- Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Bellaterra Campus
- Duration: 4 courses - 240 credits
- Places: 40
- Admission mark: 5,000
- Price per credit: 17.69 euros.
- Language: Spanish (50%), Chinese (30%), Catalan (15%) English (5%).
- Current Calendars
- Learning mode: Classroom-based learning
The bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture is a unique degree offered by the UAB which trains professionals to acquire a mastery of two of the most spoken languages in the world and their literatures. First, you will learn a whole new language, Chinese, which will be a fundamental tool to help you delve deeper into the Chinese literature and culture. Second, you will master your knowledge of Spanish, in both its language and literature, which will provide you with the level of expertise required by today’s society.
The degree will equip you with the skills needed to work in a variety of fields: the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language (particularly to Chinese-speakers), research, publishing, cultural management and language assessment in commercial and business environments, etc. Classes are offered by lecturers of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, a pioneering centre in Spain and Europe in the field of East Asian studies and research; and by lecturers in the Department of Spanish at the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, leaders in research into Spanish language and literature, and in literary theory and comparative literature. Moreover, you will be studying in a campus university surrounded by nature, where you will be able to interact with other students from many different academic areas.
This bachelor’s degree is for you if:
- You are interested in learning a new language, Chinese, and discovering the culture and history of its people.
- You are interested in delving deeper into advanced grammatical aspects of the Spanish language (grammar, syntax, morphology, phonetics, etc.) and applying them to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.
- You are an avid reader and want to expand your knowledge of Spanish, Latin-American, Chinese and Sinophone literatures.
Career options
The main areas of employment for graduates are:
- Teaching in public and private centres and adult education centres.
- Teaching Spanish as a foreign language.
- The publishing world (production, proofreading, translation).
- Literary criticism, literary promotion and technical advice for literature agencies.
- Cultural management.
- Language services.
- Consulting services for businesses and institutions.
- Research (universities, institutes of language studies and linguistics, archives and libraries).
- The information society (writing and collaborating with the press, publishing of contents for Internet companies, etc).
- Language industries and new technologies.
Mobility programmes
The Faculty of Translation and Interpreting participated in Erasmus+ with exchange agreements in twenty European countries. The UAB-specific programme offers students exchange opportunities with universities in the USA, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Brazil, and other countries. There is also the Sèneca-Sicue agreement with Spanish universities. Each year some 100 students leave on exchanges and many more arrive.
Professional training
Work Placement (optional subject) The faculty currently works with some 300 collaborating entities.
List of work placement centres
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