UKTESML009: BA (hons): Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Russian)

Year 1, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University

Mandatory Units

ESML0001French written & spoken language 1A 6 Credits
ESML0003French cultural studies 1A 3 Credits
ESML0005French politics & society 1A: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises 3 Credits
ESML0082Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio) 12 Credits
ESML0103Europe 1A6 Credits

Year 1, Semester 2

Mandatory Units

ESML0002French written & spoken language 1B 6 Credits
ESML0004French cultural studies 1B 3 Credits
ESML0006French politics & society 1B: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises 3 Credits
ESML0085Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio) 6 Credits
ESML0086Russian cultural studies 1B: Introduction to Russian culture (ab initio) 3 Credits
ESML0088Russian politics & society 1B: Russia before 1917 3 Credits
ESML0104Europe 1B6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University

Mandatory Units

ESML0007French written & spoken language 2A 6 Credits
ESML0009French cultural studies 2A 3 Credits
ESML0011French politics & society (advanced) 2A 3 Credits
ESML0089Russian written & spoken language 2A 6 Credits
ESML0090Russian cultural studies 2A: Russian literature from Chekhov to Zoshchenko 3 Credits
ESML0091Russian politics & society 2A: Soviet Russia 1917-1985 3 Credits
ESML0105Europe 2A: Politics of the European Union 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 2

Mandatory Units

ESML0008French written & spoken language 2B 6 Credits
ESML0092Russian written & spoken language 2B 6 Credits
ESML0093Russian cultural studies 2B: Soviet Russian literature & cinema in the 1920's & 1930's 3 Credits
ESML0094Russian politics & society 2B: Reform & reconstruction in Russia since 1985 3 Credits
ESML0106Europe 2B: Economics of the European Union 6 Credits

Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0010French cultural studies 2B, option 1: Conflicting realities: film in France in the 1920s & 1930s 3 Credits
ESML0012French cultural studies 2B, option 2: First person camera: French cinema & the auteur tradition 3 Credits
ESML0021French cultural studies 2B, option 3: French novels about religion in society 1931-1955 3 Credits
ESML0072French cultural studies 2B, option 4: The problem of the French church in drama & life 3 Credits
ESML0073French cultural studies 2B, option 5: The study of two 20th century prose writers 3 Credits
ESML0080French cultural studies 2B, option 6: The study of a major 19th century French novelist 3 Credits
ESML0109French cultural studies 2B, option 7: Camus & the Algerian question 3 Credits
ESML0112French cultural studies 2B, option 8: Images of conflict: the French at war 3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0271French politics & society 2B, option 1: Regional policy in the Fifth Republic 3 Credits
ESML0272French politics & society 2B, option 2: 'Capitale et province' 3 Credits
ESML0273French politics & society 2B, option 3: The role & position of women in French society 3 Credits
ESML0274French politics & society 2B, option 4: French local politics 3 Credits
ESML0275French politics & society 2B, option 5: Rural society in contemporary France 3 Credits
ESML0276French politics & society 2B, option 6: The experience of women during the Second World War 3 Credits
ESML0277French politics & society 2B, option 7: La France: une société au pluriel 3 Credits
ESML0278French politics & society 2B, option 8: Political communication from party & individual 3 Credits
ESML0279French politics & society 2B, option 9: France coming to terms with the German occupation of 1940-44 3 Credits

Year 3, Academic Year

Mode of Attendance: Paid period of experience or Study abroad

Mandatory Units

ESML0300Year abroad 60 Credits

Year 4, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University

Mandatory Units

ESML0013French written & spoken language 4A 6 Credits
ESML0095Russian written & spoken language 4A 6 Credits

Optional Units

Select 6 credits from the following list:

ESML0016French national option F2: La France urbaine 6 Credits
ESML0018French national option F4: Films of the nouvelle vague 6 Credits
ESML0022French national option F8: Specialist language - translation A 3 Credits
ESML0024French national option F9: Specialist language: interpreting A 3 Credits
ESML0027French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande 6 Credits
ESML0028French national option F12: Environnement, société, développement 6 Credits
ESML0029French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine 6 Credits

Select between 3 and 9 credits from the following list:

ESML0097Russian national option R1A: Women in Russia & the USSR 1 3 Credits
ESML0099Russian national option R2: The twentieth century Russian novel 6 Credits
ESML0101Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika 6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0107European option E1: Intellectuals, commitment & identity in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
ESML0110European option E3: European film 1 6 Credits
ESML0294European option E5: In search of Europe (1) - Europe divided 6 Credits
MANG0040European integration studies 1 5 Credits

Year 4, Semester 2

Mandatory Units

ESML0014French written & spoken language 4B 6 Credits
ESML0096Russian written & spoken language 4B 6 Credits

Optional Units

Select 6 credits from the following list:

ESML0015French national option F1: La France et l'Europe 6 Credits
ESML0017French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle 6 Credits
ESML0019French national option F5: French comedies from Molière to Beaumarchais 6 Credits
ESML0020French national option F6: French autobiography 6 Credits
ESML0023French national option F8: Specialist language - translation B 3 Credits
ESML0025French national option F9: Specialist language: interpreting B 3 Credits
ESML0026French national option F10: Surrealism 6 Credits

Select between 3 and 9 credits from the following list:

ESML0098Russian national option R1B: Women in Russia & the USSR 2 3 Credits
ESML0102Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia 6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0108European option E2: The audiovisual media in contemporary Europe - political & cultural perspectives 6 Credits
ESML0111European option E4: European film 2 6 Credits
ESML0295European option E6: In search of Europe (2) - Europe in the 1990s: towards unification? 6 Credits
MANG0059European integration studies 2 5 Credits

European Studies and Modern Languages Unit Catalogue

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European Studies and Modern Languages Programme Catalogue

Programme / Unit Catalogue 1997/98