- 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 to check if a module is running or not - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/undergraduate-module-listings
- Year One
Compulsory 30 credits in language:
EITHER: if you are a beginner or near beginner
• SEEC0001 -Czech Language Level 1 (30 credits)
OR: if you are at A Level standard or equivalent.
• SEEC0005 -Czech Language Level 2a: Comprehension (15 credits)
• SEEC0007 -Czech Language Level 2b: Production (15 credits)
Compulsory literature/culture modules - 30 credits
• SEEE0009 - War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (15 Credits)
• SEEE0013 - Literature and Memory (15 Credits)Optional modules - 60 credits
To be selected from available Level 4 or 5 optional modules in SSEES or other UCL departments. Please refer to the main modules webpage: View SSEES Undergraduate Modules
Some examples of SSEES modules are given below though this list is not exhaustive, and please refer to the main modules webpage above to check which modules are running or not running:- SEEE0002 - How Words Work: Sounds and Sense (Inter-departmental) (15 credits)
- SEEE0003 - How Words Work- Meaning and Modularity (Inter-departmental) (15 credits)
- SEEE0004 - Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond (Inter-departmental)
- SEEE0005 - Narratives of Exile (Inter-departmental)
- SEEE0006 - Tales of the Unexpected: the supernatural and fantastic in literature, 1800-1930 (Inter-departmental) (15 credits)
- SEEE0009 - War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (Inter-departmental) (15 credits)
- SEEE0010 - Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment (Inter-departmental) (15 credits)
- SEEE0011 - Staging Europe (Inter-departmental) (15 credits)
- SEEE0015 - Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature (15 credits)
- SEEE0016 - Regional and National Identities: History of Baltic Literature (15 credits)
- SEEE0017 - Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning Strategy (15 credits)
- SEHI0003 - Frontiers of History (30 credits)
- SERS0010 - The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 credits)
- SERS0012 - Representations of Russia (15 credits)
- SERS0014 - Russian Cinema: History, Ideology, Society (15 credits)
- SESS0013 - Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory (15 credits)
- SESS0014 - Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology (15 credits)
- SESS0015 - Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (15 credits)
- SESS0016 - Understanding Politics: The Big Questions in Contemporary Europe (15 credits)
- SESS0017 - Understanding Politics II: How Politics Works (15 credits)
- SEEE0020 - Writing from the Other Europe (15 credits)
Any Level 4 or 5 module ELCS**** (delivered by the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS) (15 credits)
- Year Two
In your second year, you must choose a total of 120 credits.
Compulsory 30 credits in language:
Choose Level 2a and 2b or Level 3a and 3b according to which level you have already taken in Year 1.
EITHER: if you took Level 1 in the previous year
• SEEC0005 -Czech Language Level 2a: Comprehension (15 credits)
• SEEC0007 -Czech Language Level 2b: Production (15 credits)
OR: if you took Level 2a and 2b in the previous year
• SEEC0010 - Czech Level 3a - Comprehension (15 credits)
• SEEC0012 - Czech Level 3b - Production (15 credits)
Compulsory literature/culture modules - 30 credits
• SEEC0009 - Introduction to Czech Literature and Culture (15 credits)
• SEEE0020 - Writing from the Other Europe (15 credits)
Optional Modules - 60 credits
60 credits from available optional modules at Level 5 in SSEES or other UCL departments.- Year Abroad
Your third year is spent abroad on a Czech language and culture placement, taking 120 credits. 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. (See Current Students pages)
- Year Four
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.
Compulsory Modules
EITHER: if you took Level 2a and 2b in Year 2
• SEEC0010 - Czech Level 3a - Comprehension (15 credits)
• SEEC0012 - Czech Level 3a - Production (15 credits)
OR: if you took Level 3a and 3b in Year 2
• SESS0053 Free Standing Dissertation (30 credits)
Compulsory literature/culture modules - 30 credits:
• SEEC0014: - Czech Literature 3 (30 credits)
Optional Modules - 60 Credits
60 credits from available optional modules in SSEES or other UCL departments