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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019

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Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Russian language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours:
(1) students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years;
(2) students must achieve at least 50% in their compulsory courses, at the first attempt
(3) Students must achieve 50% or more, at the first attempt, in two second year business courses

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Business Year 2 level 8

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may wish to note that BUST08033 Business Research Methods I: Introduction to Data Analysis is a compulsory course for Business Studies degree programmes
AND

Courses from School of LLC and PPLS Level(s) 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
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.


Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
At least 30 weeks must be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work completed in Business Studies and the relevant language in an approved establishment.

Final Assessment:

*This applies to students who will be studying abroad during 2018/19*

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.

1. Russian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Russian Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Russian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Russian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. Business Studies Long Essay
6. Business Studies Long Essay
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Russian Hons option course
10. Further courses in Business Studies
11. Further courses in Business Studies
12. Further courses in Business Studies

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment:

*This applies to students completing their degree during 2018/19*

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 Paper 1.
2. Russian Studies 4 Honours Paper 1.
3. Russian Studies 4 Honours Paper 2.
4. Russian Studies Oral.
5. Business Studies Long Essay.
6. Business Studies Long Essay.
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation OR MEL Year Abroad Assessment (same mark as 8).
8. MEL Dissertation Completion OR MEL Long Essay.
9. Honours option in Russian Studies.
10. Further courses in Business Studies.
11. Further courses in Business Studies.
12. Further courses in Business Studies.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Russian Honours course options - Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select exactly 60 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses

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