BA English and Spanish
About this course
BA in English and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Language & Translation. Students study the literatures and languages of both traditions in a wide variety of historical, linguistic, cultural, and ideological circumstances.
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Entry requirements
A level: Post A-level Spanish ABB including A-level English and Spanish. Note: for applicants who have not studied A-level Spanish then AS-level Spanish grade B would be acceptable in lieu of A-level Spanish. For applicants who have not studied A-level English then AS-level English (grade A) would be acceptable in lieu of A-level English. IB: 33 points overall, including 6(Spanish),6 (English),5 at Higher Level
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What students say
Based on about 46 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 77%
- Learning opportunities: 77%
- Assessment and feedback: 79%
- Academic support: 89%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 91%
- Student voice: 63%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 40 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 20%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 18%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 13%
- Sales occupations: 11%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Who gets in
Based on about 50 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
Modules
- English in Transition
- Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology
- Introduction to English Language
- Spanish 1
- Spanish for Beginners
- Introduction to Iberian Studies
- Spanish 2
- Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World
- Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English
- Language and Power
- History of English: Studying Language Change
- Shakespeare and Co
- Irish Literature
- World as Stage
- Re-imagining Spain in the nineteenth century
- The Fantastic in Latin America
- Protecting Paradise
- Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England
- Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
- Inventing America
- Modernism and Modernity
- Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820)
- Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature
- Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832
- Enlightenment and its Discontents
- Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity
- America's Aftermaths
- Writing Contemporary Ireland: Elegy, Epistle, Ekphrasis
- The Bible and Modern Fiction
- Working and Studying Abroad
- International Placement: Languages Year Abroad
- Spanish 3
- The Spanish Enlightenment
- Women's Writing 1680-1830
- Shakespeare on Screen
- Speech Worlds: Phonological Acquisition, Variation and Disorder
- Televising the Victorians
- Language in the Media
- Double Dissertation English Literature
- Double Dissertation English Language
- Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English
- Special Topic in Creative Writing
- Special Topic in Irish Writing
- Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
- Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities
- The Structure of English
- Representing the Working Class
- Writing New York, 1880-1940
- Contemporary Poetry
- Irish Gothic
- Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present
- Restoration to Regency in Contemporary Fiction
- Love Across the Divide: Northern Irish Literature and Culture 1968-Present
- 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
- Well-versed in Spanish
- Shakespeare's History Plays: Then and Now
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £28,000. The £25,000 median after fifteen months is £2,000 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast?
77% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 33 points in the IB. The average entrant had 148 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English and Spanish at Queen's University Belfast?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.