Languages and Culture UG Handbook (Russian + another language)

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 or ELCS Interdepartmental module (15 credits)
(if taken from the SSEES side of the syllabus)

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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

SEEB0001: Bulgarian Language Level 1
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

All languages except Finnish
SEEE0013: Literature and Memory (15 credits)
An interdpartmental module from modules whose code begins SEEE

Finnish only:
SCAN0012 : History and Culture of the Nordic Regions (Term 1) (15 credits)
An interdpartmental module from modules whose code begins SEEE

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)

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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

OR: Level 3 - all modules are 15 credits

30 credits Compulsory literature/culture modules

For students of Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian:
One module from the list below, according to your specialist language - all are 15 credits

SEEB0009: Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature
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)
Note: If your Interdepartmental module is included in the SSEES 60 credits you do not take SEEE0020.

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 Russia and your 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 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 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

EITHER: Level 3 - all modules are 15 credits

OR: SESS0053 Freestanding Dissertation - 30 credits

Languages and Culture UG Handbook (Russian + another language)

Russian (delivered by SSEES) and another language (delivered by SSEES or SELCS)

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