Degree in Hispanic Philology Degree in Hispanic Philology Degree in Hispanic Philology Degree in Hispanic Philology



  • Structure First and second cycle

  • Length 4 years, divided into 8 four-month terms

  • Credits
    • Core and obligatory: 162
    • Optional: 108
    • Free choice: 30
    • Total credits: 300

  • Access
    • Option PAU LOGSE: Humanities
    • Option COU: D Humanistic-linguistic
    • CFGS: Interpretation of the sign language
    • Access exam for over 25s

  • Description of the studies
    The graduates in Hispanic Philology are dedicated to all aspects of Spanish language and literature.
  • Desirable prior knowledge
    Oral and written Catalan and Castilian necessary for incorporation into social and professional life. Basic level of Latin
  • Favourable personal characteristics
    Interest and attraction for philological studies of the language and the literary tradition.
  • Requirements for permanence
    Students enrolled in any of the studies in the UdL will have to pass a minimum of 12 credits from the list of core and obligatory credits in the first academic year.
  • Professional opportunities
    • Assessment of institutional communication about classification systems for languages, grammars and dictionaries.
    • Literary criticism.
    • Teaching of Hispanic language and literature in secondary schools and in the university area (Spanish and foreign) and in centres of the Instituto Cervantes.
    • Specific functions in the media.
    • Cultural management.
    • Design of methods for the use of computers to increase productivity in translation and proof-reading of the translated texts.
    • Specialised research.
    • Philological research.
    • Composition, edition and correction of texts.
    • Tasks of documentation and management in archives and libraries.
    • Documentary tasks.
    • Editorial tasks (management or specialist).
    • Tasks in the field of public relations or tourism.
    • Translation and interpretation of texts.
    • English
    • Professional opportunities web of the DURSI: http://www.gencat.net/estudisuniv

  • Correspondence to other degrees in the UdL

  • Study plan

    • Core subjects

      The core subjects are those set by the Royal Decree for the directives for each degree. The following subjects have to be studied:

      SubjectsCredits
      Linguistic Commentary of Texts I 3
      Basis of Linguistics 4
      Diachronic Phonetics and Phonology 6
      Spanish Phonetics and Phonology I 3
      Spanish Lexicology I 3
      Spanish Literature I (Medieval) 6
      Spanish Literature II ("Golden Age") 6
      Spanish Literature III (Modern) 9
      Spanish Literature IV (Contemporary) 6
      Hispano-American Literature I 6
      Hispano-American Literature II 6
      Spanish or Catalan Language 9
      Spanish Language I 3
      Spanish Language II 3
      Latin Language 6
      Methodology and Composition 3
      Spanish Morphology I 4.5
      Morphology and Diachronic Syntax 6
      Levels of Linguistic Analysis 5
      Second Language and its Literature 12
      Spanish Syntax I 4.5
      Theory of Literature I 6
      Theory of Literature II 3
      Latin Literary Theory 3

    • Obligatory subjects

      The obligatory subjects are those set by the UdL and which the student has to take obligatorily.

      Subjects Credits
      20th Century French Literature 6
      French Literature IV 6
      Latin Literature 6
      Methodology of Literary Research 6
      Classical Mythology 6
      Theory and Structure of the Literary Genres 6

    • Optional Subjects

      The optional subjects are set by the UdL. The number of these to be studied corresponds to the number necessary to obtain the credits established for the degree.

      Subjects Credits
      Linguistic Analysis of the Dialogue 3
      Cultural Anthropology of the Classical World 6
      Classical Roots of the Prosoponymy of the Spanish Literature 4.5
      Baroque Art 6
      Classical Art 6
      Contemporary Art I 6
      Contemporary Art II 6
      Renaissance Art 6
      Medieval Art I 6
      Medieval Art II 6
      Cervantes 6
      Linguistic Commentary of Spanish Texts II 6
      Linguistic Commentary of French Texts I 6
      Linguistic Commentary of French Texts II 6
      Literary Commentary of Spanish Texts 6
      Literary Commentary of French Texts I 6
      Literary Commentary of French Texts II 6
      Non-verbal Communication 3
      Hispano-American Literary Tendencies 6
      Literary Criticism of Spanish Texts 6
      Spanish Dialectology 6
      Hispanic Dialectology 3
      Didactics of the Spanish Language 6
      Text Editing and Textual Criticism 6
      The Reader in the Literature 6
      Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language I 3
      Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language II 3
      Latin Epigraphy 6
      Colloquial Spanish 6
      Spanish in America 3
      Literary Aesthetics 6
      Classical Stylistics and Rhetoric 4.5
      Studies in French Literature IV 6
      Studies carried out in the Framework of International Agreements entered into by the UdL 18
      Spanish Ethno-linguistics 6
      Philosophy of Language 9
      Greek Philosophy 6
      Spanish Phonetics and Phonology II 6
      Generative Grammar 6
      History of Contemporary Spain 9
      History of Contemporary America 6
      History of Modern America 6
      History of Linguistics 6
      History of Hispanic Linguistics 6
      History of Romance Linguistics 3
      History of Aesthetic Ideas I 6
      History of Aesthetic Ideas II 6
      History of Spanish Lexicography 3
      History of the Spanish Language 6
      History of Modern Spain 9
      History of Thought and Contemporary Culture 9
      History of Thought and Contemporary Spanish Culture 6
      History of the Spanish Theatre 6
      History and Genre 6
      Influences of European Literatures on Spanish Literature I and II 12
      Greek and Roman Institutions 3
      Introduction to Hispano-American Literature 6
      Spanish Grammar in the "Golden Age" 6
      20th Century Spanish Linguistics 3
      The Presence of Spanish in the USA 3
      Spanish Lexicography 3
      Spanish Lexicology II 3
      Applied Linguistics Spanish Language 6
      Computational Linguistics 6
      Romance Linguistics 6
      18th Century Spanish Literature 6
      19th Century Spanish Literature 6
      Spanish Medieval Literature I and II 9
      Hispanic Vanguard Literatures 3
      French Literature IV 6
      Greek Literature 6
      Romance Literature 6
      Comparative Literature I and II 12
      Vulgar Latin 6
      Greek Language 6
      Language and Genre 6
      Indo-European Languages 6
      Non-Indo-European Languages 6
      Pre-Latin Languages in the Iberian Peninsula 3
      Romance Languages 6
      Metrics and Precepts 6
      Modernism and The End of the Century 6
      Spanish Morphology II 3
      The Spanish Novel in Exile 6
      Orality and Scripture 3
      Palaeography and Diplomatics 6
      Study of Spanish Proverbs 3
      Roman Thought 6
      Poetry Spanish of the "Golden Age" 6
      20th Century Spanish Poetry 6
      Romantic Poetry 6
      Pragmatics of Spanish Language 6
      Spanish Prose in the "Golden Age" 6
      20th Century Spanish Prose 6
      Reception of Classical Literature in Spain I: General Historical Situation 6
      Reception of Classical Literature in Spain II: Genres and Authors 6
      Spanish Semantics 3
      Semiology of the Theatre 3
      Semiotics 3
      Spanish Syntax II 3
      Computer Systems in the Study of Spanish Socio-linguistics 3
      Hispanic Socio-linguistics 6
      Spanish Theatre in the "Golden Age" 6
      Theory of the Narrative 6
      Discourse Theory 6
      Medieval Hispanic Texts 3
      Medieval Latin Texts 4.5
      Toponymy and Onomastics 3
      Classical Tradition and Textual Criticism 4.5

    • Free subjects

      Each year, the UdL draws up a list of the free subjects on offer to students.
      Free choice subjects from other universities can also be studied as long as there is a signed agreement with the corresponding university.
      It is only necessary to study the number of credits established for each degree.


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