Languages and Culture UG Handbook (Two East European languages)

Two East European languages

This structure covers those degrees for students taking a Two SSEES languages (excluding Russian) (e.g. Bulgarian and Czech)

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

Year One

60 credits compulsory language modules (30 credits for each language):

EITHER: Level 1 - all modules are 30 credits (for beginners or near-beginners)

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    SCAN0062: Introduction to Nordic Studies 1 (15 credits inn Term 1)
Or        SCAN0079: Introduction to Nordic Studies 2 (15 credits in Term 2)

Compulsory 30 credit Interdepartmental module
Please select one module (codes beginning SEEE)

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Year Two

60 credits compulsory language modules (30 credits for each language):

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

all are 15 credits

SEEB0009: Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature
SEEC0009: Introduction to Czech Literature
SEEF0029: Finland Environment Society and Culture A
SEEH****: Introduction to Hungarian Literature
SEEP0009: Introduction to Polish Literature
SEER0009: Introduction to Romanian Literature
SEEU0017: Ukrainian Culture and Text A
SEEY0010: Introduction to Serbian and Croatian Literature

15 credits Core Interdepartmental Culture module

SEEE0020: Writing from the Other Europe (15 credits)

15 credits Optional Interdepartmental Culture module

Please select one module from codes beginning SEEE.

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. Further details are contained in the Year Abroad Handbook.

Students should select SEES0138 and SEES0139 on Portico.

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.
For each language, students who started their language-learning at UCL at Language Level 1, and did Level 2 in the second year must take Level 3 in the final year.
If one language was started at Language Level 2, and Level 3 was taken in the second year, students must take the Freestanding Dissertation.
If both languages were started at Language Level 2, and Level 3 was taken in the second year, students must take the Freestanding Dissertation and two Interdepartmental modules.

60 credits compulsory modules

- if Level 3 has not yet been taken in either language, choose Level 3a/3b for each language
- if Level 3 has not yet been taken for one language, but has for the other, choose Level 3a/3b for the first language, and a Freestanding Dissertation
- if Level 3 has already been taken for both languages, choose a Freestanding Dissertation and two SEEE modules

EITHER: 60 credits - Level 3 for each language

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: 60 credits - Level 3 and the SESS0053: Freestanding Dissertation (30 credits)
OR: 60 credits - the SESS0053: Freestanding Dissertation (30 credits) and two modules from codes beginning SEEE.

60 credits compulsory literature modules (one for each 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

Languages and Culture UG Handbook (Two East European languages)

Two East European languages

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