Languages and Culture UG Handbook (Russian + another language)
Handbook for BA degrees in Russian with another language.
Russian (delivered by SSEES) and another language (delivered by SSEES or SELCS)
This structure covers those degrees for students taking Russian in conjunction with a SELCS language (e.g. French and Russian, German and Russian, etc) or in conjunction with another SSEES language (e.g. Czech and Russian).
- 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.
FIRST LANGUAGE RUSSIAN
30 credits compulsory Russian language:
EITHER: (when Russian is ab initio):
SERS0001: Comprehension of Russian (Year 1A) (15 credits) and
SERS0002: Use of Russian (Year 1A) (15 credits)
OR: (when Russian is post A Level or equivalent):
SERS0003: Comprehension of Russian (Year 1) (15 credits)
SERS0005: Use of Russian (Year 1) (15 credits)
15 credits compulsory core Russian Culture module:
SERS0008: Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism (15 credits)
15 credits from core culture modules:
SERS0010: The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 credits)
SERS0012: Representations of Russia (15 credits)
SERS0014: Russian Cinema: History, Ideology, Society (15 credits)
SEEE (15 credits)
SECOND LANGUAGE FROM SELCS - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language in the second language
30 credits of content modules related to the second language - please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
SECOND LANGUAGE FROM SSEES - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory in the second language
EITHER: Level 1, for students entering as beginners - 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, for students with A level or equivalent - all modules are 30 credits
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)
All languages except Finnish
SEEE0013: Literature and Memory (15 credits)
SEEE0009: War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (15 credits)
Finnish only:
SCAN0062 - Introduction to Nordic Studies (15 Credits)
SCAN0079 - Introduction to Nordic Studies (15 Credits)
SSEES Language and culture modules - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory Russian language modules:
EITHER (when you took Russian at ab initio Year 1A level in the previous year):
SERS0016: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits)
SERS0018: Use of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits)
OR: (when you took Russian at Year 1 level in the previous year):
SERS0020: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)
SERS0022: Use of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)
15 credits from core Russian Culture modules:
One 15-credit module from Year 2 Literature/Culture options, for example:
SERS0025 - Russian Poetry from Pushkin to Brodsky
SERS0027 - Russian Cinema Men and Women
SERS0029 - Chekhov The Quest for Freedom
SERS0031 - The Person Love and Utopia in Russian Thought
SERS0033 - Identities in Nineteenth- Century Russian Literature
SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism
15 credits from core culture modules:
EITHER: from Year 2 Russian Culture modules
OR: Interdepartmental module (codes beginning SEEE)
SECOND LANGUAGE FROM SELCS - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language in the second language
30 credits of content modules related to the second language - please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
SECOND LANGUAGE FROM SSEES - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory in the second language
EITHER: Level 2 - all modules are 15 credits
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
30 credits Compulsory literature/culture modules
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)
Your third year is split between a Russian speaking country* and the country where your other language choice is 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 webpage.
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
*Due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, UCL has ceased partnerships with Russia. SSEES has organised a number of alternative placements in countries where Russian is widely spoken.
- Daugavpils, Latvia
- Tallin, Estonia
- Astana, Kazakhstan
By the end of Year 4 you need to have taken a minimum of 90 credits in Level 6 modules over Years 2 and 4 together.
SSEES Language and culture modules - 60 credits
15 credits compulsory Russian language module:
SERS0039: Use of Russian (Year 4) (15 credits)
45 credits from optional modules
EITHER: all 45 credits from Level 6 Russian Culture modules
OR: 30 credits from Level 6 Russian Culture modules and 15 credits from Level 5/6 modules with codes beginning SEEE
Optional modules may include a maximum of two language modules from the list below:
SERS0037 Comprehension of Russian (Year 4)
SERS0106 - Reading and Discussion of Texts in Russian
SERS0107 - Writing, Editing and Blogging in Russian
SECOND LANGUAGE FROM SELCS - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language in the second language
30 credits of content modules related to the second language - please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
SECOND LANGUAGE FROM SSEES - 60 credits
30 credits compulsory in the second language - core 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 in the second language - core content modules
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