Currently, students study the following core modules. If there are options available the current choices are also shown. King's reviews its optional modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes and this list is therefore subject to change. Please check here for updates, or contact the Department(s) for further advice.
YEAR 1
Core modules, plus options.
YEAR 1 CORE
Spanish Language
Portuguese Language
YEAR 1 OPTIONS
Hispanic StudiesCulture & Society in Imperial Spain
Latin American Visual Arts, 19th & 20th Century
Introduction to Spanish American Narrative
Spain in the 19th Century
Spain in the 20th Century
Medieval Spain: from Frontier to Empire
Introduction to Modern Spanish Culture I
Introduction to Modern Spanish Culture II
Portuguese & Brazilian Studies
Literature, Love and Society in Portugal
Portuguese Identities
Race Development and Culture in Modern Brazil
Slavery Society and Nation in Brazilian Literature
Three Revolutions: the Making of Contemporary Portugal
YEAR 2
Core modules, plus options.
YEAR 2 CORE
Spanish Language II
Portuguese Language
YEAR 2 OPTIONS
Hispanic StudiesCatalan Language & Culture
The Spanish Civil War
The Lyrics of Love & Hate
Nationalism in Spain
Culture & Identity in Spanish America
Cervantes' Don Quijote
After Franco: Films & Texts of the Transition
Goya & the Dream of Reason
Perceptions of Modernity, Spanish America 1800-1920
Portuguese & Brazilian StudiesPortuguese Literature Before and After the Revolution
Leaders, Legends and Chivalry in Medieval Portugal
Portuguese Short Fiction in the Twentieth Century
History of the Iberian World (1492-1822)
Introduction to Brazilian Popular Music Studies
Brazilian Poetry And Song I: Modernism Samba and the Estado Novo 1915-1945
Liberal Empire: Nineteenth Century Portugal
Portugal: Modernity, Traditionalism & National Identity
History of Brazil, 1889 to the Present
YEAR 3
Normally abroad, and your year will normally be split between a Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking country.
YEAR 4
Core modules, plus options.
YEAR 4 CORE
Spanish Language IV
Portuguese Language
YEAR 4 OPTIONS
Hispanic StudiesReligion, Politics & Violence in Modern Spain
Advanced Topics in Applied Linguistics
Myth & Archive: 19th & 20th Century Rewritings on Colonial Latin America
Stereotypes in Modern Spanish Cinema
Key Terms & Points of View in Latin American Visual Arts
Journey through Spain: Travel Writing in Modern Spain
History & Imagination in 19th-century Spanish Narrative
Real & Ideal in Early Modern Spanish Literature
Writing Women in Medieval & Early Modern Spain
Dissertation
Portuguese & Brazilian StudiesTranslation into English
Portuguese Modernism and Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese Romanticism
Voicing Love and Dissent in the Sixteenth Century: Bernardim Ribeiro and Sá de Miranda
Luís de Camões
Brazilian Poetry and Song II: 1958 to the Present
Love, Dictatorship & Crisis in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction
Greater Portugal: Colonial Culture/ Postcolonial Perspectives