Languages and Culture UG Handbook (East European language + SELCS)

East European language and a SELCS language

This structure covers those degrees for students taking a SSEES language (excluding Russian) in conjunction with a SELCS (School of European Languages, Culture and Society) language (e.g. French and Polish, Bulgarian and French, etc).

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

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

Students of Modern Languages must choose an interdepartmental module to the value of 15 credits in both Year 1 and Year 2. These are modules with codes beginning either ELCS or SEEE and any module may be taken in these groups. If you include the interdepartmental module in the SSEES 60 credits in one year you must include it in the SELCS 60 credits in the other year, or vice versa.

Year One

30 credits compulsory language modules:

EITHER: Level 1 - 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 - all modules are 30 credits (for students with A level or equivalent)

All languages except Finnish
SEEE0013: Literature and Memory (15 credits)
SEEE0009: War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (15 credits)

Note: If your interdepartmental module is taken from the SSEES 60 credits then you take only SEE0013

Finnish only:

Either    SCAN0011: History and Culture of the Nordic Regions (30 credits)
Or        SCAN0012 : History and Culture of the Nordic Regions (Term 1) (15 credits)

Note: If your interdepartmental module is taken from the SSEES 60 credits then you take SCAN0012

Compulsory 15 credit Interdepartmental module
Please select one module from modules with codes beginning either SEEE (delivered by SSEES) or ELCS (delivered by SELCS)

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SELCS language and culture- 60 credits

60 credits from modules offered by SELCS - please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
(including 15 credits Interdepartmental module if included in SELCS 60 credits)

Year Two

30 credits compulsory language modules

EITHER: Level 2 - both modules are compulsory (15 credits each)

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: Finland Environment Society and Culture (30 credits)
OR SEEF0029: Finland Environment Society and Culture A (15 credits)

Note: If your Interdepartmental module is included in the SSEES 60 credits you take SEEF0029

For students of Ukrainian
SEEU0017: Ukrainian Culture and Text A (15 credits)
SEEU0027: Ukrainian Culture and Text B (15 credits)

If your Interdepartmental module is included in the SSEES 60 credits you take only SEEU0027

Compulsory 15 credit Interdepartmental module 15 credits
Please select one module from modules with codes beginning either ELCS or SEEE.

SELCS language and culture- 60 credits

60 credits from modules offered by SELCS - please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
(including 15 credits Interdepartmental module if included in SELCS 60 credits)

Year Abroad

Your third year is split between countries where your two language choices are 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

Year Four

By the end of Year 4 you need to have taken a minimum of 90 credits in Level 6 modules over Year 2 and 4 together.
Students who started their degree at Language Level 1, and did Level 2 in the second year must take Level 3 in the final year.
Students who started their degree at Language Level 2, and did Level 3 in the second year may take the Freestanding Dissertation.

30 credits compulsory language modules

EITHER: Level 3 - all modules are 30 credits

SEEB0010/0012: Bulgarian Language Level 3
SEEC0010/0012: Czech Language Level 3
SEEF0011/0013: Finnish Language Level 3
SEEH0024/0011: Hungarian Language Level 3
SEEP0010/0012: Polish Language Level 3
SEER0010/0012: Romanian Language Level 3
SEEY0011/0013: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3
SEEU0011/0012: Ukrainian Language Level 3

OR:SESS0053: Freestanding Dissertation (30 credits)

30 credits compulsory literature module, according to language - all modules are 30 credits
SEEB0025: Bulgarian Literature
SEEC0014: Czech & Slovak Literature
SEEF0015: Finnish Society & Culture
SEEH0013: Hungarian Literature
SEEP0015: Polish Literature
SEER0014: Romanian Literature
SEEY0015: Serbian and Croatian Literature
SESS0004: The Making of Modern Ukraine

SELCS language and culture- 60 credits

60 credits from modules offered by SELCS - please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.
(including 15 credits Interdepartmental module if included in SELCS 60 credits)

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