The Dual Degree Programme in Spanish: Linguistic and Literary Studies and Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies is structured over five academic years, organised into ten four-month terms, except in the second year, where two modules are year-long. This means that in just five years, a student can obtain two degrees at no additional cost. In the first two years, all modules are compulsory and are common to both the bachelor’s degrees and the other dual degree programmes. Building on this common foundation, in the third, fourth and fifth years, each student will be able to specialise in the study of the Spanish, Galician and Portuguese languages and their respective literatures.
The curriculum comprises 324 credits, just 84 more than in traditional degree programmes. Of these credits, 120 are taken in the first and second years in the core modules; the compulsory modules for the third and fourth years of the two degrees involved are spread across the third, fourth and fifth years of the dual degree programmes. Between the fourth and fifth years, students will study four specific optional modules for each of the degrees.
This study has teaching guide
You can read it to learn more about the study. In the table below you can see the individual teaching guides for each subject.
Study structure
The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.
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Guide |
Type |
QTR. |
credits |
|
Information and Communication Technologies
|
|
Basic Training |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
English Language 2
|
|
Basic Training |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
History
|
|
Basic Training |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
English Literature 1
|
|
Basic Training |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Spanish Language 1
|
|
Basic Training |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Language 1
|
|
Basic Training |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
English Language 1
|
|
Basic Training |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
General Linguistics
|
|
Basic Training |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Introduction to Literary Studies
|
|
Basic Training |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Classical Language and Culture
|
|
Basic Training |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
| |
Guide |
Type |
QTR. |
credits |
|
Spanish Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
Annual |
9.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
Annual |
9.0 ECTS |
|
Spanish Language 2
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Language 2
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
English Language 3
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Modern Language: French
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
English Literature 2
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Translation Techniques
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
English Language 4
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Modern Language: Italian
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Modern Language: Portuguese
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Modern Language: German
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
| |
Guide |
Type |
QTR. |
credits |
|
Spanish Morphology
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Medieval Spanish Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Spanish Literature in the Golden Age 1
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Spanish Syntax
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
History of Spanish
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Spanish Literature in the Golden Age 2
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Language and Oral Communication
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Portuguese Language 1
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Medieval Galician and Portuguese Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Contemporary Galician Literature 1
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Language and Society
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Portuguese Literature 1
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
| |
Guide |
Type |
QTR. |
credits |
|
Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
18th and 19th Century Spanish Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
History of the Galician and Portuguese Languages
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Portuguese Language 2
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Contemporary Galician Literature 2
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Literature in Portuguese
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Grammar
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Latin American Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Text Grammar
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
20th and 21st Century Spanish Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
| |
Guide |
Type |
QTR. |
credits |
|
Spanish Lexicology and Semantics
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Portuguese Literature 2
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Galician Language: Rules and Uses
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Final Year Dissertartion
|
|
Final Year Dissertation |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Introduction to Research on Spanish Language and Literature
|
|
Compulsory |
First Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
|
Final Year Dissertation
|
|
Final Year Dissertation |
Second Quadmester |
6.0 ECTS |
| |
Guide |
Type |
QTR. |
credits |
|
Readings of Spanish Literature: Prose
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Contemporary Spanish
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Languages of the World
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Readings of Spanish Literature: Theatre
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Varieties of Spanish
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Language and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Editing and Commentary of Galician and Portuguese Texts
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Galician Language Planning
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Galician Literature and Sociocultural Studies
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Medieval Latin Culture
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Romance Languages
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Language and Variation in Galician and Portugal
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Poetry in Galician and Portuguese
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Comparative Literature
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Language and Technology
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 3: French
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Language, Discourse and Communication
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Literature and Visual Arts
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Spanish as a Second Language
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 4: French
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 2: Italian
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 2: German
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 3: Italian
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 3: German
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 4: Italian
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Literary Research Methods
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Aspects of the History of the Spanish Language
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Linguistic and Literary Contacts in Romance Tradition
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Latin Literature
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Readings of Spanish Literature:. Poetry
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Linguistic Analysis of Spanish Texts
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Language and Society
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Literature and Culture
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Narrative and Essays in Galician and Portuguese
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Theatre in Galician and Portuguese
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Romance Literature
|
|
Elective |
Second Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
|
Modern Language 2: Francés
|
|
Elective |
First Quadmester |
4.500000000 ECTS |
BOE with syllabus (PDF)
This programme was designed to enable students to combine the Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish: Linguistic and Literary Studies with the Bachelor’s Degree in Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies, which had respectively replaced the former Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Philology and the Bachelor’s Degree in Galician Philology. In establishing these degree programmes, consideration was also given to the range of courses offered by various European universities, where it is very common to study at least two languages in combination (France, Italy, Portugal, etc.) and their respective literatures, as well as subjects such as linguistics, literary theory and translation.
This programme was drawn up in accordance with the “Specific Regulations for the Concurrent Degree Programme in Spanish: Linguistic and Literary Studies and the Degree in Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies”, which were approved by the UDC Governing Council at its meeting on 23 March 2015. The draft proposal was presented publicly, debated and finally approved by the Faculty Board.
Student mobility
UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.
For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.
Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.
Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.
Particular centre actions
The Faculty of Philology at the UDC has a long tradition of involvement and cooperation in the development of student mobility schemes, particularly within Europe. This facilitates contact with different linguistic, literary, cultural and social contexts in various countries, providing students with clear cultural and personal enrichment. Thus, thanks to existing agreements, students enrolled on the Dual Degree Programme in Spanish: Linguistic and Literary Studies and Galician and Portuguese: Linguistic and Literary Studies have the opportunity to complete part of their degree at a Spanish or foreign university.