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Degree Programme Table: Russian Studies and History (MA Hons) (UTRUSSHMAH)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08015    Celtic Civilisation 1B   20  
    ECHS08004    History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B   20  
    ECHS08005    History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A   20  
    ECSH08026    British Society, 1650-2000 (Social History 1)   40  
    ECSH08029    British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1)   20  
    ECSH08031    British Society, the 20th Century (Social History 1.2)   20  
    ECSH08036    British Economic and Environmental History since 1900   20  
    HIST08001    British History 1   40  
    SCHI08010    Medieval Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08014    Early Modern Scottish History   20  
    CLGE08001    The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making   20  
    CLGE08002    The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons   20  
    CLGE08003    The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome   20  
    CLGE08004    The Roman World 1B: The Roman Empire   20  
    HIST08030    European History 1a (1500-1789)   20  
    HIST08031    European History 1b (Since 1789)   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ELCR08005     Russian Studies 1A     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ELCR08002     Russian Studies 1B     (40 credits)

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCR08003 Russian Language 2 As available 20
    ELCR08006 The Golden and Silver Ages of Russian Literature (1820-1920s) As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH08008    Social History 2.1   20  
    ECSH08035    Economic History 2: the Global Economy since 1500   40  
    ECSH08039    Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2   20  
    ECSH08040    Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1   20  
    HIST08003    American History 2   40  
    SCHI08011    Modern Scottish History   20  
    SCHI08012    Scottish History since 1914   20  
    ECSH08041    Social History 2.2: The Making of the Modern Body   20  
    ANHI08014    Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World   20  
    ANHI08013    Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History   20  
    HIST08026    Introduction to Medieval Europe 2A   20  
    HIST08027    Introduction to Medieval Europe 2B   20  
    HIST08028    Asia and Africa 2a: Societies, Cultures, and Empires, c. 1600-1880   20  
    HIST08029    Asia and Africa 2b: Nationalisms, Liberation Movements and the Legacies of Colonialism, c. 1880-Present Day   20  
    ECHS08008    Christianity before Constantine, 100-306   20  
    ECHS08009    Social Christianity in Britain, Germany and the United States, 1848-1930   20  
    ECHS08002    Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe   20  

     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCS08023    Scandinavian Historical and Cultural Topics 2   20  
    ELCF08003    Literature and Culture in Medieval Europe   20  
    ELCF08007    Introduction to European Cinema 2   20  
    ELCH08015    Catalan language for beginners   20  
    ELCH08014    Culture and Society in the Catalan World   20  
    CLLC08002    Introduction to European Theatre   20  
    CLLC08001    Prose Fiction in Comparative Perspective   20  
    ELCF08009    Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France A   20  
    ELCS08010    Scandinavian Languages 2   20  
    LASC08018    LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods   20  
    LASC08019    LEL2C: English in Time and Space   20  
    LASC08020    LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories   20  
    LASC08021    LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages   20  
    ELCR08006    The Golden and Silver Ages of Russian Literature (1820-1920s)   20  

    Notes:Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France is only available to students who have passed French 1A or French 1B.
    Scandinavian Languages 2 is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in year one.
    For LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.


     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     




    Year 3, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are normally entitled to progress to honours.

    At least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in History and the relevant language in an approved establishment.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCC10001 Language Acquisition through residence/study As available 60
    CHCA10004 Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Languages and History As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10005     MEL dissertation preparation     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10002     Modern European Languages Year Abroad Assessment     (20 credits)

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.). 1. (Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1). 2. (Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1). 3. (Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 2). 4. (Russian Oral). 5. (Year abroad work for degrees in Russian Studies & History). 6. (Year abroad work for degrees in Russian Studies & History). 7. (Russian Studies Dissertation Preparation OR MEL Year Abroad Assessment (same mark as 8)). 8. (Russian Studies Dissertation Completion OR MEL Long Essay). 9. (Honours course option in Russian Studies). 10. (Honours course option in Russian Studies). 11. (Course in History). 12. (Course in History).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCR10003 Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1 As available 10
    ELCR10004 Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 2 As available 10
    ELCC10018 Oral for Russian As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10006     MEL dissertation completion     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    ELCC10011     MEL Long Essay     (20 credits)

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10083    Britain and the Second World War   40  
    HIST10305    Britain in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1815   40  
    HIST10079    Ethnicity, Class and Power in 20th Century Africa   40  
    HIST10092    Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950   40  
    HIST10308    The United States in Vietnam: History and Consequences   40  
    HIST10336    Stalin's Russia, 1921-1941   40  
    HIST10339    Enlightenment Scotland c.1690 - c.1800   40  
    HIST10100    Charlemagne and his World: Society and Empire in Western Europe C.750-900   40  
    HIST10303    The Spanish Civil War   40  
    HIST10351    British Politics in the Shadow of War, 1939 to 1945   40  
    SCHI10071    Scotland and America 1603-1914   40  
    SCHI10035    The Picts   40  
    HIST10354    The Origins and Diplomacy of the Second World War, 1919-1945   40  
    HIST10355    The Origins of the First World War, 1871-1917   40  
    HIST10283    Venice c. 1400 - c. 1700   40  
    HIST10165    The Revolutionary Decade? Europe in the 1960s   40  
    HIST10155    The American Civil Rights Movement   40  
    HIST10356    The Conquest Generation, 1087-1135: England and Henry 1   40  
    HIST10358    Colonial Wars and Modernizing Missions: Europe's violent Transformations of the non-European World in the 20th Century   40  
    HIST10360    Becoming Modern: Society and Culture in Ireland since 1780   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    HIST10306    The Rise of the Right in the United States, c.1945-c.1990   40  
    HIST10368    Genocide in the Modern World: theories and case studies   40  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCR10002    The Great Russian Novel   20  
    ELCR10014    The Post-Soviet Word, Image and Memory   20  
    PLIT10048    Contemporary Russian Politics   20  
    ELCR10015    The History of the Russian Language   20  
    ELCR10018    The Russian Language Society from Proper use to Propaganda   20  
    ELCR10016    Imperial Nation as a Minority Population   20  

     


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