Languages and Culture UG Handbook (East European language + SELCS)
Handbook for BA degrees in an East European language with a SELCS language.
East European language and a SELCS language
This structure covers those degrees for students taking a SSEES language (excluding Russian) in conjunction with a SELCS (School of European Languages, Culture and Society) language (e.g. French and Polish, Czech and French, etc).
- You must register for exactly 120 credits per year of study;
- You must have taken and passed 90 credits of Level 6 modules by the end of the final year;
- You are not permitted to take more than 150 credits of Level 4 modules over the course of your programme;
- The Year Abroad must be passed
- All language modules stated as "compulsory" in a given year are non-condonable and MUST be passed by the second attempt in order for a student to progress to the next year.
Please refer to the main module listings page here to check if a module is running or not.
30 credits compulsory language modules:
EITHER: Level 1 - all modules are 30 credits
SEEC0001: Czech Language Level 1
SEEF0001: Finnish Language Level 1
SEEH0001: Hungarian Language Level 1
SEEP0001: Polish Language Level 1
SEER0001: Romanian Language Level 1
SEEY0001: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 1
SEEU0001: Ukrainian Language Level 1
OR: Level 2 - all modules are 30 credits (for students with A level or equivalent)
SEEC0005: Czech Language Level 2a
SEEC0007: Czech Language Level 2b
SEEF0005: Finnish Language Level 2a
SEEF0007: Finnish Language Level 2b
SEEH0006: Hungarian Language Level 2a
SEEH0008: Hungarian Language Level 2b
SEEP0005: Polish Language Level 2a
SEEP0007: Polish Language Level 2b
SEER0005: Romanian Language Level 2a
SEER0007: Romanian Language Level 2b
SEEY0006: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2a
SEEY0008: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2b
SEEU0007: Ukrainian Language Level 2a
SEEU0009: Ukrainian Language Level 2b
Compulsory literature/culture modules (30 credits)
SEEE0013: Literature and Memory (15 credits)
SEEE0009: War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (15 credits)
SELCS language and culture- 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language modules
30 credits content modules
- please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
30 credits compulsory language modules
EITHER: Level 2 - both modules are compulsory (15 credits each)
SEEC0005: Czech Language Level 2a
SEEC0007: Czech Language Level 2b
SEEF0005: Finnish Language Level 2a
SEEF0007: Finnish Language Level 2b
SEEH0006: Hungarian Language Level 2a
SEEH0008: Hungarian Language Level 2b
SEEP0005: Polish Language Level 2a
SEEP0007: Polish Language Level 2b
SEER0005: Romanian Language Level 2a
SEER0007: Romanian Language Level 2b
SEEY0006: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2a
SEEY0008: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2b
SEEU0007: Ukrainian Language Level 2a
SEEU0009: Ukrainian Language Level 2b
OR: Level 3 - all modules are 15 credits
SEEC0010: Czech Language Level 3a
SEEC0012: Czech Language Level 3b
SEEF0011: Finnish Language Level 3a
SEEF0013: Finnish Language Level 3b
SEEH0024: Hungarian Language Level 3a
SEEH0011: Hungarian Language Level 3b
SEEP0010: Polish Language Level 3a
SEEP0012: Polish Language Level 3b
SEER0010: Romanian Language Level 3a
SEER0012: Romanian Language Level 3b
SEEY0011: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3a
SEEY0013: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3b
SEEU0011: Ukrainian Language Level 3a
SEEU0012: Ukrainian Language Level 3b
Compulsory literature/culture module
For students of Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian:
One module from the list below, according to your specialist language - all are 15 credits
SEEC0009: Introduction to Czech Literature
SEEH****: Introduction to Hungarian Literature
SEEP0009: Introduction to Polish Literature
SEER0009: Introduction to Romanian Literature
SEEY0010: Introduction to Serbian and Croatian Literature
Plus
SEEE0020: Writing from the Other Europe (15 credits)
For students of Finnish
Either: SEEF0009: Introduction to Finnish Society and Culture (30 credits)
For students of Ukrainian
SEEU0017: Ukrainian Culture and Text A (15 credits)
SEEU0027: Ukrainian Culture and Text B (15 credits)
SELCS language and culture- 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language modules
30 credits content modules
- please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
Your third year is split between countries where your two language choices are spoken. You will normally spend this year studying at a university, but alternatives, such as work placements, may be possible. Further details are contained in the Year Abroad Handbook.
Students on a SSEES placement in Semester 1 should select SEES0138 and ELCS0096
Students on a SELCS placement in Semester 1 should choose ELCS0095 and SEES0139
By the end of Year 4 you need to have taken a minimum of 90 credits in Level 6 modules over Year 2 and 4 together.
Students who started their degree at Language Level 1, and did Level 2 in the second year must take Level 3 in the final year.
Students who started their degree at Language Level 2, and did Level 3 in the second year may take the Freestanding Dissertation.
30 credits compulsory language modules
EITHER: Level 3 - all modules are 15 credits
SEEC0010: Czech Language Level 3a
SEEC0012: Czech Language Level 3b
SEEF0011: Finnish Language Level 3a
SEEF0013: Finnish Language Level 3b
SEEH0024: Hungarian Language Level 3a
SEEH0011: Hungarian Language Level 3b
SEEP0010: Polish Language Level 3a
SEEP0012: Polish Language Level 3b
SEER0010: Romanian Language Level 3a
SEER0012: Romanian Language Level 3b
SEEY0011: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3a
SEEY0013: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3b
SEEU0011: Ukrainian Language Level 3a
SEEU0012: Ukrainian Language Level 3b
OR: SESS0053: Freestanding Dissertation (30 credits)
30 credits compulsory literature module, according to language - all modules are 30 credits
SEEC0014: Czech & Slovak Literature
SEEF0015: Advanced Finnish Society & Culture
SEEH0013: Hungarian Literature
SEEP0015: Polish Literature
SEER0014: Romanian Literature
SEEY0015: Serbian and Croatian Literature
SESS0004: The Making of Modern Ukraine
SELCS language and culture- 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language modules
30 credits content modules
- please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.