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Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies Modules 2021/2

Please note, details for interdisciplinary modules within the HASS faculty can be found here.

Stage One Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV1005 Inside the Museum152
AHV1006 Visual Media151
AHV1008 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture I151
AHV1009 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II152
AHV1011 Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture301
AHV1012 Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture302
MLF1001 French Language301 and 2
MLF1017 The Making of Modern France151
MLF1052 French Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLF1103 The French Language, Present and Past152
MLF1105 An Introduction to French Thought151
MLF1121 French Visual History152
MLG1001 German Language301 and 2
MLG1014 A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory152
MLG1017 Turning Points in German History 1200 - 2000151
MLG1020 Made in Germany: the History and Culture of a Global Brand152
MLG1021 Outside In: An Introduction to Outcasts and Outsiders in German-language Literature and Film151
MLG1052 German Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLI1001 Italian Language301 and 2
MLI1016 Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy152
MLI1052 Italian Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLI1121 A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy151
MLM1010 China of the Senses: Approaching Chinese Culture and Environments152
MLM1052 Beginners Chinese301 and 2
MLP1002 Introduction to the Lusophone World152
MLP1052 Portuguese Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLR1001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral301 and 2
MLR1005 Chekhov's Major Plays152
MLR1023 Russia: Empire and Identity151
MLR1030 Russian Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLS1001 Spanish Language301 and 2
MLS1016 Gender Perspectives152
MLS1056 Spanish Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLS1064 An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context151
MLS1066 The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture152
MLS1067 Ideology in the Hispanic World151
SML1105 Reason and Existence: An Introduction to French Thought151
SML1207 Introduction to Film151
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations151

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV2002 Debates and Contestations in Art History151
AHV2007 Contemporary Visual Practices152
AHV2009 The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980302
AHV2011 Global Art and Empire, 1850-1950151
AHV2013 Photography and Evidence151
AHV2015 Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning 301, 2 and 3
AHV2016 Contemporary Art and Curation 151
AHV2208 Ideal Cities? Urban Cultures of Renaissance Italy152
MLF2001 French Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLF2012 Evolution of the French Language151
MLF2029 Varieties of French152
MLF2056 Provoking Thoughts - French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century152
MLF2066 Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment152
MLF2074 Translating Exile: Contemporary Francophone Women Writers151
MLF2076 Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde151
MLF2152 Intermediate French301 and 2
MLG2001 German Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLG2003 Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film151
MLG2018 Berlin - Culture, History and Politics152
MLG2019 Gender, Race and Migration in 20th and 21st-century German Literature152
MLG2052 Intermediate German301 and 2
MLI2001 Italian Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLI2018 Love (and Marriage?) in Contemporary Italian Film Comedy151
MLI2019 Italian(s) in the World152
MLI2051 Italian Language301 and 2
MLM2010 Reading China: from Mandarins to Revolutionists151
MLM2052 Intermediate Chinese (One)301 and 2
MLP2002 Portuguese as a Global Language152
MLP2052 Intermediate Portuguese301 and 2
MLR2001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I301 and 2
MLR2021 Understanding Russia152
MLR2023 A Russian Carnival of the Animals152
MLR2024 Exploring Revolution: The Making of Soviet Society and Culture in the 1920s151
MLR2030 Intermediate Russian301 and 2
MLS2001 Spanish Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLS2045 Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry152
MLS2061 The Latin American Short Story151
MLS2070 Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context151
MLS2072 Place and Identity in Contemporary Venezuelan Culture152
MLS2156 Spanish Language (ex-beginners)301 and 2
MLS2160 Fiction in Post-War Spain: Voices of Conformity and Subversion152
SML2209 Music in Medieval Europe151
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society152
SML2246 Intercultural Communication152

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV3000 Art History and Visual Culture Dissertation301 and 2
AHV3002 Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy151
AHV3003 The Face151
AHV3007 Global Modernisms152
AHV3008 Performance Art151
AHV3012 Installation Art152
AHV3013 Art, Industry and the Modern, 1840-1900152
MLF3006 The Invention of Modern Love152
MLF3046 Dialectology in France152
MLF3075 First-Person Outsiders in Modern French Literature152
MLF3078 Philosophers, Prophets and Mystics in French Culture151
MLF3080 Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day151
MLF3081 Sexual Politics: Gender Dynamics in Early Modern France152
MLF3111 Advanced French Language Skills301 and 2
MLG3036 Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria152
MLG3037 Coping with Catastrophe: German Culture, Literature and Politics in the Interwar Years151
MLG3040 Sex, Sciences and the Arts152
MLG3111 Advanced German Language Skills301 and 2
MLI3111 Advanced Italian Language Skills301 and 2
MLI3199 Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend152
MLM3009 China through the Lens: Cultural Translation and Self-Presentation151
MLM3011 China and the Third World: Foreign Relations and Nation Building in China in the Cold War Era152
MLM3111 Advanced Chinese Language Skills301 and 2
MLP3111 Advanced Portuguese Language Skills301 and 2
MLR3026 The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature152
MLR3027 The Making of Underground Russia, 1825-1917151
MLR3111 Advanced Russian Language Skills301 and 2
MLS3037 Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain151
MLS3057 Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America152
MLS3066 Almodovar's Spain: Cinema and Society151
MLS3069 Mediated Lives: Intermedial Fiction from Latin America151
MLS3111 Advanced Spanish Language Skills301 and 2
MLS3112 Spanish Modernists: Narratives of Identity, Gender and Nation151
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World152
SML3010 Work and Study Abroad1201, 2 and 3
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind152
SML3015 Dissertation151 and 2
SML3020 Study Abroad at a Partner University (with Assessment in the Foreign Language)1201
SML3025 Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University Abroad1201
SML3030 Extended Dissertation301 and 2
SML3031 Advanced Translation Skills152
SML3040 Women in Translation: Gender and Publishing in the 21st Century152
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures151
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration152
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism151

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHVM001 Institutions and Agencies: the Business of Contemporary Art301
AHVM002 Arts of the Contemporary World301
AHVM003 Art Writing302
AHVM004 Internship302 and 3
AHVM005 Dissertation602 and 3
AHVM006 Curatorial Project602 and 3
SMLM113 Dissertation in Global Literatures and Cultures602 and 3
SMLM145 Translation Dissertation603
SMLM150 Translation Theory301
SMLM151 The Practice of Translation301
SMLM152 Specialist Translation 1152
SMLM153 The Translation Profession152
SMLM154 Translation Work Placement / Project152 and 3
SMLM156 Translation as Literary and Creative Practice152
SMLM158 Translation as Cultural and Intermedia Practice152
SMLM235 Key Concepts for Global Literatures and Cultures301 and 2
SMLM236 Latin American Cinema: Race, Nation and Representation 302