BA German and Hispanic Studies (GERU06) ML

2016 - 2017

For students whose initial registration was prior to the 2019-20 session.

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units

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A student will take

Semester 1
IPA101	Arts and Humanities Faculty Challenge - ThinkCreate	AUT SEM	0 credits

A student will take either 1Bi (Post A-Level German Stream) or 1Bii (Non A-Level German Stream).

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

1Bi

Post A Level German Stream

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER103 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER201 GER203 GER203 GER204 GER205 GER205 GER208 GER208 GER209 GER209 GER211 GER212 GER215 GER215 GER216 GER216 GER216 GER221 GER222 GER245 GER260 GER261 GER280 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: GER104 XCannot be taken with: GER120 GER121 + A-Level German (Grade B) or equivalent.	Grundsprachkurs	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER105 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER201 GER203 GER203 GER204 GER205 GER205 GER208 GER208 GER209 GER209 GER211 GER212 GER215 GER215 GER216 GER216 GER216 GER221 GER222 GER223 GER245 GER260 GER261 GER280 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: GER106 XCannot be taken with: GER120 GER121 + A level German or equivalent.	German Studies - Basiskurs	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER104 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER201 GER203 GER203 GER204 GER205 GER205 GER208 GER208 GER209 GER209 GER211 GER212 GER215 GER215 GER216 GER216 GER216 GER221 GER222 GER245 GER260 GER261 GER280 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: GER103 XCannot be taken with: GER120 GER121 + A level German (Grade B).	Aufbausprachkurs	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER106 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER201 GER203 GER203 GER204 GER205 GER205 GER208 GER208 GER209 GER209 GER211 GER212 GER215 GER215 GER216 GER216 GER216 GER221 GER222 GER223 GER245 GER260 GER261 GER280 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: GER105 XCannot be taken with: GER120 GER121 + A level German.	German Studies - Aufbaukurs	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

1Bii

Non A-level German Stream

A student will take up to 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER120 XCannot be taken with: GER103 GER104 GER105 GER106 + GER120 must normally be studied before GER121 can be taken, though there may be exceptions.	Beginners' German I	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GER121 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER242 GER242 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER103 GER104 GER105 GER106 + GER120 must normally be studied before GER121 can be taken, though there may be exceptions. GER103, GER104 and GER105, GER106.	Beginners' German II	SPR SEM	20 credits

A student will take either 1Ci (Post A-Level Spanish Stream) or 1Cii (Non A-Level Spanish Stream).

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

1Ci

Post A Level Spanish Stream

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS130 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS131 HSS140I (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: HSS140 HSS140H + 'A'-Level Spanish Grade B or equivalent. A Level in a Spanish, normally grade B, or equivalent. HSS130 is linked to HSS131. Cannot be taken with HSS140.	Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
HSS131 ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS130 XCannot be taken with: HSS141 HSS141H HSS141M + A Level in a Spanish, normally grade B, or equivalent. HSS130 is linked to HSS131. Cannot be taken with HSS141.	Spanish Advanced: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

1Cii

Non A Level Spanish Stream

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS140C P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS141C (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: HSS130 + A Level in a Modern Foreign Language, normally grade B, or equivalent.. HSS140 is linked to HSS141. Cannot be taken with HSS130.	Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
HSS141C ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS140C XCannot be taken with: HSS131 + A Level in a Modern Foreign Language, normally grade B, or equivalent.. HSS140 is linked to HSS141. Cannot be taken with HSS131.	Spanish Beginners: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	20 credits

Unrestricted Some degrees allow students to take unrestricted modules. These modules may be offered by your home department(s) but are often offered by other departments. You will need to choose unrestricted module(s) during Intro Week. Please check your Registration Timetable for details of your module enrolment event. units (40 credits)

A student will take unrestricted F4 units to the value of 40 credits.

Year 2

A student will take either 2A (Post A-Level German Stream) or 2B (Non A-Level German Stream).

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Ai

Post A Level German Stream

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER201 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: GER103 GER104 GER105 GER106 Is a pre-requisite for: GER202 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER240 GER241 GER242 GER243	German Language (Foundation)	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER202 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: GER201 Is a pre-requisite for: GER301 GER303 GER304 GER304 GER304 GER307 GER307 GER308 GER311 GER311 GER312 GER312 GER313 GER313 GER313 GER352 GER352 GER363 GER369 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER240 GER241 GER242 GER243	German Language (Continuation)	SPR SEM	10 credits

A student will take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from 2Aii and 2Aiii, with not more than 20 credits being selected from 2Aiii.

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Aii

Post A Level German Stream

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER203 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER103 GER104 GER105 GER106 + A-level German or equivalent.	Medien und Oeffentlichkeit	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER213 + A level German or equivalent.	Maternalism and Militarism: 1871-1918	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER244 + A-level German or equivalent.	Germany Remixed: German Pop Culture in Literature and Film since the Fall of the Berlin Wall	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER283 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent).	German Film and Society	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER216 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER103 GER104 GER105 GER106	Osterreich heute	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER237 + A-level German or equivalent.	Two Revolutions: German Literature of the 1960s and 1970s	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER238 + Restricted to students doing German as part of their degree programme.	Germany Since 2000	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER287 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent). Normally GER103, GER104, GER105, GER106.	Freud's Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
GER234	Germanic Languages in Social Context	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER235 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MDL3902 MDL3903 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER263 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent).	German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

2Aiii

Post A-level German Stream

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER217 + A-Level in a Modern Language.	Dutch Beginners A	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER218 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER239 GER239 (when the module is running)	Dutch Beginners B	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
GER232 CCo-requisites: GER239 GER239 + GER107/108 or demonstrated equivalent proficiency.	Dutch Intermediate	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER235 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MDL3902 MDL3903 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

2Bi

Non A level German Stream

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER240 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER241 GER243 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER201 GER202 + GER220 must normally be studied before GER221 can be taken, though there may be exceptions.. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Intermediate German Language	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER242 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER121 + Normally GER120/121 or equivalent. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Deutsche Politik und Medien (for Intermediate German)	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER241 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER240 XCannot be taken with: GER201 GER202 + GER240 must normally be studied before GER241can be taken, though there may be exceptions.. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Intermediate German Language II	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER243 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER240 XCannot be taken with: GER201 GER202 + GER240 will normally have been studied.. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Deutsche Kultur (for Intermediate German)	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

2Bii

Non A level German Stream

A student will take up to 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER213 + A level German or equivalent.	Maternalism and Militarism: 1871-1918	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER283 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent).	German Film and Society	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER238 + Restricted to students doing German as part of their degree programme.	Germany Since 2000	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER287 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent). Normally GER103, GER104, GER105, GER106.	Freud's Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
GER234	Germanic Languages in Social Context	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER235 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MDL3902 MDL3903 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER263 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent).	German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day	ACAD YR	20 credits

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from the following, not more than 20 credits being selected from one of 2Di, 2Dii, 2Diii, 2Div or 2Dv.

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS253 + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141. HSS230 and HSS231.	The Spanish Language: Structure and Use	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
HSS227	Tradition, Transition and Modernity	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS228 + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141 and/or HSS190 and HSS191. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271 and/or HSS290 and HSS291.	Promised Lands	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS236 + HSS130 and HSS131 or HSS140 and HSS141. HSS230 and HSS231.	Hispanic Film	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS237 + HSS130 and HSS131, or HSS140 and HSS141, and/or HSS180 and HSS 181.. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271 and/or HSS280 and HSS281 and/or HSS282 and HSS283.	Nation and Identity in the Lusophone World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS250 + HSS 130 and HSS 131 or HSS 140 and HSS 141. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271.	Representations of the Hispanic World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS251 + HSS 130 and HSS 131 or HSS 140 and HSS 141.. HSS230 and HSS231 or HSS270 and HSS271.	Hispanic Fiction	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS252	Nation and Identities in Latin America	ACAD YR	20 credits

units to the value of 20 credits from one of the following

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Di

Post A Level Spanish Stream

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS230 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS231 HSS3017 HSS3018 HSS335 HSS6803 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 HSS267 HSS267 + HSS130 and HSS131. This module is linked to HSS231.	Advanced Spanish Language I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS231 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: HSS230 Is a pre-requisite for: HSS3018 HSS335 HSS357 HSS6803 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 HSS260 HSS266 + HSS130 and HSS131. This module is linked to HSS231.	Advanced Spanish Language II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Dii

Non A Level Spanish Stream

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS270 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS3018 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + HSS140 and HSS141. This module is linked to HSS271.	Advanced Spanish Language	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS271 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS3018 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS253 HSS253 + HSS140 and HSS141. This module is linked to HSS271.	Advanced Spanish Language II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Diii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS280I P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS281I (when the module is running) + This module is linked to HSS281. Prior Departmental approval required for other than single Hounours students.	Intensive Portuguese I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS281I ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS280I + This module is linked to HSS281.	Intensive Portuguese II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Div

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS282I P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS283I (when the module is running) + HSS180 and HSS181. This module is linked to HSS283.	Further Portuguese: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS283I ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS282I + HSS180 and HSS181. This module is linked to HSS282.	Further Portuguese: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Dv

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS290I P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS291I HSS291I (when the module is running) + Beginners: no prerequisites. Advanced: HSS 190.	Intensive Catalan I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS291I ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS290I + This module is linked to HSS290.	Intensive Catalan II	SPR SEM	10 credits

Year 3

Before proceeding to the final year a student will spend one session in an appropriate country, as an English assistant in a school, in attendance as a full-time student at a university or other approved institution, or gaining appropriate academic or professional experience, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of School.

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

In respect of attendance for which no grades will be awarded

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER3900	Germanic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
Semester 2
GER3901	Germanic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

In respect of attendance for which no grades will be awarded

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS3900	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
Semester 2
HSS3901	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER3902	German Year Abroad (Project)	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GER3903	German Year Abroad (Project)	SPR SEM	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS3902	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
HSS3903	Hispanic Studies Year Abroad (Project)	SPR SEM	20 credits

Grades awarded in respect of units listed at 3C and 3D above will carry the same weight as grades awarded at Level 2.

Year 4

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (30 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
HSS330 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS331 HSS335 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: HSS3018 HSS355 HSS379	Advanced Spanish Language III	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS331 ⇐PPre-requisites: HSS330 CCo-requisites: HSS3017 HSS335 HSS341 HSS378 + This module is linked to HSS330.	Advanced Spanish Language IV	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
GER335	German Core Language	ACAD YR	10 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (10 credits)

A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Full academic year
GER336	German Translation	ACAD YR	10 credits
GER337	Presenting and Debating in German	ACAD YR	10 credits

A student will take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from the following, with not more than 20 credits being selected from 4Cii.

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Ci

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER374 + Advanced competence in German.	Modern German Thought	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GER381 + Advanced competence in German.	Modern German Political Culture and the Legacy of the National Socialist Past	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
GER331 + GER202 (or equivalent; i.e. students must be proficient in German at or near CEFR level B2). GER335.	Contrastive Germanic Linguistics	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER339 + Advanced proficiency in German (CEFR Level B2). Yes: Normally for L3 students who have completed residence abroad in a German-speaking country..	German for Enterprise	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER378 + Advanced competence in German.	Deutsche Literatur und Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER379 + Advanced competence in German.	Twentieth Century Fiction and Drama	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL301	Social Approaches to Multilingualism	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

4Cii

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
GER321	Dutch Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER322	Dutch Language and Culture for Specialists	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER323	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER324 + EMPTY.	Advanced Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER333 CCo-requisites: GER239 GER239 + GER217/218 or demonstrated equivalent proficiency.	Dutch Intermediate	ACAD YR	20 credits

A student will take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from the following, with not more than 20 credits being selected from one of 4Dii, 4Diii or 4Div

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Di

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MDL303	Language in Use: An Introduction to Corpus Linguistic Research	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
HSS3001 + HSS130, HSS131, HSS230 and HSS231 Or HSS140, HSS141, HSS270 and HSS271.	Civilisation and Barbarism in Latin America	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3002 + HSS130, HSS131, HSS230 and HSS231 Or HSS140, HSS141, HSS270 and HSS271.	Dictatorship, Revolution and Resistance	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3005 + Students need to have completed Spanish language at Levels 1 and 2.	The Idea of the Modern in Latin American Fiction	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3007	Barcelona: Culture of the City	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3008	Cultural Crosscurrents in the Lusophone World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3013 + HSS130, HSS131, HSS230 and HSS231 Or HSS140, HSS141, HSS270 and HSS271.	Political Culture in the Hispanic World	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3014 + Students will normally have studied Spanish language at Level 2 and are studying Spanish language at Level 3..	Questioning Spain	ACAD YR	20 credits
HSS3018	Popular Music in the Hispanic World	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL301	Social Approaches to Multilingualism	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL302 + FRE3900/1, GER3900/1, HSS3900/1, RUS3900/1.	Cold War Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL304	Dissertation	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL305	Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Dii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS380	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS381 XCannot be taken with: MLT133C MLT133H MLT133I MLT133M	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Diii

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS382 XCannot be taken with: MLT272C MLT272H MLT272I MLT272M	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture III	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS383 XCannot be taken with: MLT273C MLT273H MLT273I MLT273M	Portuguese Advanced: Language and Culture IV	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Div

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HSS390 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: HSS391 (when the module is running)	Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture I	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
HSS391	Catalan Advanced: Language and Culture II	SPR SEM	10 credits

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.