PL22212: Year abroad
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 60 [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 1,200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- 5000 word Year Abroad Dissertation (CWES 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After completion of this unit students will have gained knowledge and experience of studying abroad
Students will have
* achieved high levels of fluency in the target language
* spent the requisite weeks abroad at an approved educational establishment
* undertaken and successfully completed an academic research project
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| Synopsis: | Students may either study at a partner institution or attend an appropriate language school for the required weeks without taking formal assessment in this institution. This option may be suitable for students requiring additional support or adjustment not provided at partner universities.
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| Content: | A period of study abroad
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| Skills: | By engaging with this unit students will have
* achieved high levels of fluency in the target language
* spent the requisite weeks abroad at an approved educational establishment
* undertaken and successfully completed an academic research project
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| Aims: |
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in the target language(s)
* to deepen (inter)cultural awareness
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of another culture
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| Course availability: |
PL22212 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB71 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB72 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB70 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB58 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB59 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB57 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB62 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB63 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB61 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB65 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB66 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB64 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB50 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB51 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB52 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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