Spanish and Latin American Studies (BA)

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Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.

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Each year combines compulsory modules to build your mastery of Spanish with a wide range of options. This allows you to tailor your learning to suit your interests and ambitions.

You can also take modules from different subject areas, or learn another language. If you find a subject you love you can even make it an official part of your degree as a minor subject.  

To give you the best possible start, we use our system of 7 language levels to work out your proficiency. We can then make sure our teaching develops your skills as effectively as possible.

Year 1 overview

We’ll introduce you to the study skills you’ll need as a Modern Languages student and you’ll take a compulsory Spanish language module that will develop your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

You’ll then be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules that could include topics such as:

• applications of linguistics

• languages of the Spanish-speaking world

• the history and politics of the Hispanic world

• an introduction to the Portuguese-speaking world

• modules from other subject areas, including other languages (preferably Portuguese)

Year 2 overview

You’ll continue to develop your Spanish language skills and you’ll take a module that prepares you for your year abroad and the research project that you’ll undertake.

You’ll be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules, tailoring your degree to areas that interest you. These might include:

• gender, race and nation in modern Latin America

• culture, power and resistance in the Portuguese-speaking world  

• language structure

• The EU and European identity

• teaching English as a foreign language

• ethnography

• experience as a classroom ambassador

• modules from other subject areas, including other languages

Year 3 overview

You can spend your year abroad in a Spanish or Portuguese-speaking country:

• as an English language assistant in a school

• studying on a university course

• on an approved work placement

You’ll also do an independent study project.

Find out more about the year abroad.

Year 4 overview

We will support you in your return to university from your year abroad and we’ll help you to talk about your experiences in a way that enhances your employability. You’ll continue to develop your written and spoken Spanish and you’ll be able to choose from a range of other module options.

Module options may include topics such as:

• a Modern Languages dissertation.

• language and identity among US Latinos

• public service interpreting

• language teaching

• representations of women in the Hispanic world

• Transatlantic crossings: linguistic variation in the Iberian peninsula and Latin America

• English as a global language

• documenting displacement in contemporary Spain

• modules from from other subject areas, including other languages

Want more detail? See all the modules in the course.

The learning activities for this course include the following:

• lectures
• classes and tutorials
• coursework
• individual and group projects
• independent learning (studying on your own)

Course time

How you'll spend your course time:

Course leader

Michael Kranert is the course leader.

As a modern languages graduate, you can choose from a wide variety of employment options - especially Spanish-speaking jobs.

You'll get to use your skills in:

• gathering and interpreting information

• working with and leading teams

• understanding and adapting to different cultures

Previous graduates have gone on to careers including:

• translation

• interpreting

• teaching

• marketing

• publishing

• international development

• advertising, film and television

There is a compulsory employability module for all first-year students in the faculty.

Many of our graduates go on to further study. Subjects taken include interpreting and translating, law, accountancy, management and international relations.

Careers services at Southampton

We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022). Our Careers and Employability Service will support you throughout your time as a student and for up to 5 years after graduation. This support includes:

• work experience schemes

• CV and interview skills and workshops

• networking events

• careers fairs attended by top employers

• a wealth of volunteering opportunities

• study abroad and summer school opportunities

We have a vibrant entrepreneurship culture and our dedicated start-up supporter, Futureworlds, is open to every student.

Tuition fees

Fees for a year's study:

• UK students pay £9,250.
• EU and international students pay £19,300.

What your fees pay for

Your tuition fees pay for the full cost of tuition and all examinations.

Find out how to:

• pay your tuition fees

• calculate your student finances

Accommodation and living costs, such as travel and food, are not included in your tuition fees. Explore:

• accommodation costs

• living costs

• budgeting advice

Bursaries, scholarships and other funding

If you're a UK or EU student and your household income is under £25,000 a year, you may be able to get a University of Southampton bursary to help with your living costs. Find out about bursaries and other funding we offer at Southampton.

If you're a care leaver or estranged from your parents, you may be able to get a specific bursary.

Get in touch for advice about student money matters.

Scholarships and grants

You may be able to get a scholarship or grant to help fund your studies.

We award scholarships and grants for travel, academic excellence, or to students from under-represented backgrounds.

Support during your course

The Student Services Centre offers support and advice on money to students. You may be able to access our Student Support fund and other sources of financial support during your course.

Funding for EU and international students

Find out about funding you could get as an international student.

When you apply use:

• UCAS course code: RTK7
• UCAS institution code: S27

Apply for 2023 entry

What happens after you apply?

We will assess your application on the strength of your:

• predicted grades
• academic achievements
• personal statement
• academic reference

We normally invite all candidates to an interview.

We'll aim to process your application within two to six weeks, but this will depend on when it is submitted. Applications submitted in January, particularly near to the UCAS equal consideration deadline, might take substantially longer to be processed due to the high volume received at that time.

Equality and diversity

We treat and select everyone in line with our Equality and Diversity Statement.

Got a question?

Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.

Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000