Program Overview

Lancaster’s joint Spanish Studies and History degree is taught by the School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Department of History. This degree includes an International Placement Year in year 3.

Your Spanish Studies programme gives you the opportunity to acquire high-level language skills while gaining a thorough understanding of historical, cultural, social, and political backgrounds of Hispanic countries across the world in a global context. In History, you will develop your critical abilities studying modules in British, European and American world history.

Your first year comprises an exploration of the Spanish language and its cultural context in different Spanish-speaking countries, as well as the core History module. Alongside this, you can either choose another optional history module, or a minor subject from another department, including another language.

Building on your language skills in Year 2, you will study the culture, politics and history of the Spanish-speaking world in more depth, as well as selecting modules which are international in scope and promote a comparative understanding of Europe and beyond. You will combine these with the core language module.

Spending your third year abroad in a Spanish-speaking gives you the opportunity to develop your language proficiency while deepening your intercultural sensitivity. You can study at a partner university or conduct a work placement.

In your final year, you consolidate your Spanish language skills, and study specialist culture and comparative modules. You will also select History modules from a range offered.

You can find some examples of optional modules in the Course Structure section below.