Hispanic Studies with Film Studies

Hispanic Studies and Film Studies makes an intellectually rich pairing, bringing together the languages, literatures and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world with a rigorous analytical engagement with cinema as an art form and cultural document. Together they open a window onto some of the most contested and creative territories of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the political upheavals of Latin America to the vibrant film industries of Spain, Mexico and Argentina.

At the University of Warwick you will spend four years full-time developing fluency in Spanish alongside close critical engagement with film texts from a wide range of national and historical contexts. The Hispanic Studies strand takes you through literary and cultural production from medieval Spain to contemporary Latin American writing, asking you to read texts in the original language and to understand them within their social and historical moment. The Film Studies strand equips you with the theoretical frameworks and close-reading skills to analyse moving image in terms of narrative, form, genre and ideology.

Together the two disciplines train you to move between language, image and culture with confidence. The programme includes a placement year, during which you will gain professional experience that deepens your understanding of both fields in a real-world setting and strengthens your graduate profile considerably.

You will develop advanced written and spoken Spanish, the capacity for sustained independent research and the ability to construct well-evidenced arguments about complex cultural material. Working across two demanding disciplines also builds intellectual flexibility, as you learn to apply different analytical vocabularies and to see connections across national and linguistic boundaries.

Graduates move into a broad range of careers that draw on language competence, cultural awareness and critical thinking. Translation, interpreting, journalism, publishing, broadcasting, the creative industries and the cultural sector are all natural destinations, as are roles in international business, diplomacy, education and the civil service. A degree combining Hispanic Studies with Film Studies is also an excellent foundation for postgraduate study in either discipline, in media and cultural studies, or in area studies focused on the Spanish-speaking world.