Chinese Studies and Spanish Studies (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

Key facts

Besides studying the core language modules, you will also choose from a broad range of specialist cultural, historical and political modules that provide comparative insight into relevant countries in global contexts.

Lancaster University's  four-year Chinese Studies and Spanish Studies (Hons) degree structure assumes that you will be studying one of the languages from scratch and will already be at an advanced level for the other. In year one, language modules will include:

• Either Advanced Chinese and Intensive Beginners Spanish (one module of each)
• Or Advanced Spanish and Intensive Beginners Chinese (one module of each)

• And our culture in context programme, Language Studies

In addition to language modules, in year one you will also select one module from other related subjects.

In the second year, you will continue to take Chinese and Spanish language modules (an oral and a written module for each language), as well as the core modules 'Shaping Contemporary China' and 'Shaping Contemporary Spain and Latin America: Moments and Movements’. You will be able to choose three optional modules. 

Your third year will be spent studying or working in Chinese- and/or Spanish-speaking countries. The year abroad is an immersive experience that gives you the opportunity to greatly improve your language proficiency while deepening your intercultural awareness. You can study at a partner academic institution or conduct a work placement. As a joint major student, you can spend your time in a Spanish- or Chinese-speaking country, or split the year between the two.

When you return to Lancaster for your final year, you will continue to develop your core Chinese and Spanish language oral and written skills, combining this with a further choice of specialist courses. If you are interested in exploring a particular topic in depth, perhaps a subject you have studied previously in the course, you could take a dissertation module.