Spanish - G1009 - Studies portal - University of Barcelona

The bachelor's degree in Spanish provides comprehensive training in Spanish language and literatures, based on the rigorously philological competences (knowledge, research, publishing and criticism) and skills that are closely related to the transfer of knowledge to society (both public and private institutions) and to cultural management.

The bachelor's degree in Spanish provides the scientific and academic training to become a Spanish language and literature professional, building a base of strictly philological skills (knowledge, research, editing and criticism) and broader skills related to the dissemination of knowledge into society (in public and private institutions) and cultural management. It provides knowledge on related subjects from multiple perspectives and methodologies (linguistics, sociolinguistics, literary theory, etc.) and facilitates reflection on these disciplines, which are scientifically analysed combining theory and practice. It provides students with a solid linguistic and cultural background, allowing them to acquire the skills and abilities required for excellent oral and written practice along with knowledge of literary production and communication.

Basic information

Type	Bachelor's degrees
Faculty or school	Faculty of Philology and Communication
Branch of knowledge	Arts and Humanities
Credits	240
Number of places available	120
Length of course	4 academic years
Language(s) of instruction	Catalan 1,9%, Spanish 98,1%
Admission grade	5,000 (July 2024, start of process, via official entrance examinations/vocational training)
Approximate price per credit	17,69 €
Compulsory placements	No
Coordinator	MARIA PILAR PEREA SABATER
Coordination	Mar Cortés Timoner
Course details	Indicators
Specializations	Yes

Objectives and competences

Objectives

The principles of Spanish language and literature and a systematic and educationally-oriented approach to their use in the public and private sectors and in society at large, supported by language skills (knowledge, research, text production, commentary and criticism), knowledge transfer skills and cultural management abilities.

An international and comparative approach and the principles required to consolidate this interest in other subject areas and to be equipped to pursue postgradaute studies.

Competences

General competences

Communicative ability (the ability to understand and express oneself orally and in writing in Catalan, Spanish, and a third language, mastering specialised language/the ability to search, use, disseminate, and integrate information).
Mastery of new information and communication technologies and information management skills.
Ethical commitment (critical and self-critical capacity/ability to demonstrate attitudes consistent with ethical and deontological conceptions).
Teamwork (the ability to collaborate with fellow colleagues and contribute to a common project/ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams).

Specific competences

Demonstrate an acquired theoretical knowledge related to the historical evolution of Spanish and Latin American literatures, and to their respective articulation in literary genres.
Write texts in Spanish appropriate to a specific register, orthographically and grammatically correct, employing specific terminology of the field of study.
Express oneself orally in Spanish with phonetic accuracy, fluency, and clarity, using well-structured discourse appropriate to a specific register, grammatically correct, and employing specific terminology of each field of study.
Analyse the main phenomena of historical and linguistic variation in Spanish.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

Solid language skills (general reading and writing skills, and listening and speaking in an academic context).
The ability to work towards goals.
Critical and reasoning skills, the ability to relate concepts and extrapolate from these, and summary and analytical skills.
Memory, reading culture and personal interest in intellectual development.
Interest in language and literature.
Knowledge of the language and literature in which you wish to specialize, of other languages that will be related to the study of these and of IT tools at a user level.

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

Administrative procedures related to enrolment

Enrolment information for new students Enrolment
information for second-, third- and fourth-year students
Other enrolment procedures

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

Type	ECTS
Basic training	60
Compulsory	144
Optional	30
Compulsory placements	0
Compulsory final project	6
TOTAL	240

List of subjects

Subject	Language	Type	Credits
Catalan I	1st semester	Basic training	6
Dutch I	1st semester	Basic training	6
English I	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Basque	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to French	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Galician	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Greek I	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Italian	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Modern Greek	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Polish	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Portuguese	1st semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Russian	1st semester	Basic training	6
Latin I	1st semester	Basic training	6
Literature	1st semester	Basic training	6
Modern Arabic I	1st semester	Basic training	6
Modern Hebrew I	1st semester	Basic training	6
Preliminary German	1st semester	Basic training	6
Prescriptive Spanish Grammar	1st semester	Basic training	6
Romanian		Basic training	6
Romanian Language	1st semester	Basic training	6
Swedish I		Basic training	6
Introduction to Hispanic American Literature	2nd semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to Linguistics	2nd semester	Basic training	6
Introduction to the History of Spanish	2nd semester	Basic training	6
The Spanish Literary Landscape: Medieval Literature and the Spanish Golden Age	2nd semester	Basic training	6
The Spanish Literary Landscape: Modern and Contemporary Literature	2nd semester	Basic training	6

Subject	Language	Type	Credits
American Spanish	Annual	Compulsory	12
Descriptive Grammar of Spanish	Annual	Compulsory	12
Hispanic American Literature to Modernism	1st semester	Compulsory	6
The Age of Enlightenment in Spain: Literature and Thought	1st semester	Compulsory	6
Twentieth-Century Spanish Narrative	1st semester	Compulsory	6
Spanish Morphology and Lexicology	2nd semester	Compulsory	6
Spanish Realism and Naturalism: the Novel	2nd semester	Compulsory	6
Theatre in the Spanish Golden Age: Text and Performance	2nd semester	Compulsory	6

Subject	Language	Type	Credits
History of Spanish	Annual	Compulsory	12
Spanish Pragmatics	Annual	Compulsory	12
Aesthetics and Ideology in Spanish Romanticism	1st semester	Compulsory	6
Introduction to Latin Rhetoric and Style	1st semester	Compulsory	6
Spanish Renaissance Literature: Poetry and Prose	2nd semester	Compulsory	6
Twentieth-Century Hispanic American Literature	2nd semester	Compulsory	6

Subject	Language	Type	Credits
Spanish Syntax	Annual	Compulsory	12
Comparative Medieval Literature	1st semester	Compulsory	6
Spanish Baroque Literature: Poetry and Prose	1st semester	Compulsory	6
Final Project	2nd semester	Compulsory final project	6
Spanish Literature in the Middle Ages	2nd semester	Compulsory	6
Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry: from Modernism to the Avant-Garde	2nd semester	Compulsory	6

Subject	Language	Type	Credits
Cervantes and the Poetics of the Novel	1st semester	Optional	6
Contemporary Spanish Theatre	1st semester	Optional	6
Discourse Analysis of Spanish	1st semester	Optional	6
Institutional or Company Placement	1st semester 2nd semester	Optional	6
Literary Commentary	2nd semester	Optional	6
Romance Linguistics	2nd semester	Optional	6
Spanish Lexicography	1st semester	Optional	6
Spanish Phonetics and Phonology	1st semester	Optional	6
Spanish Semantics	1st semester	Optional	6
Spanish Sociolinguistics	2nd semester	Optional	6
Twentieth-Century Literature and Thought	1st semester	Optional	6
Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry: from 1940 to 2000	2nd semester	Optional	6

Pathways and specializations

Specialization in Spanish Language
Specialization in Spanish Literature
Check the planning of the different pathways of the degree

Previous years

Teaching staff

List of spring and autumn teaching staff on a current course

Placements

Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment.They are therefore included in the academic record. There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.

Institutional information