Program Overview

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Integrated year abroad Spanish MA (Hons) 2025 entry

Overview

The Integrated year abroad Spanish MA (Hons) is a five-year course that allows students to spend a year working abroad in a Spanish-speaking country between their second and third year of study. This adds an extra year to the MA (Hons) course, making it a total of five years in length.

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements for Spanish with a year abroad are the same as for the Spanish MA (Honours) degree. To be eligible for Spanish with a year abroad, students must gain Honours entry in all subjects that they intend on taking at Honours level. Students who do not achieve entry to Honours level in their chosen subjects must withdraw from their selected year abroad destination at that point.

Course Details

The MA (Honours) in Spanish with an integrated year abroad follows the same course structure as the Spanish MA (Honours) degree, with the addition of a year abroad in between second and third year of study. During their integrated year abroad, students are required to take the following compulsory module:

• Spanish Integrated Year Abroad: language learning and cultural familiarisation through a work placement in a Spanish-speaking country. Placements will be as language assistants in schools or on other assignments approved by the department.

Joint Honours Degrees

You can also take Spanish (WIYA) as part of a joint Honours degree in which you will take core modules of your chosen subjects.

• Ancient History and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - RVL1
• Arabic and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - RTK6
• Art History and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - RVK3
• Chinese Studies and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - CW14
• Classics and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - RQ48
• Comparative Literature and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - RQ4F
• Economics and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - LRC4
• English and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - QRH4
• Film Studies and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - PR3K
• French and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - RRC4

"With" Degrees

You can take Spanish (WIYA) as part of a "with" Honours degree in which the majority of the course deals with the first name subject. St Andrews offers the following "with" degrees in Spanish (WIYA):

• Economics with Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - UCAS code L1RL
• Geography with Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - UCAS code L7RK
• Master of Arts (Honours) Economics with Spanish - UCAS code L1RK
• Master of Arts (Honours) Geography with Spanish - UCAS code L7R4
• Master of Arts (Honours) Mathematics with Spanish - UCAS code G1RL
• Master of Arts (Honours) Spanish with Geography - UCAS code R4L7
• Mathematics with Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) - UCAS code G1RX
• Spanish with Geography (With Integrated Year Abroad) - UCAS code R4LR

Careers

The Careers Centre offers one-to-one advice to all students as well as a programme of events to assist students to build their employability skills.

UCAS Code

R411

Start Date

September 2025

End Date

September 2030

Duration

Five years full time

School

School of Modern Languages

Student Satisfaction

93% of students were satisfied overall with their course.

Teaching Quality

97% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.

Employment Rate

85% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.