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Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies Modules 2023/4

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 Museum152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV1006 Visual Media151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV1008 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture I151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV1009 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV1011 Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture301View on ELE (current students only)
AHV1012 Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture302View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1001 French Language301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1017 The Making of Modern France151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1018 The Devil is in the Detail: An Introduction to the Short Story in French152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1052 French Language for Beginners301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1103 The French Language, Present and Past152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1105 An Introduction to French Thought151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF1121 French Visual History152View on ELE (current students only)
MLG1001 German Language301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLG1014 A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory151View on ELE (current students only)
MLG1017 Turning Points in German History 1200 - 2000151View on ELE (current students only)
MLG1021 Outside In: An Introduction to Outcasts and Outsiders in German-language Literature and Film152View on ELE (current students only)
MLG1052 German Language for Beginners301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI1001 Italian Language301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI1016 Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy151View on ELE (current students only)
MLI1052 Italian Language for Beginners301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI1121 A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy152View on ELE (current students only)
MLM1010 China of the Senses: Approaching Chinese Culture and Environments151View on ELE (current students only)
MLM1013 A Brief History of Modern China (1861-Present)152View on ELE (current students only)
MLM1052 Beginners Chinese301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLP1052 Portuguese Language for Beginners301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLR1001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLR1006 An Emotional Experience: Russian Literature and the Expression of Feeling152View on ELE (current students only)
MLR1023 Russia: Empire and Identity151View on ELE (current students only)
MLR1030 Russian Language for Beginners301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1001 Spanish Language301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1056 Spanish Language for Beginners301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1064 An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1066 The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1067 Ideology in the Hispanic World151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1068 An Introduction to the Literature and Film of Spain151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS1164 A Journey of Discovery: Hispanic Global Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
SML1002 Constructing Nature: Stories we Live By152View on ELE (current students only)
SML1067 Ideology in the Hispanic World151View on ELE (current students only)
SML1105 Reason and Existence: An Introduction to French Thought151View on ELE (current students only)
SML1207 Introduction to Film151View on ELE (current students only)
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations152View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV2002 Debates and Contestations in Art History151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2007 Contemporary Visual Practices152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2009 The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980302View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2012 Revolutions: Art and Society in France, 1770-1848302View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2013 Photography and Evidence151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2015 Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning 301, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2016 Contemporary Art and Curation 151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2018 Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres301View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2019 Common Threads: Art, Craft and Activism152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2020 Deconstructing the Dutch Golden Age: Nationalism, Exceptionalism and Decline152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2021 American Photographs151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2022 Animals in Nineteenth-century Art and Visual Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2023 Global Impressionisms151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2024 Renaissances North and South: Italy and the Netherlands152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV2208 Ideal Cities? Urban Cultures of Renaissance Italy151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2001 French Language, Written and Oral301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2005 Classical myth in French and francophone cinema151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2029 Varieties of French152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2056 Provoking Thoughts - French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2069 East is East? Cross-Cultural Encounters in Medieval French Literature151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2070 Violence and Virtue: Early Modern French Theatre152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2074 Translating Exile: Contemporary Francophone Women Writers152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2076 Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF2152 Intermediate French301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLG2001 German Language, Written and Oral301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLG2003 Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film151View on ELE (current students only)
MLG2018 Berlin - Culture, History and Politics152View on ELE (current students only)
MLG2019 Gender, Race and Migration in 20th and 21st-century German Literature152View on ELE (current students only)
MLG2052 Intermediate German301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI2001 Italian Language, Written and Oral301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI2018 Love (and Marriage?) in Contemporary Italian Film Comedy152View on ELE (current students only)
MLI2019 Italian(s) in the World151View on ELE (current students only)
MLI2051 Italian Language301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLM2002 Politics of Contemporary China151View on ELE (current students only)
MLM2003 Chinoiserie and Europeenerie: Artistic and cultural exchanges between China and Europe 152View on ELE (current students only)
MLM2052 Intermediate Chinese (One)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLP2052 Intermediate Portuguese301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLR2001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLR2021 Understanding Russia151View on ELE (current students only)
MLR2024 Exploring Revolution: The Making of Soviet Society and Culture in the 1920s152View on ELE (current students only)
MLR2030 Intermediate Russian301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2001 Spanish Language, Written and Oral301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2045 Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2061 The Latin American Short Story152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2070 Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2072 Place and Identity in Contemporary Venezuelan Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2073 Literary Non-Fiction in Argentina: When Writing Meets the Real152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2156 Spanish Language (ex-beginners)301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS2158 "What is Love? And Do I Need It?" An Introduction to Spanish Renaissance Love Poetry151View on ELE (current students only)
SML2004 Contemporary Latin American Cinema 151View on ELE (current students only)
SML2209 Music in Medieval Europe151View on ELE (current students only)
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society152View on ELE (current students only)
SML2246 Intercultural Communication152View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV3000 Art History and Visual Culture Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3002 Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3003 The Face151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3007 Global Modernisms152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3008 Performance Art151View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3009 Paris to the World: Modelling the Modern City152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3012 Installation Art152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3016 Conceptual Art152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3017 'Queen City of Europe': Art, Culture and Society in Renaissance Antwerp, c.1500-70152View on ELE (current students only)
AHV3019 Artists' Film and Video151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3034 Sociolinguistics of French151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3046 Dialectology in France152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3050 Music, Poetry and Society at the Late Medieval French Court151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3075 First-Person Outsiders in Modern French Literature152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3078 Philosophers, Prophets and Mystics in French Culture151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3079 Sex, Subversion and Censorship: Libertine Literature in Seventeenth-Century France151View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3080 Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3081 Sexual Politics: Gender Dynamics in Early Modern France152View on ELE (current students only)
MLF3111 Advanced French Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLG3036 Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria151View on ELE (current students only)
MLG3037 Coping with Catastrophe: German Culture, Literature and Politics in the Interwar Years151View on ELE (current students only)
MLG3040 Sex, Sciences and the Arts152View on ELE (current students only)
MLG3111 Advanced German Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI3033 Multicultural Italy152View on ELE (current students only)
MLI3111 Advanced Italian Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLI3199 Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend151View on ELE (current students only)
MLM3008 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 152View on ELE (current students only)
MLM3009 China through the Lens: Cultural Translation and Self-Presentation151View on ELE (current students only)
MLM3011 China and the Third World: Foreign Relations and Nation Building in China in the Cold War Era152View on ELE (current students only)
MLM3111 Advanced Chinese Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLP3009 Afro-Brazil: Transatlantic Identities in Culture152View on ELE (current students only)
MLP3111 Advanced Portuguese Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLR3026 The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature152View on ELE (current students only)
MLR3027 The Making of Underground Russia, 1825-1917151View on ELE (current students only)
MLR3111 Advanced Russian Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3037 Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3057 Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3066 Almodovar's Spain: Cinema and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3067 "Monster of Nature and Phoenix of Wits." An Introduction to the Work of Lope de Vega152View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3071 The Chilean Road to Socialism (1970-1973): What Happened and Why? Elements for a Debate151View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3111 Advanced Spanish Language Skills301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
MLS3112 Spanish Modernists: Narratives of Identity, Gender and Nation151View on ELE (current students only)
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World152View on ELE (current students only)
SML3010 Work and Study Abroad1201, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
SML3013 Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind151View on ELE (current students only)
SML3014 Socialist Thought and Practice in Latin America and Africa152View on ELE (current students only)
SML3015 Dissertation151View on ELE (current students only)
SML3020 Study Abroad at a Partner University (with Assessment in the Foreign Language)1201View on ELE (current students only)
SML3025 Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University Abroad1201View on ELE (current students only)
SML3030 Extended Dissertation301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
SML3031 Advanced Translation Skills152View on ELE (current students only)
SML3040 Women in Translation: Gender and Publishing in the 21st Century151View on ELE (current students only)
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures152View on ELE (current students only)
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration152View on ELE (current students only)
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism151View on ELE (current students only)
SML3044 Migration in World Cinema 152View on ELE (current students only)

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHVM001 Institutions and Agencies: the Business of Contemporary Art301View on ELE (current students only)
AHVM002 Arts of the Contemporary World301View on ELE (current students only)
AHVM003 Art Writing302View on ELE (current students only)
AHVM004 Internship302View on ELE (current students only)
AHVM005 Dissertation602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
AHVM006 Curatorial Project602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM087 Intercultural Communication: Key Concepts and Theories301View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM088 Dissertation601, 2 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM089 Language and Globalisation151View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM090 Minority Languages: Maintenance, Revitalisation and Endangerment152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM091 Language, Discourse and Society152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM113 Dissertation in Global Literatures and Cultures602 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM145 Translation Dissertation603View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM150 Translation Theory301View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM151 The Practice of Translation301View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM152 Specialist Translation 1152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM153 The Translation Profession152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM154 Translation Work Placement / Project152 and 3View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM156 Translation as Literary and Creative Practice152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM157 Introduction to Interpreting: Consecutive and Liaison152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM158 Translation as Cultural and Intermedia Practice152View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM235 Key Concepts for Global Literatures and Cultures301 and 2View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM236 Latin American Cinema: Race, Nation and Representation 301View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM237 Classical Reception and Contemporary Women's Writing302View on ELE (current students only)
SMLM238 French Language and Culture in Medieval Britain302View on ELE (current students only)