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 for further advice.
YEAR 1
You should take the core modules outlined in Spanish language and Film Studies, plus options in Hispanic Studies.
YEAR 1 CORE
Spanish Language I
Introduction to Film Studies: Forms
Introduction to Film Studies: Contexts
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
YEAR 2
You should take the core modules plus options in Spanish & Film Studies.
YEAR 2 CORE
Spanish Language II
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
Film StudiesAsian Popular Cinemas
Cinema & Spectatorship
Film Authorship
Film Forms (eg Documentary Film)
The French New Wave
Italian Cinema
Spanish Cinema
Topics in European Cinema or Topics in World Cinema
YEAR 3
Normally spent abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.
YEAR 4
You should take the core modules outlined plus options in Hispanic Studies and Film Studies.
YEAR 4 CORE
Spanish Language IV
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
Film StudiesAmerican Underground Cinema or American Independent Cinema
Film & Trans-nationalism
Film Genre, Style & Ideology
Film Noir or The European Crime Film
Representation & Identity in Film
Stardom & Performance
Third Cinema & Beyond