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Degree: | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (BA (Hons)) |
Discipline: |
Languages
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Duration: | 48 months |
Study modes: | full-time |
University website: | Italian and Hispanic Studies |
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Italian and Hispanic Studies enables you to learn the languages and explore the culture of both the Spanish and Italian-speaking world.
Outside Spain, Spanish is the official language of all countries in South and Central America except Brazil, and is widely spoken in many parts of North America. Italy is a cornerstone of European culture, art and history, and Italian gives you the tools to explore this cultural richness.
Studying Hispanic Studies and Italian gives you the opportunity to become proficient in two major international languages, and complement your language learning with a broad understanding of history, literature and culture. Fluency in the these two languages, combined with knowledge of political and cultural developments in Spanish- and Italian-speaking countries, opens up international career opportunities.
As well as developing your language skills, you also take modules that focus on areas of literature and culture. Currently, we offer modules covering cinema, literature, and visual culture, as well as more general options on the history and politics of the Spanish- and Italian-speaking world.
A number of our staff are native speakers and our facilities include multimedia laboratories, which offer a variety of interactive language learning programmes and dictionaries, and access to audio, video and computer-assisted language learning.
You also have the opportunity to take part in a mentoring scheme for secondary school pupils. By helping them to increase their ability to speak, read and write fluently in a foreign language, you will gain valuable work experience for future careers in education or leadership roles in any field.
Studying at our Canterbury campus gives you a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in both languages. There is a large community of Italian and Spanish-speaking students on campus, and our proximity to airports, the Channel ports and the Eurostar terminals at Ashford and Ebbsfleet make it quick and easy to get to mainland Europe.
You are required to spend a year working or studying abroad between your second and final year of study. In previous years, students have studied at our partner institutions in a country appropriate to their programme of study (for Italian and Hispanic Studies this is usually six months in each country). You’ll develop your language skills, grow in self-confidence, gain a new academic perspective, and enhance your employability.
Italian and Hispanic Studies is an ideal combination of subjects to enable you gain advanced language skills and a broad cultural understanding, giving you the tools to embark on an international career.
Dr Wissia Fiorucci, Modern Languages Co-ordinator and Director of Education, talks about the challenges and rewards of learning languages.
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