Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. Russian Full-time

Year: 2
2025/26 Session

To proceed from Stage I to Stage II a student must have a minimum of 100 credits, to include the relevant Core II language module(s).

Route 1: Major in Russian
Students must take a minimum of 80 credits in Russian and 40 credits in one modern foreign language.

Students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (intermediate or advanced).

Route 2: Joint Honours in Russian
The University Regulations permit students registered to Joint degrees to vary their credit weighting in their second and final year. A minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits must be taken in each discipline in both years (subject to a total number of 120 credits in each year). Students who undertake less than 160 credits in one of their disciplines will graduate with a major/minor degree.

Students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (intermediate or advanced).

Intermediate French and Intermediate German can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits if combined with 20 credits of Modern Languages departmental modules.

No more than two languages may be taken at Intermediate level, one of which must be Intermediate French or Intermediate Spanish.

Catalan and Mandarin Chinese can only be taken to a maximum of 40 credits in any year. You can only study Catalan and Mandarin Chinese with a Major in Italian.

French (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI French Core III - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 30216 20 Semester 1
LI French Core III - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities 09 30126 20 Semester 1
LI French Core IV - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 30221 10 Semester 2
LI French Core IV - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities 09 30132 10 Semester 2

German (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI German Core III – Advanced: Other Germanies 09 34774 20 Semester 1
LI German Core III – Intermediate: Other Germanies 09 34773 20 Semester 1
LI German Core IV - Advanced: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World 09 30222 10 Semester 2
LI German Core IV - Intermediate: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World 09 30133 10 Semester 2

Spanish (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Spanish Core III - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30219 20 Semester 1
LI Spanish Core III - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30130 20 Semester 1
LI Spanish Core IV - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30224 10 Semester 2
LI Spanish Core IV - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 30137 10 Semester 2

Portuguese (choose both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Portuguese Core III - Intermediate: Global Cultures in Portuguese 09 30129 20 Semester 1
LI Portuguese Core IV - Intermediate: Transatlantic Exchanges 09 30136 10 Semester 2

Russian (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Russian Core III - Advanced: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30220 20 Semester 1
LI Russian Core III - Intermediate: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30131 20 Semester 1
LI Russian Core IV - Advanced: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30225 20 Semester 2
LI Russian Core IV - Intermediate: Understanding Russia and the Russians 09 30138 20 Semester 2

Mandarin Chinese:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate I 09 26168 20 Semester 1
LI Mandarin Chinese Language Intermediate II 09 26169 20 Semester 2

Core V is compulsory for all students studying French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Students will take either the 10 or 20 credit module depending upon their language combinations.

Students will only take the research project in one of their chosen languages.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 30157 10 Semester 2
LI Core V - Student Research Project 09 39146 20 Semester 2

Catalan Minor (40 credits) (students must take Intermediate Catalan A&B plus one of the 20 credit Catalan options:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A 09 33747 10 Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B 09 33749 10 Semester 2
LI Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona 09 39270 20 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity 09 39276 20  

Optional Modules

Route 1 and 2 (Major or JH)

Students taking 80 credits in Russian (language A):
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 and one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in Russian (includes departmental modules)

PLUS 40 compulsory credits in language B:
[Intermediate Catalan or Mandarin Chinese,] You take no optional modules in language B.

OR

Students taking 80 credits in Russian (language A):
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 and one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in language A (includes departmental modules)

And 40 credits in language B:
[Advanced French, German Spanish or Intermediate, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish] You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project in language B. You do not select any optional modules in language B.

Route 2 (JH) (60/60)
Students taking 60 credits in Russian (language A):
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 in Russian (includes departmental modules)

And 60 credits in language B:
[Advanced French, German, Spanish or Intermediate, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish] You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project in language B PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in language B (includes departmental modules)

OR

Students taking 60 credits in Russian (language A):
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in Russian (includes departmental modules)

And 60 credits in language B:
[Advanced French, German, Spanish or Intermediate, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish] You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project in language B PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 in language B (includes departmental modules)

For ALL routes, 1-2, in addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), students choose additional Level I modules provided annually by the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each language, optional module choices may be restricted. Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations 09 39278 20 Semester 2
LI Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts 09 39289 20 Semester 1

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977 09 39273 20 Semester 1
LI Obedience and Autonomy in German Culture and Thought 09 39285 20 Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Memory and Public Space in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 39283 20 Semester 2
LI Popular Culture and Resistance in the Portuguese-speaking World 09 39286 20 Semester 2

Russian Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Reading Russian Literature in Translation 09 39287 20 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture 09 39275 20  
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights 09 39279 20 Semester 2
LI Icons of the Hispanic World 09 39280 20 Semester 2
LI Mexican and Chicano Art in the Twentieth Century: Revolution and Beyond 09 39284 20  
LI Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction 09 39288 20 Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages 09 39290 20  

Departmental Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State 09 39271 20 Semester 1
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement 09 39272 20  
LI Global Enterprise Project 09 39764 20 Semester 1
LI Language and power 09 39282 20 Semester 2
LI Work, The Future and You 09 39770 20 Semester 1

Departmental Optional Modules [available to students taking Advanced languages only]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Translation in the Workplace 09 39794 20 Semester 2

Catalan Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Beginners Catalan Language A 09 33737 10 Semester 1
LI Beginners Catalan Language B 09 33745 10 Semester 2
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A 09 33747 10 Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B 09 33749 10 Semester 2
LI Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona 09 39270 20 Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity 09 39276 20