30012 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation MODLM0080 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation MODLM0012 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (Comparative Literatures and Cultures) MODLM0019 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (MA Translation) MODLM2037 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Fairy Tales Across Borders MODL20029 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Follow-on French UWLP20001 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Follow-on German UWLP20003 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Follow-on Italian UWLP20010 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Follow-on Korean UWLP20017 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Follow-on Modern Standard Arabic UWLP20018 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Follow-on Portuguese MODL30037 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Follow-on Portuguese UWLP20016 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Follow-on Spanish UWLP20005 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Foreign Language Skills for Postgraduate Students (Advanced) MODLM0031 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Foreign Language Skills for Postgraduate Students (Beginners and Intermediate) MODLM0030 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Game Localization MODLM0028 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
General Linguistics MODL20016 20 Intermediate/5 Not open C TB-1
Historical Linguistics MODL20017 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Independent Research Project MODL20031 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1,TB-2
Independent Study 1 MODL30005 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Intermediate French UWLP10003 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Intermediate French for second and final year UWLP20013 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Intermediate German UWLP10006 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Intermediate German for second and final year UWLP20015 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Intermediate Japanese UWLP30001 20 Honours/6 Open TB-4
Intermediate Mandarin Chinese UWLP30002 20 Honours/6 Open TB-4
Intermediate Spanish UWLP10011 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Intermediate Spanish for second and final year UWLP20014 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
International Business Management and Modern Languages Independent Project MODL30028 40 Honours/6 Not open E TB-4
Introduction to Visual Cultures: from Bristol to the World MODL10019 20 Certificate/4 Not open TB-2
Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages MODL20021 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Liaison Interpreting MODL30006 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1,TB-2
Migrations of Culture MODL20024 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Modern Language Studies Independent Research Project MODL30039 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Modern Languages and English Dissertation MODL30029 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Modern Languages and History Dissertation MODL30025 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Popular Representation and Institutions of Culture MODL20026 20 Intermediate/5 Not open D TB-2
Post-Beginners French UWLP10002 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Post-Beginners German UWLP10005 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Post-Beginners Italian UWLP10015 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Post-Beginners Russian UWLP20011 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Post-Beginners Spanish UWLP10010 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-4
Pre-intermediate Japanese UWLP20008 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Pre-intermediate Mandarin Chinese UWLP20009 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-4
Principles of subtitling MODLM0010 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Public Service Interpreting MODLM0082 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Queer Lives MODLM0070 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Research Skills MODLM0021 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Simultaneous Interpreting and Augmented Intelligence Technologies MODLM0078 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Sociolinguistics: Language Variation and Change MODL30015 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Studying and Making Early Printed Books  MODL30040 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Supervised Individual Study MODLM0049 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1,TB-2
The Essay: History, Genre, Media MODL20030 20 Intermediate/5 Not open D TB-2
The Language Services Industry and International Affairs MODLM0079 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
The Rise of the Novel in 19th-Century MODLM2035 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
The Translation Industry MODLM2017 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching MODL30036 20 Honours/6 Not open D TB-2
Theories of Translation MODLM2015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of Translation MODLM0005 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theories of Visual Culture: Comparisons across Time, Space, and Media MODLM0075 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Theorising Violence: Colonialism and Anticolonial Cultural Politics MODLM0074 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translating in a Professional Context MODL30010 20 Honours/6 Not open C TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: Chinese MODLM0053 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: French MODLM0056 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: German MODLM0055 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: Italian MODLM0057 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: Portuguese MODLM0059 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: Russian MODLM0060 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis I: Spanish MODLM0061 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Translation Practice and Analysis II: Chinese MODLM0054 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation Practice and Analysis II: French MODLM0062 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation Practice and Analysis II: German MODLM0063 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation Practice and Analysis II: Italian MODLM0064 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation Practice and Analysis II: Portuguese MODLM0066 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation Practice and Analysis II: Russian MODLM0067 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation Practice and Analysis II: Spanish MODLM0068 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation and International Film Distribution MODLM0040 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Translation for Subtitling MODLM0009 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
War and Peace: Tolstoy’s Ethics in a European Context MODL30042 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Intermediate/5 Not open B,F TB-1
Work experience analysis MODLM0069 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1,TB-2
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Intermediate/5 Not open B,F TB-1
Year Abroad for Students Taking More than One Language MODL20032 120 Intermediate/5 Not open AYEAR
Year Abroad for Students Taking One Language MODL20033 120 Intermediate/5 Not open A AYEAR