Undergraduate
BA Spanish and Latin American Studies
Academic
Direction: Birkbeck
Birkbeck is ranked among the leading UK University institutions
for its excellence in research in the humanities, social
sciences and natural sciences. Founded in 1823 as the London
Mechanics' Institute and incorporated into the University of
London as Birkbeck College by Royal Charter in 1920, today
Birkbeck provides a unique range of degree and other courses
designed specially to meet the needs of mature students. As the
only University of London College to specialise in part-time
higher education by evening study, Birkbeck is uniquely placed
to meet the needs of the External student.
The School of
Languages, Linguistics and Culture is responsible for the
academic development of the BA. The Department of Spanish and
Latin American Studies is one of the most renowned of its kind
in the UK for the world-class level and innovative scope of its
research, which has recently been awarded a 6*, the highest
distinction in the nationwide Research Assessment Exercise. The
ten permanent members of staff, from six different countries,
specialise in diverse aspects of cultural history and critique,
with a strong emphasis not only on the literary and linguistic
but also the audiovisual expression of Latin America and the
Iberian peninsula past and present.
