This document outlines the course requirements for a Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Studies. It provides information on the ideal student profile, career opportunities, course contents, and a 4-year study plan. The degree requires 240 ECTS credits over 4 years, including basic training courses in the first year, obligatory Hispanic studies courses in years 2 and 3, and a variety of optional and complementary courses in years 3 and 4. The final year includes an external practical training or a Bachelor's Degree final project. The degree aims to train professionals with expertise in the Spanish language and knowledge of Hispanic linguistics, literature, and culture.

1. Student profile Type of Degree
The ideal profile for someone who wishes to study the Official University Bachelor’s Degree valid in the
Bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Studies is a person with an
This Degree complies with European
entire European Higher Education Area.
interest in the humanities and linguistics, a good memory, Higher Education Area requirements
an aptitude for understanding, interest in Spanish and Latin
Overall credit distribution
American culture and literature, good written expression,
WORLD HERITAGE
Bachelor’s Degree in:
an ability to summarise, a gift for languages, reasoning
and abstraction skills and an interest in reading, as well as SUBJECT TYPE ECTS
imagination, creativity and the capacity for reflection.
Basic Training (B) 60
Career opportunities
Graduates in Hispanic Studies will be highly qualified to
work in areas relating to communication. As well as a pro-
Hispanic Obligatory (Ob)
Optional (Opt)
90
72
fessional profile related to Spanish Language teaching,
graduates in Hispanic Studies can focus their professional
career on linguistic and cultural mediation, linguistic and
literary planning and consultancy, media management and
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND ARTS
Studies Bachelor’s Degree Final Project (Ob)
TOTAL CREDITS
18
240
consultancy, international relations, diplomatic represen-
tation, tourism and cultural management, publishing, work Colegio San José de Caracciolos
related to translation and interpretation, business and the
civil service in positions that require a good knowledge of
the Spanish Language.
Course contents C/ Trinidad, 3 y 5
The basic aim of the Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Stu-
dies is to train professionals with a high level of aptitude
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in expression and understanding of the Spanish language,
and sufficient knowledge of a foreign language, as well as
an overall knowledge of the linguistic, historical, cultural www.uah.es/filosofiayletras
and literary milieu in the Spanish-speaking countries. In
specific terms, future graduates must have descriptive and
analytical skills that enable them to engage in an in-depth
synchronic and diachronic study of the Spanish language,
in the interpretation of literary texts, in teaching the Spa-
nish language, and in editing of texts and other work rela-
ted to knowledge of the Spanish-speaking countries. The
educational content focuses on the acquisition of Spanish
and a foreign language in textual and contextual analy-
sis methods; on studying the history of the Spanish lan-
guage and its literature; on the description and analysis
of the phonological, lexical, morphological and syntactic,
semantic, and pragmatic-discursive levels of the Spanish
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language; and on an understanding of the social, historical,
political and philosophical contexts related to the Hispa- www.uah.es
nic world, from a perspective based on democratic values,
gender equality and the culture of peace.
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2. STUDY PLAN
FIRST YEAR
First semester Type ECTS Second semester Type ECTS
Introduction to Linguistics B 6 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology B 6
Latin I / Greek I B 6 Latin II / Greek II B 6
Medieval Hispanic Literature B 6 The Linguistic Disciplines B 6
Introduction to Spanish Grammar B 6 Narrative of the Spanish Golden Centuries B 6
English I/French I/German I/ Catalan I/Portuguese I B 6 English II/French II/German II/ Catalan II/Portuguese II B 6
Total ECTS 30 Total ECTS 30
SECOND YEAR
First semester Type ECTS Second semester Type ECTS
Morphology of Spanish Ob 6 Spanish Syntax Ob 6
The Poetry and Theatre of Spain’s Golden Age Ob 6 Spanish Literature of the XVIII and XIX Centuries Ob 6
History of Spanish: Phonetics and Phonology Ob 6 Varieties of Spanish Ob 6
Literary Language: Poetry Ob 6 Literary Language: Prose Ob 6
Cross-Disciplinary Skills I Opt 6 Cross-Disciplinary Skills II Opt 6
Total ECTS 30 Total ECTS 30
THIRD YEAR
First semester Type ECTS Second semester Type ECTS
Semantics and Lexicology Ob 6 Linguistic Analysis and Commentary of Texts Ob 6
Spanish Narrative of the Twentieth Century Ob 6 Analysis and Commentary of Literary Texts Ob 6
History of Spanish: Morphology and Syntax Ob 6 Twentieth Century Spanish Poetry and Theatre Ob 6
Latin American Literature Ob 6 Optional 3 (professional) Opt 6
Optional 1 (theoretical) Opt 6 Optional 4 (theoretical) Opt 6
Total ECTS 30 Total ECTS 30
FOURTH YEAR
First semester Type ECTS Second semester Type ECTS
Optional 2 (complementary) Opt 6 Students may choose between:
Optional 5 (professional) Opt 6 — Optional 9 (professional) Opt 6
Optional 6 (theoretical) Opt 6 — Optional 10 (complementary) Opt 6
Optional 7 (theoretical) Opt 6 — External Practical Training Opt 12
Optional 8 (complementary) Opt 6 Bachelor's Degree Final Project Ob 18
Total ECTS 30 Total ECTS 30
TOTAL ECTS CREDITS: 240
B: Basic Training; Ob: Obligatory; Opt: Optional