Undergraduate courses: The year abroad
Students of Modern languages at Sheffield normally spend a full academic year abroad as a course requirement. This year is a perfect opportunity for seriously considering your choice of career.
Single Honours courses
Spanish students and those taking a Dual course combining Spanish with a non-language subject spend a full academic session in Spain or in another Spanish-speaking country such as Mexico, Peru or another Latin-American country. During this period those who also study Portuguese may spend half the year in Portugal. Those taking Catalan may spend their period abroad in a Catalan-speaking area or attend a summer school in Catalonia.
Dual Honours courses
Dual Honours students taking Spanish with another language normally divide the time equally between the two countries.
Alongside carrying out the academic work specified in a Year Abroad Handbook there are choices as to how you spend your time abroad. These are:
- Attendance at approved university courses such as those currently available at Barcelona, Granada, Oviedo, Palma, Salamanca, Santiago, Seville or Valencia. (The University of Sheffield has exchange agreements with universities in Barcelona, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Málaga, Oviedo, Palma, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia, and Montevideo)
- A teaching post
- A business placement.
Currently we have 2 work placements with a translation agency in Valencia, each available for one semester. Priority for these is given to studentson the BA Modern Languages with Interpreting. - Voluntary work, subject to satisfying the University's regulations
The options
The period of foreign residence is spent as follows:
- Attendance at approved university courses such as those currently available at Barcelona, Granada, Oviedo, Palma, Salamanca, Santiago, Seville or Valencia. (The University of Sheffield has exchange agreements with universities in Barcelona, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Málaga, Oviedo, Palma, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia, and Montevideo)
- or a teaching post
- or a business placement. (Currently we have 2 work placements with a translation agency in Valencia, each available for one semester. Priority will be given to BAMLI students)
- or voluntary work, subject to satisfying the University's regulations
- and carrying out academic work as detailed in the Year Abroad Handbook.