BA (Hons) Education & Spanish at University of Strathclyde

Joint Honours BA at Strathclyde combining Education with Spanish, the second most commonly spoken language in the world, with a year abroad for Honours students.. Strathclyde is the only university in Scotland to offer a joint honours degree in Education; the degree does not qualify graduates as teachers but is a route to the PGDE.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences  |  Department: Education  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Spanish: teaching in every year focuses on language work alongside the culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries; Year 1 has two streams (with and without Higher Spanish), Years 2 and 3 develop reading, writing, speaking and listening and add history, politics, literature and cinema; Honours students spend a year abroad after Year 3; exchange partnerships with Valencia, Zaragoza and Alicante. Education runs across all four years: Year 1 covers poverty, class, culture and community in education with a 70-hour placement with children aged 0-14; Year 2 looks at how people learn; Year 3 covers adult education with a community placement and educational research; Year 4 offers choice modules and a final-year project.

Career pathways

Modern language graduates are in high demand; some become teachers or translators, while others work in multilingual or international environments and in journalism and broadcasting. A joint Honours degree in Education and another subject enables graduates to apply for the Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (primary or secondary); the degree itself does not qualify graduates as teachers.

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