Preparing for SMLC Residence Abroad MODLANG2004

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
  • Credits: 0
  • Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course prepares students for the mandatory residence abroad component of a modern languages degree. It provides information about different options during the year abroad and, for students of two languages, the term abroad. It includes both a general overview of issues related to application processes, finances, wellbeing and the challenges and benefits of living in a different country and more detailed information about particular countries. It also provides an opportunity to learn from students who have completed residence abroad.

Timetable

6 x Lectures as scheduled on MyCampus

 

4 x seminars for individual programme groups as scheduled on MyCampus

Requirements of Entry

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for level 2 courses in French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Portuguese and Russian.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Summative assessment will be carried out asynchronously online via Moodle. Students will be required to answer brief questions to demonstrate that they have read and understood information, organised by themes, regarding the year abroad. This information will be made accessible to those with protected characteristics through the provision of, where necessary, audio description and subtitles.

Course Aims

The aim of this course is to ensure that students undertaking mandatory residence abroad as part of their modern languages degree are as well placed as possible to benefit from that experience. The course will achieve this by familiarising students with the options for studying and working available to them while abroad, the applications they will need to submit before travelling, and the challenges and benefits of living outside of the UK. As well as sharing important information and pointing to the institutional and peer-to-peer resources available to them, it will make students more independent, adaptable and confident. 

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

 

■ Identify the options available to them in year abroad study in their programme(s) and the processes for applying to them;

■ Recognise the systems of support available to them during year abroad study and the ways in which they can be accessed

■ Summarise the potential challenges faced by students on year abroad study.

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.