Study Schemes

BA Politics / Spanish [LR24]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Bursary;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Options

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
SP19900

Spanish Language Advanced

Semester 2
SP19930

Spanish Language Advanced

Year 1 Options

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
SP10700

Spanish Language (beginners)

Semester 2
SP10740

Spanish Language (beginners)

Year 1 Options

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take either SP10610 or EL10610 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction To European Film

EL10610

Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics

EL10800

Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe

EL10900

Images Of Europe: The European Imagination

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction To European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe

EL10920

Images Of Europe: The European Imagination

SP10610

Hispanic Civilization

Year 1 Options

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction To European Film

EL10610

Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics

EL10800

Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe

EL10900

Images Of Europe: The European Imagination

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction To European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe

EL10920

Images Of Europe: The European Imagination

Year 1 Options

Part One students MUST TAKE and PASS 40 credits worth of Part One modules from the Department of International Politics

Semester 1
GW10420

Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol

GW11220

Defnyddio Syniadau Gwleidyddol

GW12320

Gwleidyddiaeth Y Byd Yng Nghyfnod Y Ddau Ryfel Byd

IP10420

Introduction To International Politics

IP12220

Revolution And Continuity In Political Philosophy

IP12320

World Politics In The Age Of The Two World Wars

Semester 2
GW10320

Rhyfel Strategaeth A Chuddwybodaeth

GW10620

Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Y Trydydd Byd

GW11120

Cymru Yn Ewrop

IP10320

War, Strategy And Intelligence

IP10620

Power And Inequality In The Third World

IP12120

Politics In Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (30 Credits)

You must take:

Semester 1
SP20100

Spanish Language

Semester 2
SP20130

Spanish Language

Year 2 Options

You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 2 SP or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL20500/10 in combination:

Semester 1
EL20220

Romance Linguistics

EL20500

Extended Essay Module

EL31900

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

SP25020

Seeing Spain Through Cinema

SP26120

Spanish American Cinema

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

EL31920

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

SP20310

Language Of Business And Current Affairs 1

SP27020

Cuban Cinema Of The Revolution: Crisis, National Identity And The Critique Of Contemporary Society

Year 3 Core ( Credits)

Your compulsory year Abroad modules for International Politics

Semester 1
IPS0000

Abroad Year Dummy

Semester 2
IPS0060

Abroad Year Dummy

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

On your compulsory year abroad your registration will be:

Semester 1
SPS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
SPS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year Core (30 Credits)

You must take:

Semester 1
SP30100

Spanish Language

Semester 2
SP30130

Spanish Language

Final Year Options

You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 3 SP or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL30500/10 in combination:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30320

Romance Linguistics

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

EL31900

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

SP31410

Actualidades

SP35020

Seeing Spain Through Cinema

SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

EL31920

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

SP37020

Cuban Cinema Of The Revolution: Crisis, National Identity And The Critique Of Contemporary Society

Available both years Options

Students must TAKE and PASS one of the following degree scheme core modules before being eligible for graduation (please note - a choice of three modules is offered over Part Two of the degree) - please see below for those offered this year:

Semester 1
GW32220

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth

GW35020

Cymru A Datganoli

IP32220

Political Theory

IP35020

Wales And Devolution

Semester 2
GW33820

Gwleidyddiaeth Ewropeaidd

IP33820

European Politics

Available both years Options

Students must take 120 of their 240 credits in Part Two (year 2 & final year) in International Politics dept; and should also take 120 credits in their `home' department (usually 60 credits from each per year) -including core module credits

Semester 1
GW35320

Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918

GW37720

Damcaniaethau Amlddiwylliannedd

IP31420

Twenty-first Century Warfare

IP33720

The Making Of National Security Policy

IP34520

Responding To Terror

IP35320

Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918

IP36620

Democracy Promotion In World Politics

IP36920

America At War: A Military History Of The United States

IP37020

Social Movements And World Politics

IP37720

Theories Of Multiculturalism

IP38220

The Evolution Of American Foreign Policy

IP39520

Islam, Foreign Policy And The Developing World

IP39620

Women In The Third World

Semester 2
GW30120

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw

IP30120

International Political Theory Today

IP30420

International Politics And The Nuclear Age

IP30620

Famine

IP34320

The Ethics Of War In Theory And Practice

IP35720

De Gaulle's France (1919 - 1970)

IP36220

Global Crime And Transnational Policing: Emerging Practices

IP36420

The Second World War In Europe

IP37120

International Peacekeeping And Ethnic Warfare

IP37520

Us And Uk Special Relations

IP39220

The Third World In International Politics

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary