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This joint honours programme aims to develop your critical, analytic, linguistic and creative skills. As well as language learning, you will engage with a broad range of texts in both English and Spanish, and a variety of approaches to reading.

Year 1:
You will study either Spanish 1A or 1B, depending on your language skills. Typically, students on Spanish 1B come to University with substantially more experience of studying Spanish than students on Spanish 1A.

You will take two literary studies courses. These will introduce you to the skills needed for the critical close reading of the core literary genres: poetry; drama; or, prose.

Year 2:
Students of 1A and 1B will come together in the Spanish Language 2 course. This course will help you communicate your ideas in Spanish using more nuanced grammatical structures, vocabulary and syntax. In both your spoken and written work, you will gain confidence in expressing yourself in Spanish, ready to study or work abroad in Year 3.

Depending on what you have studied in Year 1, you can also take courses in different aspects of linguistics, or explore Basque, Catalan or Portuguese to expand your knowledge of Iberian languages and cultures.

You will be introduced to the study of English literature in its cultural and historical contexts via a survey of literature from the late Medieval period to the mid-twentieth century.

Year 3:
You will spend Year 3 in a Spanish-speaking country, deepening your knowledge of Spanish by speaking it daily and immersing yourself in local cultures.

Year 4:
You will study advanced language courses in Spanish. For English Literature, you will take courses covering key issues, concepts, and developments in literary theory and criticism.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements

Standard entry:
4 Highers at AAAB (first sitting) or AAAA (two sittings) including English and a language other than English.

Widening access entry:
4 Highers at ABBB (two sittings) including English and a language other than English. Highers at BBB must be achieved in one sitting.