BA English and Modern Languages & Cultures (MDLU07) ML

2019 - 2020

For students whose initial registration is for the 2019-20 session or later.

Year 1

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

A student will take

Full academic year
LIT120 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: EGH21006 EGH21006 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Renaissance to Revolution	ACAD YR	40 credits

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

1Ai

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

Semester 1
ELL118	Early Englishes	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT113 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: EGH224 LIT272 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Foundations in Literary Study: Biblical and Classical Sources in English Literature	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT117 + EMPTY.	Contemporary Literature	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT180 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: LIT184 (when the module is running) + Limited by numbers - subject to staff availability.	Studying Theatre: A History of Dramatic Texts in Performance	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
EGH102 + Either LIT101 or ELL108.	Practical Stylistics	SPR SEM	20 credits
ELL114	History of English	SPR SEM	20 credits
ELL117 + EMPTY.	Celtic Languages and Literatures: an Introduction	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT111	Introduction to Creative Writing	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT114 + EMPTY.	Shakespeare	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT181 + Limited by numbers. Subject to staff availability..	Introduction to Cinema	SPR SEM	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 (40 credits)

French Post A Level

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1010 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: FRE21001 (when the module is running) + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	French Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL107	Understanding Modern France	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 (40 credits)

1Bi

French Beginners

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1003 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: FRE21001 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	French Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL110 + EMPTY.	An Introduction to French History & Culture	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 (40 credits)

1Bii

German Post A Level

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1011 + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	German Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL108	Understanding German History and Culture	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 (40 credits)

1Biii

German Beginners

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1004 + EMPTY.	German Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL108	Understanding German History and Culture	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 (40 credits)

1Biv

Russian Post A Level

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1012 + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	Russian Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL112 + EMPTY.	An Introduction to Russian Culture	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 (40 credits)

1Bv

Russian Beginners

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1007 + EMPTY.	Russian Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL112 + EMPTY.	An Introduction to Russian Culture	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 (40 credits)

1Bvi

Spanish Post A Level

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1013 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	Spanish Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL106 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running)	Understanding Spanish and Latin American Culture	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 (40 credits)

1Bvii

Spanish Beginners

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL1008 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Spanish Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL106 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running)	Understanding Spanish and Latin American Culture	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

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

Semester 2
RUS117	The Soviet Union 1917-1991	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
MDL1000 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Catalan Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1001 + EMPTY.	Czech Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1002 + EMPTY.	Dutch Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1003 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: FRE21001 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	French Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1004 + EMPTY.	German Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1006 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Portuguese Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1007 + EMPTY.	Russian Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1008 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Spanish Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1010 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: FRE21001 (when the module is running) + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	French Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1011 + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	German Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1012 + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	Russian Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1013 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + A Level or equivalent in the target language. EMPTY.	Spanish Language (Post A Level)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL103	Introduction to European Cinema	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL105 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running)	An Introduction to the Social and Political History of Iberia and Latin America	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL106 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running)	Understanding Spanish and Latin American Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL107	Understanding Modern France	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL108	Understanding German History and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL109 + EMPTY.	The Czechs in Central European History	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL110 + EMPTY.	An Introduction to French History & Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL111 + EMPTY.	Born out of Revolt & Consensus: the making of contemporary Netherlands & Belgium	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL112 + EMPTY.	An Introduction to Russian Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL115	French Critical Contexts	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL116 + EMPTY.	Visions of Germany	ACAD YR	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F4 units units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 2

Students should contact the School of Languages & Cultures directly for details of typical optional modules at Level 2.

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)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL2003 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	French Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2004 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	German Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2007 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Russian Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2008 CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Spanish Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2010 + Successful completion of a Level 1 Post A Level module in the relevant language. EMPTY.	French Language (Higher Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2011 + Successful completion of a Level 1 Post A Level module in the relevant language. EMPTY.	German Language (Higher Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2012 + Successful completion of a Level 1 Post A Level module in the relevant language. EMPTY.	Russian Language (Higher Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2013 CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + Successful completion of a Level 1 Post A Level module in the relevant language. EMPTY.	Spanish Language (Higher Intermediate)	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

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

Full academic year
GER235 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MDL3902 MDL3903 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1000 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Catalan Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1001 + EMPTY.	Czech Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1002 + EMPTY.	Dutch Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL1006 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS253 HSS253 (when the module is running) + EMPTY.	Portuguese Language (Beginners)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2000 CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Catalan Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2001 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Czech Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2002 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Dutch Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2006 CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Portuguese Language (Intermediate)	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 (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LIT204 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: LIT304 (when the module is running)	Criticism and Literary Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT234	Renaissance Literature	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
LIT2000	Genre	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT207	Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature	SPR SEM	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

A student will take up to 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
EGH202	The History of Persuasion	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT204 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: LIT304 (when the module is running)	Criticism and Literary Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT226	The Novella and the Uncanny	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT233	Road Journeys in American Culture: 1930-2000	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT234	Renaissance Literature	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT257 + LIT107 or LIT108.	Shakespeare on Film	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT272 ⇐PPre-requisites: LIT113	Good Books: Intertextual Approaches to Literature and the Bible	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT273 + For students in the School of English.	Creative Writing Prose Fiction 2	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT276	New Realisms: Contemporary British Cinema	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT277 + Available to single honour and dual students in the School of English..	Chaucer	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
EGH207	Writing the Real	SPR SEM	20 credits
EGH223	Radical Texts: transforming performance, 1920s to the present	SPR SEM	20 credits
ELL225	Exiles and Monsters: An Introduction to Old English	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT2000	Genre	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT207	Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT219	Creative Writing Poetry 2	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT224	Representing the Holocaust	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT248 + LIT101.	Irish Fiction	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT254	Christopher Marlowe	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT255 + LIT107 or LIT108.	John Donne	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT274 + EMPTY.	The Postcolonial Bildungsroman	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT275	Literature, Ecology, Capital	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F5 units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 3

Before proceeding to the final year a student will spend a half session in each of the countries appropriate to the Major Subjects studied, 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.

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 (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
FRE3900 ⇐PPre-requisites: FRE201 FRE202	French Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
GER3900	Germanic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
HSS3900	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
MDL3900	Luxembourg Studies Year Abroad (Residency)	AUT SEM	40 credits
RUS3900 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: RUS3100 (when the module is running)	Russian and Slavonic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 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 (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
FRE3901 ⇐PPre-requisites: FRE201 FRE202	French Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits
GER3901	Germanic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits
HSS3901	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits
MDL3901	Luxembourg Studies Year Abroad (Residency)	SPR SEM	40 credits
RUS3901 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: RUS3100 (when the module is running)	Russian and Slavonic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 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 (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

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

Year 4

Students should contact the School of Languages & Cultures directly for details of typical optional modules at Level 4.

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)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MDL3003 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. EMPTY.	French Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3004 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	German Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3007 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Russian Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3008 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Spanish Language Advanced	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

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

Full academic year
GER323	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER324 + EMPTY.	Advanced Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2000 CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Catalan Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2001 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Czech Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2002 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Dutch Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL2006 CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + Beginners Language at L1 or equivalent. EMPTY.	Portuguese Language (Intermediate)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3000 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Catalan Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3001 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. EMPTY.	Czech Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3002 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Dutch Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3003 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. EMPTY.	French Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3004 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	German Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3006 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Portuguese Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3007 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Russian Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL3008 + Successful completion of a Level 2 Intermediate or Higher Intermediate module in the relevant language; successful completion of a Year Abroad semester in a country where the language is spoken, if taken for this language. Priority will be given to students of the School of Languages & Cultures.	Spanish Language Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits

student will take a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits from 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)

4Ci

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LIT3100 + Either LIT101, LIT107 or LIT108.	Romantic and Victorian Poetry	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3101 + Either LIT101, LIT107 or LIT108.	Romantic and Victorian Prose	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
LIT302 CCo-requisites: LIT320	Modern Literature	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT303 ⇐PPre-requisites: LIT301	Contemporary Literature	SPR SEM	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)

4Cii

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LIT3000	America and the Avant-Garde, 1950's-1990's	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3015	Writing Fiction 3	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3023	Crime and Transgression in Romantic Literature	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3048 + LIT107 or LIT108.	Women Playwrights on the International Stage: 1880s-1930s	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT305	Afro-American Literature 1: Beginnings to the Harlem Renaissance	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3056	Byron and Shelley	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3060	War on Screen	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3063	Creative Writing Poetry 3	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3065	The Brontës	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3100 + Either LIT101, LIT107 or LIT108.	Romantic and Victorian Poetry	AUT SEM	20 credits
LIT3101 + Either LIT101, LIT107 or LIT108.	Romantic and Victorian Prose	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
ELL360	Historical Pragmatics	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT302 CCo-requisites: LIT320	Modern Literature	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT303 ⇐PPre-requisites: LIT301	Contemporary Literature	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT3042	Re-imagining Shakespeare	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT3050	No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Module: Animals in Film	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT3053	Project Module	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT3057	Fin de siècle Gothic	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT3061	Sex and Decadence in Restoration Theatre	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT3066	Identity/ Crisis: Trauma, Narrative, Self	SPR SEM	20 credits
LIT386 + 40 English Literature Credits at Level 2. A minimum of 40 English Literature Credits at Level 2.	Dissertation	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F6 units to the value of 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.