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Master of Arts (Honours) Spanish and Sustainable Development


MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20 AND
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20 ) OR
( SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20 AND
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options )

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( SP2001 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20 OR
SP2005 Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20 ) AND
SP2002 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all Spanish modules taken.
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
~ SD2001 Sustainable Development: Frameworks for Implementation 30 AND
~ SD2002 Sustainable Development: Tools for Action 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ~

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
SP3001 Spanish Language 1 15 AND
SP3002 Spanish Language 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (except SP4098, SP4099, SP4102), ML3201
SP3006 Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
SP3121 Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
SP3138 Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
SP3147 The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
SP3148 The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
SP3158 Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
SP3160 Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
SP3163 Tales of the Nation 15
SP3222 Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
SP4014 Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
SP4016 Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
SP4017 (R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
SP4018 Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
SP4223 History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
SP4224 Reality and Illusion 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Subject to the approval of any other School involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
SD3000 Contesting sustainability 30 AND
View list At least 30 credits from Module list: SD3100, SD3111, SD4110 - SD4226
SD3100 Methodologies for Sustainable Development 30
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4115 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
(( SP4003 Spanish Language 3 15 AND
SP4004 Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (excluding SP4099 and SP4102), ML3201, ID4002 (by interview) ) OR
SP3006 Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
SP3121 Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
SP3138 Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
SP3147 The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
SP3148 The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
SP3158 Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
SP3160 Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
SP3163 Tales of the Nation 15
SP3222 Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
SP4014 Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
SP4016 Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
SP4017 (R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
SP4018 Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
SP4098 Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
SP4223 History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
SP4224 Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( SP4004 Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain
Not running in 2021-2022
30 AND
( SP4099 Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30 OR
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list 15 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299, ID4002 ))
SP3006 Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
SP3121 Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
SP3138 Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
SP3145 Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
SP3147 The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
SP3148 The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
SP3158 Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
SP3160 Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
SP3163 Tales of the Nation 15
SP3222 Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
SP4014 Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
SP4016 Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
SP4017 (R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
SP4018 Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
SP4031
SP4098 Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
SP4099 Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
SP4102 Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 30
SP4223 History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
SP4224 Reality and Illusion 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Subject to the approval of any other School involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme

Access to the pathway with SP4004 and SP4102 requires the permission of the School of the Joint Subject.
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3111, SD4110 - SD4299
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4115 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
SD4299 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).