One Major and One Minor Language

• You cannot take more than 150 credits at Level 4 across the four years of the programme. 
• You must take at least 90 credits at Level 6 by the end of the programme.

Year One

30 credits ESPS Core Course (ESPS0001)

45 credits Major Language

30 credits Minor Language

15 credits additional option (language or specialism)

Year Two

45 credits language, to be composed of 30 credits taught in your language department

AND

30 credits in minor language
45 credits in area of specialism

OR

15 credits in minor language
60 credits in area of specialism
15 additional credits

Year Three

Year abroad

Final Year

30 credits for your major language (15 for German, Russian and French)

30 credits for your ESPS Dissertation (ESPS0029)

60 credits for your chosen specialism(s) (75 for some languages)

The minor language needs to be discontinued in your fourth year.

Notes

• An A grade at A level (or equivalent qualification) in the appropriate language is required for students wishing to major in French, or Spanish. Dutch, German, Italian, Scandinavian languages and Russian and other SSEES languages that may be taken are offered as major languages with no prior knowledge.
• Bulgarian, Czech/Slovak, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian, Ukrainian are available as minor languages in the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
• Hebrew, Yiddish, Classical Greek, and Latin are offered as minor languages in the relevant UCL language department. Portuguese is offered as a minor language in the department of Spanish.
• Arabic and Mandarin, as well as French and Spanish ab initio are available as minor languages in the UCL Centre for Languages and International Education.
• French and Spanish can be taken as minor languages post-A level or equivalent in SELCS.
• A humanities or social science subject is not taken until the second year on the one major and one minor language route.
• The minor language is discontinued after Year Two.

Note

Any language available at UCL may be taken as a minor language, regardless of whether you are studying ESPS or ISPS.