BA German / Spanish [RR24]

Academic Year 2025/2026 September 2025 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Last intake year is 2024/2025

Duration 4 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE11900

German Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
GE11940

German Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP11900

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
SP11940

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE11700

German Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
GE11740

German Language (Beginners)

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP11700

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
SP11740

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Year 1 Options

Choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP16100

Hispanic Civilization

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP16120

Hispanic Civilization

Year 1 Options

Choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

GE10920

Exploring German Cultural Identity

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE22100

German Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
GE22140

German Language (Intermediate)

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP22100

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
SP22140

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Year 2 Options

Choose 20 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
GE26020

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE27220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Year 2 Options

Choose 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 1
SP26120

Spanish American Cinema

Semester 2
SP20620

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP25220

Spanish Cinema ii: New Tendencies

SP27020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

During your Year Abroad your registration will be:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GES0000

Intercalary Year Dissertation

Semester 2
GES0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

During your Year Abroad your registration will be:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SPS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
SPS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE33400

German Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
GE33440

German Language (Advanced)

Final Year Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP33400

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
SP33440

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Final Year Options

Choose 20 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
GE36120

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE37220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Final Year Options

Choose 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules:

Semester 1
SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
SP35220

Spanish Cinema ii: New Tendencies

SP37020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society