BA Hispanic Studies and Economics (HSSU06) ML

2019 - 2020

Year 1

This level is no longer running.

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (40 credits)

A student will take

Full academic year
ECN201 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN118 or ECN119 or MAS equivalent..	Intermediate Microeconomics	ACAD YR	20 credits
ECN202 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: ECN353 (when the module is running) + ECN130 or SMI equivalents. ECN118 or ECN119 or MAS equivalents.	Intermediate Macroeconomics	ACAD YR	20 credits

units to the value of twenty credits from one of the following

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Bi

Post A Level Spanish stream

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS230 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS231 HSS3017 HSS3018 HSS335 HSS6803 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 HSS267 HSS267 + HSS130 and HSS131. This module is linked to HSS231.	Advanced Spanish Language I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS231 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: HSS230 Is a pre-requisite for: HSS3018 HSS335 HSS357 HSS6803 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 HSS260 HSS266 + HSS130 and HSS131. This module is linked to HSS231.	Advanced Spanish Language II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Bii

Non A Level Spanish stream

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS270 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS3018 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + HSS140 and HSS141. This module is linked to HSS271.	Advanced Spanish Language	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS271 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS3018 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + HSS140 and HSS141. This module is linked to HSS271.	Advanced Spanish Language II	SPR SEM	10 credits

units to the value of twenty credits from one of the following

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Ci

If ECN120 was not taken at Level 1

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
ECN120 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: ECN219 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: MAS113 + Restricted to students for whom it is a core unit.	Statistical Methods for Economics	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Cii

If ECN120 was taken at Level 1

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
ECN216 XCannot be taken with: ECN219 ECN308 ECN309	Econometrics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN218 + ECN130.	Applied Macroeconomics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN219 ⇐PPre-requisites: ECN120 ECN130 XCannot be taken with: ECN216 ECN216 ECN308 ECN309 + Only available to BA single and dual Economics students.	Research Methods and Introductory Econometrics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN221 + ECN130.	The Economics of Social Issues	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
ECN212 ⇐PPre-requisites: ECN118 ECN119 + Restricted to students for whom it is core or approved.	Further Mathematical Methods for Economics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN217	Applied Microeconomics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN220	Money, Banking and Finance	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN222 + ECN130ECN21004 or ECN21007.	Economic Decision-making	SPR SEM	20 credits

units to the value of forty credits from the following, not more than twenty credits being taken from one of 2Dii, 2Diii or 2Div or 2Dv

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Di

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
HSS227	Tradition, Transition and Modernity	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS228 + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141 and/or HSS190 and HSS191. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271 and/or HSS290 and HSS291.	Promised Lands	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS236 + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141. HSS230 and HSS231.	Hispanic Film	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS237 + HSS130 and HSS131, or HSS140 and HSS141, and/or HSS180 and HSS 181.. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271 and/or HSS280 and HSS281 and/or HSS282 and HSS283.	Nation and Identity in the Lusophone World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS251 + HSS 130 and HSS 131 or HSS 140 and HSS 141.. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271.	Hispanic Fiction	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS252	Nation and Identities in Latin America	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS253	The Spanish Language: Structure and Use	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS254	Dictatorship, Revolution and Resistance	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Dii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS280C P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS281C (when the module is running) + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141.	Intensive Portuguese I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS281C ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS280C	Intensive Portuguese II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Diii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS282H P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS283H (when the module is running)	Further Portuguese: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS283H ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS282H	Further Portuguese: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Div

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS290C P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS291C (when the module is running) + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141.	Intensive Catalan I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS291C ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS290C	Intensive Catalan II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Dv

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS290I P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS291I HSS291I (when the module is running) + Beginners: no prerequisites. Advanced: HSS 190.	Intensive Catalan I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS291I ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS290I + This module is linked to HSS290.	Intensive Catalan II	SPR SEM	10 credits

Year 3

Before proceeding to the final year a student will spend one session in an appropriate country, as an English assistant in a school, in attendance as a full time student at a university or other approved institution, or gaining appropriate academic or professional experience, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of School.

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

In respect of attendance for which no grades will be awarded

A student will take

Semester 1
HSS3900	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
Semester 2
HSS3901	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (40 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
MDL306 + SLC students only.	SLC Year Abroad	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MDL307 + SLC students only.	SLC Year Abroad	SPR SEM	20 credits

Grades awarded in respect of units listed at 3B above will carry the same weight as grades awarded at Level 2.

Year 4

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (20 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
HSS330 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS331 HSS335 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS3018 HSS355 HSS379	Advanced Spanish Language III	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS331 ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS330 CCo-requisites: HSS3017 HSS335 HSS341 HSS378 + This module is linked to HSS330.	Advanced Spanish Language IV	SPR SEM	10 credits

A student will take units to the value of forty credits from the groups below with not more than twenty credits being selected from one of 4Bii, 4Biii, 4Biv or 4Bv

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Bi

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
HSS3001 + HSS130, HSS131, HSS230 and HSS231 Or HSS140, HSS141, HSS270 and HSS271.	Civilisation and Barbarism in Latin America	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3005 + Students need to have completed Spanish language at Levels 1 and 2.	The Idea of the Modern in Latin American Fiction	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3007	Barcelona: Culture of the City	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3008	Cultural Crosscurrents in the Lusophone World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3013 + HSS130, HSS131, HSS230 and HSS231 Or HSS140, HSS141, HSS270 and HSS271.	Political Culture in the Hispanic World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3014 + Students will normally have studied Spanish language at Level 2 and are studying Spanish language at Level 3..	Questioning Spain	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3017 ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS230 CCo-requisites: HSS331 + HSS130, HSS131, HSS230 and HSS231 Or HSS140, HSS141, HSS270 and HSS271.	History of the Spanish Language	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3018	Popular Music in the Hispanic World	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL313 + Core Level 1 & core Level 2 courses i.e. HSS 130 and HSS 131 or HSS 140 and HSS 141. HSS 230 and HSS 231. Core Level 3 language course HSS 330 and HSS 331. Yes, the students would need an advanced knowledge of Spanish as English translations are not available for vast majority of material..	Spanish Colonialism in North Africa and its Legacy	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Bii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS380	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS381 XCannot be taken with: MLT133C MLT133H MLT133I MLT133M	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Biii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS382 XCannot be taken with: MLT272C MLT272H MLT272I MLT272M	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture III	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS383 XCannot be taken with: MLT273C MLT273H MLT273I MLT273M	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture IV	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Biv

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS390 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS391 (when the module is running)	Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS391	Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

4Bv

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MDL301	Social Approaches to Multilingualism	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
MDL304	Dissertation	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL305	Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (60 credits)

ECN307 ECN308 and ECN309 are only available to students who took ECN120 at Level 2. ECN308 cannot be taken with ECN309.

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
ECN301 + ECN130 ECN118 or ECN119 or MAS equivalent ECN201, ECN21004.	Advanced Microeconomics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN306 + ECN130. ECN118 or ECN119 or MAS equivalent. ECN201, ECN202, ECN21004Cannot be taken with MAS348..	Game Theory for Economists	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN308 XCannot be taken with: ECN216 ECN219 ECN309 + ECN107 and ECN120. Restricted to students on the degree programmes ECNU08, ECNU19, FREU03, MGTU15, MGTU16, MGTU27, MGTU32, RUSU02 and MDLU13.	Econometrics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN309 XCannot be taken with: ECN216 ECN216 ECN219 ECN308 ECN308 + ECN130 and ECN120. Only available to students on the degree programmes ECNU08, ECNU19, FREU03, MGTU15, MGTU16, MGTU27, MGTU32, RUSU02 and MDLU13.	Research Methods and Introductory Econometrics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN314 + ECN201.	Industrial Organisation	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN315	Labour Economics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN324 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalent. ECN202..	Monetary Economics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN340 + ECN21004.	Further Econometrics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN354 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalent..	Health Economics	AUT SEM	20 credits
ECN358 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalent..	Economic Analysis of Inequality and Poverty	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
ECN302 + ECN130. ECN118 or ECN119 or MAS equivalent ECN202 ECN21004.	Advanced Macroeconomics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN304 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalent..	Education Economics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN305 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalant..	Political Economy	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN307 + ECN118/ECN119 or MAS equivalent..	Further Mathematical Methods for Economics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN321 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalent..	International Trade	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN346 + ECN130 or SMI equivalent. ECN21004 or ECN21007 or SMI equivalent..	Development Economics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN353 ⇐PPre-requisites: ECN202 + ECN202.	The International Economy	SPR SEM	20 credits
ECN357 + ECN130, ECN118 or ECN119 and MAS equivalent.	Modern Finance	SPR SEM	20 credits

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2019/20 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.