www.swansea.ac.uk Postgraduate Prospectus 2012

MODERN LANGUAGESModern Languages at Swansea encompasses theacademic areas of French, German, Hispanic Studies,and Italian, developing unique insights into howlanguages and cultures have influenced our way of lifeover the centuries. Modern Languages also worksclosely with academic programmes and research inTranslation Studies.These degrees will:• equip you with skills relevant for a rewarding career in a rangeof diverse fields, including teaching, interpreting, translation,management, and the Civil Service• help you to gain transferable skills, including team working,communication, intercultural awareness, presentation, andanalytical skills• prepare you for a research degree.The Department benefits from extensive library holdings andmaintains a large collection of audio-visual materials. All researchstudents are provided with a networked PC and workspace indedicated research student rooms, and have access to acomputer-based language laboratory, a satellite TV and videoediting lab.MA Latin American StudiesThis multidisciplinary degree will develop research skills as well asproviding specialist knowledge of Latin American culture. Staffexpertise includes the literatures and cultures of Argentina(including Patagonia), Chile, Cuba, and Mexico.Compulsory modules include:• Nineteenth and twentieth century Nation Building in LatinAmerica• Gender Nation and Canon in Latin American Literature• Representations of Conflict and Violence in twentieth-centuryLatin America.MA European CulturesThe new unique MA in European Cultures capitalises on theconsiderable research strengths in European culture andTranslation Studies in the Arts and Humanities. The MA isavailable to graduates with degrees in languages and those withother degrees who are interested in European cultures. Theprogramme is highly flexible and allows students to choosemodules from the pathways of Languages, Translation, Film,Gender Studies, and European History. The MA also offersstudents the opportunity to improve their language skills and/orlearn a new language.Modules include:• Lost in Europe: History, Biography,Ideology in the Short twentieth century• Fascism and Culture• Gender in Contemporary EuropeanCulture• Literary Translation• Representations of Conflict and Violencein twentieth century Latin America• ‘Watching the Detectives’: GermanCrime Fiction.MA Screening/Staging EuropeThis exciting taught Master’s programmebuilds on the research expertise inEuropean film and television across MediaStudies. The programme offers a widerangingand innovative approach to thesubjects, by allowing students to choosepathways devoted either to cinema or toboth cinema and theatre in Europe.Key themes include:• Celtic Screens• Screening Totalitarianism• The Gendered Screen• Cinematic Dialogues with the World• Literary Adaptation• Images of Women in European Theatre• Conflict, Politics and Propaganda inEuropean Theatre• Mythology and History in EuropeanTheatre: Re-invention andReconsiderations.130131MASTER'S DEGREES – MODERN LANGUAGESEntry requirementsNormally a good Honours degree (first-class or2.1) in a modern language or relatedbackground.English Language requirement:IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in eachcomponent) or Swansea University recognisedequivalent.Scholarships and BursariesA range of postgraduate scholarships andbursaries is available. For details, please visitwww.swansea.ac.uk/scholarships/PostgraduateHow the degrees are structuredThe full-time course structure is split across the year with three modulesoffered in each academic semester (a total of six modules in Part One)and then a dissertation over the summer (Part Two). Students study threecompulsory modules and three optional modules. The dissertationcomponent is written on a specialist research topic of your choosing.Part-time students normally take one compulsory and two optionalmodules in their first and second year and write their dissertation inthe third year.Regular research seminars and lectures are run by the Research Institutefor Arts and Humanities (RIAH), which students are encouraged to attend.For full details of the modules available, please visit the website.AssessmentThese degrees are available by assessed coursework and a dissertation.Further informationWebsite: www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanitiesContact the Arts and Humanities PostgraduateOffice:Email: pgahadmissions@swansea.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)1792 606980/606981Visit the University: see page 182 for detailsApplications can be made online at:www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline– see pages 184 – 185 for further informationFor details of the research degrees available inModern Languages please see page 66.MASTER'S DEGREES – MODERN LANGUAGES