Beginners' Italian and Spanish

About this course

Italian and Spanish are both Romance languages descending from Latin, but their literatures, cultures, and histories are wonderfully distinct. Italian carries the legacy of Dante, Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Calvino, along with the art history of the Renaissance and the political complexity of a nation unified only in the nineteenth century. Spanish opens the Americas as well as Iberia, encompassing Cervantes and Lorca alongside Borges, García Márquez, and the immense cultural diversity of Latin American writing. Studying both from the beginning allows you to notice how closely related languages diverge and develop, and to engage with two major cultural traditions simultaneously. At the University of Oxford, this four-year, full-time programme takes you from beginner level in both languages to a high degree of literary and linguistic sophistication. This is a genuinely demanding undertak

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 53% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 12% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 6% of graduatescards →

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