C‌ultures, Languages and Area Studies - University of Liverpool

Iberian and Latin American
Studies: Portuguese
Studying Portuguese language as a Minor
subject at 25% of your degree will help you
to become highly proficient in writing, reading,
speaking and listening to the language. It
will also help you to understand aspects
of the society and culture of Portugal and
the Portuguese-speaking World. At the
University of Liverpool, Portuguese is taken
as a beginners’ language. Portuguese is the
seventh most widely spoken language in the
world, spoken by over 200 million people in
countries such as Portugal, Brazil, Angola,
Mozambique and Cape Verde, as well as
places such as Macau, East Timor and Goa.
Students of Portuguese at Liverpool have the
option of learning either the Brazilian or the
European variants of the language, as well as
the opportunity to explore the unique histories,
societies and customs of the Portuguesespeaking
world. Brazil’s booming economy,
currently the sixth largest in the world, means
that learning Portuguese can open doors
to employment in a variety of areas including
in virtually any sector including, increasingly,
industry, tourism, teaching and translation.
A mastery of this language brings with it
access to cultural products including world
literature and cinema, key debates in areas
such as postcolonialism, culture and society.
PROGRAMME CONTENT
In the first year our vibrant and fast-moving
course will quickly take you to A level standard
during the course of your first year.
In second and final year expert tuition in small
groups will provide you with the opportunity
to approximate near-native standards.
A year abroad is strongly encouraged
though not compulsory.
If you do opt to take the year abroad your
time will be spent in a Portuguese-speaking
country as an assistant in a school, as a
student at a university or on a work placement.
During this year, you will complete an extended
essay in Portuguese or follow courses at
your host university.
Iberian and Latin American
Studies: Spanish
Studying Spanish language as a Minor subject
at 25% of your degree will help you to become
highly proficient in writing, reading, speaking
and listening to the language. It will also help
you to understand aspects of the society and
culture of Spain and of the Spanish-speaking
world. At the University of Liverpool, Spanish
may be taken from A level or as a beginners’
language. Spanish is one of the world’s most
important languages in terms of speaker
numbers and global politics extending into
the USA. Fluency in Spanish opens up dynamic
and fast-changing parts of the world outside
Europe, including North, Central and South
America as well as the Caribbean. A mastery
of this language brings with it not only access
to cultural products including world literature
and cinema, but also important social, cultural,
historical and linguistic debates.
PROGRAMME CONTENT
In the first year, our vibrant courses at advanced
level will both refresh and extend your knowledge
of Spanish. If you are a beginner a fast moving
course will quickly take you to A level standard
during the course of your first year.
In the second and final year, advanced students
taking a Major in Business Studies will normally
take specialist business language modules
as their core language modules in Spanish.
A year abroad is strongly encouraged though
not compulsory. If you do opt to take a year
abroad your time will be spent in a Spanishspeaking
country as an assistant in a school,
as a student at a university or on a work
placement. During this year, you will complete
an extended essay in Spanish or follow courses
at your host university.
These subjects are available as part
of our HONOURS SELECT programme.
Choose from over 30 subjects to create
your perfect Joint or Major / Minor Honours
Degree. See www.liverpool.ac.uk/
honours-select for further details.
Degrees offered with
other Departments
Mathematical Sciences with a
European Language BSc (Hons)
UCAS code: G1R9
Programme length: 4 years
Key Contacts: Thomas Mohaupt/
David Lewis
E: mathstudentsupport@liv.ac.uk
If you would like to combine Mathematics
with a foreign language – French, German
or Spanish – this four-year degree should
interest you.
There are excellent career opportunities
in organisations with international interests.
You will spend a year studying abroad during
this programme, so if you enjoy speaking
French, German or Spanish you might like
to enrol and see where it takes you.
PROGRAMME CONTENT
After two years studying Mathematics
75% and a language 25%, you will be well
prepared for the third year spent at a university
abroad. There you will absorb the culture and
experience of living abroad and gain further
fluency in the relevant language.
The fourth year is spent back in Liverpool
Studying Mathematics and communication/
translation skills.
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures >
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For current entrance requirements and
full module details, see www.liverpool.ac.uk/
study/undergraduate/courses