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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

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

Students failing History of Art 1 will not be allowed to progress to Year 2 unless recommended as a special circumstances concession from the Exam Board.

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: 2019/20, 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 50% or more at first attempt in The Golden and Silver Ages of Russian Literature AND in Russian Language 2A or 2B, as appropriate.
(3) All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad, an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Russian language options - Year 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 40 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.

OR

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

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

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year: At least 30 weeks must be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work completed in History of Art and in the relevant language in an approved establishment.

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.

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. Art History Part one
6. Art History Part two
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. 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. History of Art Hons option course
11. History of Art Hons option course
12. History of Art Hons option course

Compulsory courses


Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: 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.

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. Art History Part one
6. Art History Part two
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. 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. History of Art Hons option course
11. History of Art Hons option course
12. History of Art Hons option course

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Russian Honours course options - Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

History of Art and Architectural History courses Year 4

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses

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