- 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
- Year One
Compulsory Modules
You will take 60 credits from Russian language and culture modules and 60 Credits from History modules
Compulsory Modules
30 credits in Russian language:
Either (when Russian is ab initio):
• SERS0001 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 1A) (15 Credits)
• SERS0002 - Use of Russian (Year 1A) (15 Credits)
Or (when Russian is post A Level):
• SERS0003 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 1) (15 Credits)
• SERS0004 - Use of Russian (Year 1) (15 Credits)
30 credits in Russian culture:
• SERS0010 - The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 Credits)Optional Modules (15 credits) - choose one from the following:
• SERS0008: Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism (15 credits)• SERS0012: Representations of Russia (15 credits)
• SERS0014: Russian Cinema: History, Ideology, Society (15 credits)
60 credits in History:
• EITHER: HIST0488 History of Russia 1598-1856
• OR: HIST0483 History of the Habsburg Monarchy 1700-1918
• SEHI0003: Frontiers of History (30 credits)- Year Two
In your second year, you must choose a total of 120 credits, 60 credits from Russian language and culture modules and 60 Credits from History modules.
Russian Language and Culture (60 credits)
Compulsory Modules: 30 credits in Russian language:
Either:
• SERS0016: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits)
• SERS0018: Use of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits)
Or:
• SERS0020: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)
• SERS0022: Use of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)
Compulsory module: 15 credits in Russian culture:
One 15-credit module from Year 2 Literature/Culture options, for example:
SERS0025 - Russian Poetry from Pushkin to Brodsky (15 Credits)
SERS0027 - Russian Cinema Men and Women
SERS0029 - Chekhov The Quest for Freedom
SERS0031 - The Person Love and Utopia in Russian Thought
SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism
Optional Modules
15 credits in culture:
• Either: from Level 5 Russian culture modules (may include SERS0034, if not already chosen)
• OR: from Level 5 modules with codes beginning SEEE
History (60 credits)
From selected Survey or Thematic History modules (60 credits). You may also take up to 15 credits in Level 6 Advanced Seminar modules - please consult the guidance supplied. A full list of modules can be found on the UCL History Website- Year Abroad
Your third year is spent abroad at an institution in Russia, 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.
- 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.
Russian language and culture (60 credits)
Compulsory Modules
15 credits in Russian language:
• SERS0039: Use of Russian (Year 4) (15 credits)
Optional Modules
• either 45 credits from optional Level 6 Russian language/culture modules. (View SSEES modules)
• or 30 credits from optional Level 6 Russian language/culture modules and 15 credits from modules with codes beginning SEEE
Optional modules may include a maximum of one further module in Russian language from:SERS0037: Comprehension of Russian (Year 4)
SERS0106: Reading and Discussion of Texts in Russian not running 2021-22
SERS0107: Writing Editing and Blogging in RussianOther options may include:
SERS0031 - The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought (15 credits)
SERS0043 - Russian Literature in Revolution: Experiments in Form 1917-53 [R] (15 credits)
SERS0079- Pushkin [R] (15 credits)
SERS0045 - Russian Cinema: Innovation and Experiment [R] (15 credits)
SERS0047 - Contemporary Russian Cinema (15 credits) - not running 2021-22
SERS0049 - Russian Poetry in the Silver Age [R] (15 credits) not running 2021-22
SERS0051- Russian Literature from the Death of Stalin to the Present: Dissent & Discovery [R] (15 credits)
SEEE0012- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetls (Inter-departmental) (15 credits) not running 2021-22
History (60 credits)
History modules are delivered by the UCL HIstory Department. When choosing modules please make sure that you have at least 90 credits of Level 6 modules.
60 credits in History Modules
• Either: a Special Subject module (comprising 30 credits of taught module and 30 credits dissertation)
• Or: a Special Subject module (comprising 30 credits of taught module only) and 30 credits SESS0053: Freestanding Dissertation on a History subject)
• Or: Two Advanced Seminar modules and SESS0053: Freestanding Dissertation on a History topic