Undergraduate 

Spanish MA

Mexico: Past, Present And Future HISP4021

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course covers a representative selection of non-fiction and fictional narratives that project various images of Mexican national identity. Several significant moments and issues in Mexico's formation will be contemplated.

Timetable

20x1hr seminars over both semesters as scheduled in MyCampus.

 

This is one of the honours options in SMLC and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Time-limited assignment to be completed over a 4-day period at the end of semester 1 (1,500 words) - 50%

Semester 2: Essay (2,000 words) - 50%

Main Assessment In: April/May

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Course Aims

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ study a representative selection of non-fiction and fictional narratives that project various images of Mexican national identity;

■ understand Mexico's culture and history at significant moments;

■ understand the Mexican context and notions of self at key moments in Mexican history.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of the course students will be able to:

■ apply specialised and critical knowledge about Mexico, its culture, and its institutions while working to a short deadline;

■ analyse the course texts showing detailed knowledge of their cultural and ideological significances;

■ discuss the historical and cultural events and ideas of the periods and territory studied.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.