BA Spanish and Film Studies
About this course
BA in Spanish and Film Studies, a School of European Languages, Culture and Society degree focusing on Hispanic culture alongside cinematic history and analysis. Core topics include Research Methods. The curriculum includes a compulsory year abroad split across two terms. The first year covers foundational concepts through Manufacturing Consent: Media and the Making of the Modern World, Theories and Methods in Film and Media Studies, Film and Media History and Analysis, Spanish Language I, and Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1 and 2. The second year progresses with Introduction to Film Genre, Mediatising Dissent, Directions in Contemporary Cinema, and Spanish Language II, alongside optional modules covering topics such as French Film History and The New German Cinema. The third year consists of SELCS Year Abroad Term 1 and SELCS Year Abroad Term 2. The final year concludes with Dissertation in Film and Media and Spanish Language III, supported by further options including Low Countries Cinema and Bombay Cinema: Industry and History.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Spanish Required) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, to include Spanish, with no higher level score below 5.)
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What students say
Based on about 61 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 77%
- Learning opportunities: 81%
- Assessment and feedback: 76%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 69%
- Learning resources: 89%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- 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: 55%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 215 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 67%
- South East: 8%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 100 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 72%
- Baccalaureate: 16%
- A degree: 7%
- Other HE qualification: 3%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Manufacturing Consent: Media and the Making of the Modern World
- Theories and Methods in Film and Media Studies
- Film and Media History and Analysis
- Spanish Language I
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Introduction to Film Genre
- Mediatising Dissent
- Directions in Contemporary Cinema
- Spanish Language II
- French Film History
- The New German Cinema
- Docudrama in Contemporary Italian Cinema
- What Women Want: Galdos and Pardo Bazan
- Womens Writing in Latin America II
- Spanish Narrative, Essay and Drama
- 20th Century Latin American Cinema: History, Politics, Aesthetics
- History of Colonial Latin America
- History of Spain in the Twentieth Century
- Cervantes and his World: Fiction, Empire and Subject
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Dissertation in Film and Media
- Spanish Language III
- Low Countries Cinema
- The Cinema of Resistance: Second World War
- Film and/as Philosophy
- Bombay Cinema: Industry and History
- East Asian Cinema
- French Film Adaptations
- Weimar and Nazi Film
- Words and Images: Italian Film Adaptations
- Experimental Film and Video: Between Gallery and Cinema
- Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Spanish and Film Studies at University College London earn?
The median salary is £30,000 after 15 months, £31,000 after 3 years, £42,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £32,500 and £57,000. The £42,500 median after five years is £9,500 more than the UK median for Iberian studies.
What do graduates of BA Spanish and Film Studies at University College London do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Spanish and Film Studies at University College London?
77% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Spanish and Film Studies at University College London?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 147 UCAS points.
Does BA Spanish and Film Studies at University College London include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Spanish and Film Studies at University College London?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.