Studying a language + your major at Cambridge

I applied to study History and Politics at Cambridge, because I want to pursue a career in that area. However, I was wondering if I’d be able to take a course on Spanish as well, because if I can improve my Spanish too, that’s great. Does anyone know if that’s an option, or if I’m limited only to courses that fall in my study?

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artful_lounger

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You can do language classes through the language centre there but these are not "for credit" and are just things you are doing outside of/on top of your degree. I believe if you want to study a language there as part of your degree formally you need to do a course where this is included as part of the course (e.g. History & Modern Languages, AMES, MML, Religion, etc). But they do have a language centre with quite a range of options - I think they have discounts for current students as well, and perhaps some colleges have small awards to support language study through the language centre if needed/relevant to your studies (e.g. in preparation for a dissertation on a subject you need language skills for).