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
- 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
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)SEEB0005: Bulgarian Language Level 2a
SEEB0007: Bulgarian Language Level 2b
SEEC0005: Czech Language Level 2a
SEEC0007: Czech Language Level 2b
SEEF0005: Finnish Language Level 2a
SEEF0007: Finnish Language Level 2b
SEEH0006: Hungarian Language Level 2a
SEEH0008: Hungarian Language Level 2b
SEEP0005: Polish Language Level 2a
SEEP0007: Polish Language Level 2b
SEER0005: Romanian Language Level 2a
SEER0007: Romanian Language Level 2b
SEEY0006: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2a
SEEY0008: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2b
SEEU0007: Ukrainian Language Level 2a
SEEU0009: Ukrainian Language Level 2b
Compulsory literature/culture modules (30 credits)
SEEE0013: Literature and Memory (15 credits)
SEEE0009: War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (15 credits)
SELCS language and culture- 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language modules
30 credits content modules
- please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.- Year Two
30 credits compulsory language modules
EITHER: Level 2 - both modules are compulsory (15 credits each)
SEEB0005: Bulgarian Language Level 2a
SEEB0007: Bulgarian Language Level 2b
SEEC0005: Czech Language Level 2a
SEEC0007: Czech Language Level 2b
SEEF0005: Finnish Language Level 2a
SEEF0007: Finnish Language Level 2b
SEEH0006: Hungarian Language Level 2a
SEEH0008: Hungarian Language Level 2b
SEEP0005: Polish Language Level 2a
SEEP0007: Polish Language Level 2b
SEER0005: Romanian Language Level 2a
SEER0007: Romanian Language Level 2b
SEEY0006: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2a
SEEY0008: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2b
SEEU0007: Ukrainian Language Level 2a
SEEU0009: Ukrainian Language Level 2b
OR: Level 3 - all modules are 15 credits
SEEB0010: Bulgarian Language Level 3a
SEEB0012: Bulgarian Language Level 3b
SEEC0010: Czech Language Level 3a
SEEC0012: Czech Language Level 3b
SEEF0011: Finnish Language Level 3a
SEEF0013: Finnish Language Level 3b
SEEH0024: Hungarian Language Level 3a
SEEH0011: Hungarian Language Level 3b
SEEP0010: Polish Language Level 3a
SEEP0012: Polish Language Level 3b
SEER0010: Romanian Language Level 3a
SEER0012: Romanian Language Level 3b
SEEY0011: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3a
SEEY0013: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3b
SEEU0011: Ukrainian Language Level 3a
SEEU0012: Ukrainian Language Level 3b
Compulsory literature/culture moduleFor 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
PlusSEEE0020: 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: Introduction to Finnish Society and Culture (30 credits)For students of Ukrainian
SEEU0017: Ukrainian Culture and Text A (15 credits)
SEEU0027: Ukrainian Culture and Text B (15 credits)
SELCS language and culture- 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language modules
30 credits content modules
- please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.- 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 15 credits
SEEB0010: Bulgarian Language Level 3a
SEEB0012: Bulgarian Language Level 3b
SEEC0010: Czech Language Level 3a
SEEC0012: Czech Language Level 3b
SEEF0011: Finnish Language Level 3a
SEEF0013: Finnish Language Level 3b
SEEH0024: Hungarian Language Level 3a
SEEH0011: Hungarian Language Level 3b
SEEP0010: Polish Language Level 3a
SEEP0012: Polish Language Level 3b
SEER0010: Romanian Language Level 3a
SEER0012: Romanian Language Level 3b
SEEY0011: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3a
SEEY0013: Serbian/Croatian Language Level 3b
SEEU0011: Ukrainian Language Level 3a
SEEU0012: Ukrainian Language Level 3bOR: 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: Advanced Finnish Society & Culture
SEEH0013: Hungarian Literature
SEEP0015: Polish Literature
SEER0014: Romanian Literature
SEEY0015: Serbian and Croatian Literature
SESS0004: The Making of Modern UkraineSELCS language and culture- 60 credits
30 credits compulsory language modules
30 credits content modules
- please see the SELCS web pages for guidance.