Hispanic Studies

Spanish

•  Levels: Beginner and Advanced
• Available if you are taking one, two or three languages

Portuguese

• Level: Beginner
• Available if you are taking two or three languages

Catalan

• Level: Beginner 
• Available if you are taking two or three languages

Hispanic Studies has a wide range of expertise, including specialists in Iberian, Latin-American and Luso-Brasilian literature, history, linguistics and translation studies. We offer a core of wide-ranging foundation modules in literature, history, politics, linguistics and visual arts, as well as numerous specialist options on topics such as;

• The Origins of Spanish Theatre
• Society and politics in Contemporary Latin America
• The Hispanic Caribbean
• Urban Space and Identity in Barcelona

For more information about studying French, German, Hispanic/ Spanish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Catalan, English as a Modern Foreign Language and/ or Translation at Birmingham, please visit BA Modern Languages.  For information on the language combinations available please visit mychoices.bham.ac.uk. 

You are welcome to choose Portuguese or Catalan as your dedicated beginner language with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Furthermore, if you do not wish to take Portuguese or Catalan as your dedicated beginner language but you would still be interested in learning about one or both of these languages, it may be possible to take stand-alone modules in Portuguese and/or Catalan alongside your studies in other language(s), depending on your chosen combination.