Identify and evaluate key issues in Luso-Hispanic Studies;

Apply these issues to your study of the Luso-Hispanic world;

Locate, organise and evaluate a range of information sources;

Discuss the issues raised with reference to the texts / topics studied in class;

Introduce you to key skills of Critical Thinking (analysis and synthesis) and referencing (bibliography and intro to in-text citation);

Carry out sustained research into a particular topic and express your findings in an appropriate academic form.

(LO1) Identify and evaluate some of the key issues in Hispanic Studies

(LO2) Apply these issues to their study of the Luso-Hispanic world

(LO3) Locate, organize and evaluate a range of information sources

(LO4) Discuss the issues raised with reference to the texts studied in class

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Listening skills

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Influencing skills – argumentation

(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S5) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S6) Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, and social and economic structures of the societies of the country of the target language

(S7) Global citizenship - Relevant economic/political understanding

(S8) Understand a text of the target language within its broader historical, cultural and social context

(S9) Successfully apply a close reading to a text of the target language and demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, and social and economic structures of the societies of the country of the target language

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.

Lecture:
Students will attend lectures on key topics in Hispanic Studies, delivered by specialist lecturers.

Seminar:
Students will attend seminars based on materials supplied in the course booklet. They will be expected to come to each seminar having done essential and some supplementary reading and to have prepared written answers to the questions set in advance of the lessons. Students should participate actively in discussion.

Topics covered during the module may include:

Unit 1: Introduction to the Luso-Hispanic World;

Unit 2: Cultural Identity in the Luso-Hispanic World.

The syllabus consists of a range of topics on the history and cultural identity of the Iberian and Luso-Hispanic worlds, each topic being taught by a specialist lecturer.