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UCL is an important centre for Hispanic and Latin American Studies, with a wealth of expertise in areas from Cervantes to Borges.
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You will receive high-quality language instruction combined with innovative, research-led teaching of a wide range of Spanish and
Latin American literature, culture and film topics.
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Your third year will be spent in a Spanish-speaking country - an experience which contributes vastly to your linguistic competence and cultural understanding. The department currently has links with universities in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Spain.
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You will benefit from the resources of the UCL Library, Senate House
Library of the University of London, the Instituto Cervantes, Canning
House and the Institute for the Study of the Americas.
The integrated study of literature and history is the hallmark of this degree and includes compulsory courses in Latin American history, taught by specialists from UCL's Department of History. You are required to take courses to the value of 16 credits (240 ECTS) comprising a core course, Spanish and Portuguese language courses, Spanish and Latin
American literature courses, and Latin American History courses. A wide range of options is available in all years.
During your third year you will undertake a course of study at a University in a Spanish-speaking country - we currently have links with universities in Spain, Mexico, Chile and Argentina.
You may also take School of European Languages, Culture & Society
(ELCS) courses, which allow students to study literature, film, art and culture from outside their subject area(s), focusing on broad cultural movements, issues and approaches from an interdisciplinary perspective and drawing on the full range of specialisms within the school.
Language teaching takes place in small classes, with an emphasis on interaction between teacher and student which enables us to ensure that the scope and pace of learning meets your needs. You will also attend lectures and seminars in which the literary, historical and cultural elements of your studies will be discussed.
You will be assessed by a combination of written and oral examinations, essays, language work, projects and work undertaken throughout your degree, with more weight being given to studies in the later years of your programme.
In addition to your language competence your studies will develop skills in close and critical reading, the analysis and communication of complex material, and the ability to organise your own time - all of value in your future employment.
Fluency in the Spanish language opens up exciting career paths around the world as politics and commerce become increasingly global.
Career alternatives include areas such as finance, journalism, law, education, commerce, arts administration, the civil service, the media, or translation and interpreting. Of course, the pursuit of further study is also an option open to you.
First career destinations of recent graduates (2010-2013) of Spanish and
Latin American Studies programmes at UCL include:
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Assistant TV Producer, Disney World Company
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Technology Consultant, Asenqen
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Press Officer, Maido
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Teaching Assistant, Chelsea Academy
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Live Subtitler, Independent Media Support

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual courses, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Courses are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional courses varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Compulsory courses
Spanish Language I
A choice of first-year Spanish and Latin American courses (including literature, film and beginner's Portuguese)
Introduction to Portuguese Literature
Optional courses
You may choose two courses from a wide range offered by the School of
European Languages, Culture and Society, which may include:
Crime Fiction: From the Picaresque to the Detective Novel
European Art Cinema
How To Make an 8-minute Documentary
Jungle Fevers: Transatlantic Imaginations of Wild Landscapes
Poetry and Revolt
Compulsory courses
Spanish Language II
Optional courses
You will select a total of 3.0 credits from a wide range of optional courses.
Options may include:
Developments in Spanish Film
History and Politics of Latin America, c. 1930 to the Present
Portuguese Literature
The Essay in Spanish America
The Short Story in Spanish America
The Theatre in Spain's Golden Age
ELCS Intermediate-level courses
Year abroad in a Spanish-speaking country
Students currently complete a 4,000-word Year Abroad Project in the target language, and:
Any assessment required by a host university (if participating in a university exchange); or:
A British Council Assistantship or work placement abroad.
Compulsory course
Spanish Language III
Optional courses
You will select a total of 3.0 credits from a wide range of optional courses.
Options may include:
Latin American Journeys
Latin American Vanguard Movements
Spanish and Latin American Cultural Dilemmas
Spanish Film from the 1990s
The Battle for Memory in the Contemporary Spanish
The Work of Jorge Luis Borges
The Works of Cervantes
ELCS Advanced-level courses

A level grades
A level subjects
AS levels
GCSE
AAB
Spanish grade A required.
For UK-based students a pass in a further subject at AS level or equivalent is required.
English Language at grade B, plus Mathematics at grade C. For UK-based students, a grade C or equivalent in a foreign language (other than
Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs
IB points
Subjects
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A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects including Spanish at grade 6, with no score lower than 5.
Full lists of all degree programmes and other entry requirements can be found on our website at: www.ucl.ac.uk/otherquals
UCL's Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPCs) are intensive one-year foundation courses for international students of high academic potential, who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree programmes at UCL and other top UK universities.
For more information see our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/upc
Application for admission should be made through UCAS (the
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Applicants currently at school or college will be provided with advice on the process; however, applicants who have left school or who are based outside the United
Kingdom may obtain information directly from UCAS.
We will be looking for a demonstrable interest in literary, historical and cultural studies, and will be curious to learn about your motivation for applying for this programme. Evidence of extracurricular interest in the culture of Spanish-speaking countries, such as reading books, newspapers and magazines, watching films, or travel to one of these countries, will be looked on favourably.
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Information correct at time of going to press. See website (www.ucl.ac.uk/prospectus/elcs) for latest information
If your application demonstrates that your academic ability and motivation makes you well-suited to our degree and you receive an offer, then we shall invite you to a post-offer Open Day, where you can experience the sort of teaching which we offer and life in SELCS.
UK/EU fee
Overseas fee
Notes
£9,000 (2016/17)
£16,130 (2016/17)
Details about financial support are available at: www.ucl.ac.uk/study/ug-finance
We offer the A A Parker and Alcana Galiano prizes annually to the most outstanding undergraduates studying Spanish and Latin
American Studies.
Contact
Email
Telephone
Prospectus entry
REF
Mrs Jo Wolff
Admissions Officer selcs.admissions@ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 3096 www.ucl.ac.uk/prospectus/elcs
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