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Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies Modules 2025/6

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 Museum152
AHV1006 Visual Media151
AHV1008 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture I151
AHV1009 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II152
AHV1011 Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture301
AHV1012 Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture302
MLF1001 French Language301 and 2
MLF1017 The Making of Modern France151
MLF1018 The Devil is in the Detail: An Introduction to the Short Story in French151
MLF1052 French Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLF1103 The French Language, Present and Past152
MLF1105 An Introduction to French Thought152
MLF1121 French Visual History152
MLG1001 German Language301 and 2
MLG1014 A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory152
MLG1020 Made in Germany: the History and Culture of a Global Brand151
MLG1052 German Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLI1001 Italian Language301 and 2
MLI1016 Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy152
MLI1052 Italian Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLI1121 A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy152
MLM1014 Chinese Art and the Art of Living151
MLM1052 Beginners Chinese301 and 2
MLP1002 Introduction to the Lusophone World151
MLP1052 Portuguese Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLR1001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral301 and 2
MLR1006 An Emotional Experience: Russian Literature and the Expression of Feeling151
MLR1023 Russia: Empire and Identity152
MLR1030 Russian Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLS1001 Spanish Language301 and 2
MLS1056 Spanish Language for Beginners301 and 2
MLS1064 An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context151
MLS1066 The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture152
MLS1068 An Introduction to the Literature and Film of Spain151
MLS1164 A Journey of Discovery: Hispanic Global Culture152
MLX1002 Modern Languages Work Abroad Preparation1 and 2
SML1002 Constructing Nature: Stories we Live By152
SML1003 Comparative Literatures and Cultures: Theories and Approaches151
SML1004 Reading Comparatively152
SML1005 Language, Communication and Power151
SML1207 Introduction to Film151
SML1208 Language, Culture, International Relations152

Stage Two Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV2002 Debates and Contestations in Art History151
AHV2007 Contemporary Visual Practices152
AHV2009 The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980302
AHV2012 Revolutions: Art and Society in France, 1770-1848302
AHV2013 Photography and Evidence151
AHV2015 Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning 301, 2 and 3
AHV2016 Contemporary Art and Curation 151
AHV2018 Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres301
AHV2019 Common Threads: Art, Craft and Activism151
AHV2020 Deconstructing the Dutch Golden Age: Nationalism, Exceptionalism and Decline152
AHV2023 Global Impressionisms151
AHV2024 Renaissances North and South: Italy and the Netherlands151
MLF2001 French Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLF2005 Classical myth in French and francophone cinema151
MLF2006 French-language Road Movies: Space, Place and Identity152
MLF2012 Evolution of the French Language151
MLF2056 Provoking Thoughts - French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century151
MLF2070 Violence and Virtue: Early Modern French Theatre152
MLF2076 Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde152
MLF2152 Intermediate French301 and 2
MLG2001 German Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLG2003 Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film151
MLG2018 Berlin - Culture, History and Politics152
MLG2052 Intermediate German301 and 2
MLI2001 Italian Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLI2004 From Page to Screen: The Italian Female Detective in Literature, Film and Television151
MLI2019 Italian(s) in the World152
MLI2051 Italian Language301 and 2
MLM2003 Chinoiserie and Europeenerie: Artistic and cultural exchanges between China and Europe 152
MLM2008 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 152
MLM2052 Intermediate Chinese (One)301 and 2
MLP2052 Intermediate Portuguese301 and 2
MLR2001 Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I301 and 2
MLR2021 Understanding Russia152
MLR2025 Imperfect Murder: Reading Crime and Punishment152
MLR2026 The Deceptive City: the Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature151
MLR2030 Intermediate Russian301 and 2
MLS2001 Spanish Language, Written and Oral301 and 2
MLS2044 How to be a Knight: Political Lessons from 14th-Century Spain151
MLS2045 Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry152
MLS2061 The Latin American Short Story152
MLS2070 Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context151
MLS2073 Literary Non-Fiction in Argentina: When Writing Meets the Real151
MLS2156 Spanish Language (ex-beginners)301 and 2
MLS2160 Fiction in Post-War Spain: Voices of Conformity and Subversion152
SML2001 Migrating Texts: Classical Reception, Adaptation, Translation151
SML2003 Research Skills in Languages and Cultures152
SML2004 Contemporary Latin American Cinema 151
SML2244 Multilingualism in Society152
SML2246 Intercultural Communication152
SML2247 Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence152

Stage Three Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHV3000 Art History and Visual Culture Dissertation301 and 2
AHV3002 Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy151
AHV3003 The Face152
AHV3007 Global Modernisms151
AHV3008 Performance Art151
AHV3012 Installation Art152
AHV3013 Art, Industry and the Modern, 1840-1900151
AHV3016 Conceptual Art152
AHV3017 'Queen City of Europe': Art, Culture and Society in Renaissance Antwerp, c.1500-70152
AHV3018 The Body in Art and Disability Studies152
AHV3020 Subjectivity and Storytelling: From Decorative Arts to Digital Futures 152
MLF3006 The Invention of Modern Love151
MLF3007 Multilingualism, Audiovisual Translation and Power in Cinema-monde151
MLF3075 First-Person Outsiders in Modern French Literature151
MLF3078 Philosophers, Prophets and Mystics in French Culture152
MLF3079 Sex, Subversion and Censorship: Libertine Literature in Seventeenth-Century France151
MLF3080 Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day152
MLF3111 Advanced French Language Skills301 and 2
MLF3112 French Translation Practice 151 and 2
MLG3036 Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria152
MLG3037 Coping with Catastrophe: German Culture, Literature and Politics in the Interwar Years151
MLG3111 Advanced German Language Skills301 and 2
MLG3113 German Translation Practice151 and 2
MLI3033 Multicultural Italy152
MLI3103 Italian Translation Practice151 and 2
MLI3111 Advanced Italian Language Skills301 and 2
MLM3008 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 152
MLM3009 China through the Lens: Cultural Translation and Self-Presentation151
MLM3013 Mandarin Translation Practice151 and 2
MLM3111 Advanced Chinese Language Skills301 and 2
MLP3010 Portuguese Translation Practice151 and 2
MLP3111 Advanced Portuguese Language Skills301 and 2
MLR3026 The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature151
MLR3111 Advanced Russian Language Skills301 and 2
MLR3121 Understanding Russia152
MLR3125 Imperfect Murder: Reading Crime and Punishment152
MLS3037 Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain151
MLS3057 Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America151
MLS3071 The Chilean Road to Socialism (1970-1973): What Happened and Why? Elements for a Debate152
MLS3072 Unlawful Sex: Sexualities on Trial in Medieval Spain152
MLS3111 Advanced Spanish Language Skills301 and 2
MLS3112 Spanish Modernists: Narratives of Identity, Gender and Nation151
MLS3113 Spanish Translation Practice151 and 2
SML3009 Intercultural Communication in a Global World151
SML3010 Work and Study Abroad1201, 2 and 3
SML3015 Dissertation151 and 2
SML3020 Study Abroad at a Partner University (with Assessment in the Foreign Language)1201, 2 and 3
SML3025 Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University Abroad1201, 2 and 3
SML3026 Corporate Language and Communication: When Sharks Work with Dolphins151
SML3030 Extended Dissertation301 and 2
SML3031 Advanced Translation Skills152
SML3040 Women in Translation: Gender and Publishing in the 21st Century152
SML3041 Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures152
SML3042 Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration152
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism152
SML3044 Migration in World Cinema 152
SML3052 The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Europe and Asia 151

Masters Modules

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(s)ELE link
AHVM001 Institutions and Agencies: the Business of Contemporary Art301
AHVM002 Arts of the Contemporary World301
AHVM003 Art Writing302
AHVM004 Internship301 and 2
AHVM005 Dissertation602 and 3
AHVM006 Curatorial Project601, 2 and 3
AHVM007 Curating Society302
SMLM059 Language, Ethnography and Mobility152
SMLM087 Intercultural Communication: Key Concepts and Theories301
SMLM088 Dissertation601, 2 and 3
SMLM089 Language and Globalisation151
SMLM090 Minority Languages: Maintenance, Revitalisation and Endangerment152
SMLM113 Dissertation in Global Literatures and Cultures602 and 3
SMLM145 Translation Dissertation603
SMLM150 Translation Theory301
SMLM151 The Practice of Translation301
SMLM152 Specialist Translation 1152
SMLM153 The Translation Profession152
SMLM154 Translation Work Placement / Project152 and 3
SMLM155 Translation as Multimedia and Audiovisual Practice152
SMLM156 Translation as Literary and Creative Practice152
SMLM158 Translation as Cultural and Intermedia Practice152
SMLM235 Key Concepts for Global Literatures and Cultures301 and 2