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Undergraduate Degree

On this website we aim to offer as much information as possible that would be useful for prospective or current undergraduate students of Hispanic Studies at Aberdeen.

The department works hard to maintain a supportive learning environment for undergraduates. We are proud that this effort was rewarded when the department was judged to be "Excellent" by the most recent national TQA (Teaching Quality Assessment) survey. This is the highest possible category, and means that you can be sure that the degree programme and teaching is among the best in the country.

Hats off... graduating students In this environment, you have many possibilities and options open to you. Our aim is to help you gain the confidence and skills to take an increasingly independent approach to your studies.

The degree structure normally covers fours years of learning in Aberdeen. You spend the first two years in Aberdeen, gaining a grounding in the Spanish language and in Spanish and Latin American history and culture.

Part or all of the third year is then normally spent in a Spanish-speaking country either working or studying. On return to Aberdeen, there are a further two years of Honours study during which you are able to tailor your studies in order to build upon knowledge and skills acquired during the first three years of the programme.

During your Honours years, you have the opportunity to refine your spoken and written Spanish and to specialise in your chosen areas of Hispanic culture. You may choose to end up with a single honours degree in Hispanic Studies (Spain or Latin America) or a joint honours degree in Hispanic Studies combined with another, related subject (such as French, Film Studies, Women's Studies, International Relations, or Management Studies, among many others).

Here are answers to some common questions:

If you have more general questions about Aberdeen, do look at the student recruitment services and admissions site.

If you are currently a student in Hispanic Studies, you might be especially interested in the following questions:

Like the Teaching Quality Assessment panel, we think that Aberdeen is an "excellent" place to do Hispanic Studies. But we always want to improve, and are always actively seeking student feedback and ideas as to how to make the degree and the learning experience more effective. Students on every one of the department's courses elect representatives who present their views on the teaching they are receiving at regular Staff-Student Liason Committee meetings. And at the end of each course students fill out teaching and course evaluation forms, which are taken very seriously by teaching staff as they consider how to develop their teaching content and methods.

Whether you are a current student, or someone interested in applying to Aberdeen to do Hispanic Studies, we would also like to know how helpful you find this website, and how it could be improved. Please write to Patience Schell at p.schell@abdn.ac.uk with any suggestions.

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