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Department of European Studies & Modern Languages
Unit Index 2008/09

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of European Studies & Modern Languages in 2008/09. Follow the links to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.

- Foundation level units (e.g. units coded EU0*)
- Certificate level units (e.g. units coded EU1*)
- Intermediate level units (e.g. units coded EU2*)
- Honours level units (e.g. units coded EU3*)
- Masters level units (e.g. units coded EU4* or EU5*)



Level: Foundation


Semester 1

EU00408 German-English translation for SOCRATES students A 3 Credits
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Semester 2

EU00409 German-English translation for SOCRATES students B 3 Credits
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Level: Certificate


Academic Year

EU10621 French written and spoken language 1 12 Credits
EU10626 German written and spoken language 1 12 Credits
EU10631 Italian written and spoken language 1 (ab initio) 12 Credits
EU10632 Italian written & spoken language 1 (advanced entry) 12 Credits
EU10635 Russian written & spoken language 1 (advanced entry) 12 Credits
EU10638 Spanish written and spoken language 1 12 Credits
EU10680 German written and spoken language (post beginners) 12 Credits
ZZ10007 Approved 12 credit language option 12 Credits
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Semester 1

EU10003 French cultural studies 1A: form & genre in French culture 3 Credits
EU10005 French politics & society 1A: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises 1 3 Credits
EU10032 German cultural studies 1A: Kultur der Weimarer Republik 3 Credits
EU10034 German politics & society 1A: Deutschland und Österreich 1918-1939 3 Credits
EU10064 Italian cultural studies 1A: Introduction to Italian cultural history 3 Credits
EU10065 Italian politics & society 1A: Italian foundation history (1860-1914) 3 Credits
EU10082 Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio) 12 Credits
EU10083 Russian cultural studies 1A: Introduction to Russian culture (post A level) 6 Credits
EU10103 Introduction to European studies 6 Credits
EU10115 French business environment 1: economic & industrial environment 6 Credits
EU10118 German business environment 1: economic and industrial environment 6 Credits
EU10453 Spanish business environment 1: economic and industrial environment 6 Credits
EU10455 Spanish politics & society 1A: introduction to Spanish politics & society 1 3 Credits
EU10505 Key concepts in politics 6 Credits
EU10552 Spanish cultural studies 1A: introduction to 20th Century Spanish culture 3 Credits
EU10681 German politics & society 1A: Germany and Austria 1918-1945 3 Credits
EU10712 Comparative politics 6 Credits
EU10713 International history 1815-1991 6 Credits
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Semester 2

EU10004 French cultural studies 1B: Changing viewpoints and narrative strategies 3 Credits
EU10006 French politics & society 1B: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises 2 3 Credits
EU10033 German cultural studies 1B: Drittes Reich und Nachkriegsjahre (1933-61) 3 Credits
EU10035 German politics & society 1B: Bundesrepublik, DDR and Österreich, 1945-1961 3 Credits
EU10066 Italian cultural studies 1B: Italian writing of the 19th century 3 Credits
EU10067 Italian politics & society 1B: Italian fascism 3 Credits
EU10085 Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio) 6 Credits
EU10086 Russian cultural studies 1B: Introduction to Russian culture (ab initio) 3 Credits
EU10087 Russian politics & society 1A: Russia before 1917 - Directed study 3 Credits
EU10088 Russian politics & society 1B: Russia before 1917 3 Credits
EU10104 Europe since 1945 6 Credits
EU10120 French business environment 2: legal environment 6 Credits
EU10123 The German business environment 2: legal environment 6 Credits
EU10410 Political ideologies 6 Credits
EU10417 British politics 6 Credits
EU10454 Spanish business environment 2: legal environment 6 Credits
EU10456 Spanish politics & society 1B: introduction to Spanish politics & society 2 3 Credits
EU10553 Spanish cultural studies 1B: introduction to contemporary Spanish culture 3 Credits
EU10616 International relations and global politics 6 Credits
EU10682 German politics and society 1B: Federal Republic, GDR and Austria 1945-1961 3 Credits
EU10714 French politics & society 6 Credits
EU10715 German politics & society: Deutschland und Österreich 6 Credits
EU10716 Introduction to Spanish politics and society 6 Credits
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Level: Intermediate


Academic Year

EU20300 Year abroad 60 Credits
EU20413 Placement 60 Credits
EU20622 French written & spoken language 2 12 Credits
EU20624 French written and oral communication in the business context 12 Credits
EU20627 German written & spoken language 2 12 Credits
EU20629 German written and oral communication in the business context 12 Credits
EU20633 Italian written and spoken language 2 12 Credits
EU20636 Russian written and spoken language 2 12 Credits
EU20639 Spanish written and spoken language 2 12 Credits
EU20641 Spanish written and oral communication in the business context 12 Credits
ZZ20008 Approved 12 credit language option 12 Credits
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Semester 1

EU20009 French cultural studies 2A: from realism to abstraction: disintegration of the image 3 Credits
EU20011 French politics & society 2A: De Mitterrand à Chirac, ruptures et continuités 3 Credits
EU20038 German cultural studies 2A: Kultur in der Bundesrepublik von 1961 bis zur Gegenwart 3 Credits
EU20042 German politics & society 2A: Geteiltes Deutschland 1961-1989 3 Credits
EU20070 Italian cultural studies 2A: Italian writers of the early 20th Century 3 Credits
EU20071 Italian politics & society 2A: Italy since 1945 3 Credits
EU20090 Russian cultural studies 2A: Russian literature from Chekhov to Zoshchenko 3 Credits
EU20091 Russian politics & society 2A: Soviet Russia 1917-1985 3 Credits
EU20142 Business French option 1B 6 Credits
EU20385 European political thought 6 Credits
EU20387 Business German option 1B 6 Credits
EU20414 American politics 6 Credits
EU20415 Media politics 6 Credits
EU20466 Comparative employee relations (Spanish) 6 Credits
EU20467 Spanish politics & society 2A: Introduction to contemporary Latin American studies 3 Credits
EU20556 Spanish cultural studies 2A: Introduction to 20th and 21st century Latin American culture 3 Credits
EU20613 Business Spanish option 1B 6 Credits
EU20721 International organisation 6 Credits
EU20725 Conflict and security 6 Credits
EU20726 European integration 6 Credits
EU20746 German politics & society 2A: divided Germany 1961 - 1989 3 Credits
XX20086 French comparative employee relations 6 Credits
XX20087 German comparative employee relations 6 Credits
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Semester 2

EU20093 Russian cultural studies 2B: Soviet Russian literature & cinema in the 1920s & 1930s 3 Credits
EU20094 Russian politics & society 2B: Reform & reconstruction in Russia since 1985 3 Credits
EU20141 Business French option 1A 6 Credits
EU20386 Business German option 1A 6 Credits
EU20405 Perspectives on Europe - France 6 Credits
EU20406 Perspectives on Europe - Germany 6 Credits
EU20407 Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
EU20416 Totalitarian politics 6 Credits
EU20424 Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) 6 Credits
EU20428 Film, politics & society 6 Credits
EU20461 Multiple perspectives on Europe - Spain 6 Credits
EU20570 Berlin - Politik und Kultur seit der Wende 6 Credits
EU20575 Capitale et province: régionalismes français 6 Credits
EU20576 The experience of women during the Second World War 6 Credits
EU20577 French drama in the political & social context of the 1930s & 1940s 6 Credits
EU20578 Images & identities in flux: French cinema & the Auteur tradition 6 Credits
EU20579 Images of conflict: the French at war 6 Credits
EU20580 Spectres du passé: le cas de Vichy 6 Credits
EU20590 Working through culture: France 6 Credits
EU20591 Working through culture: Germany 6 Credits
EU20611 Immigration in France 6 Credits
EU20612 Business Spanish option 1A 6 Credits
EU20614 Italy in the 1960s and 1970s: Social transformation and political and cultural dissent 6 Credits
EU20615 Italian politics and culture in the 1990s 6 Credits
EU20619 Women between worlds: images of exile in francophone literature and the visual arts 6 Credits
EU20666 Blasting the past: the European avant-garde 6 Credits
EU20667 La France et la mondialisation 6 Credits
EU20668 The French "events" of 1968 6 Credits
EU20676 Cultural memory in post-1975 Spain 6 Credits
EU20677 The Spanish second republic and the civil war 1931-1939 6 Credits
EU20678 Revolution and dictatorship in Latin America 1950-2000 6 Credits
EU20679 Contemporary Argentina, Chile and Brazil: history, society, identity 6 Credits
EU20720 Foreign policy-making and its analysis 6 Credits
EU20722 International political economy 6 Credits
EU20724 Policies and policy-making in the EU 6 Credits
EU20727 Multikulturelles Deutschland 6 Credits
EU20731 A history of international relations theory 6 Credits
EU20747 Berlin - politics and culture since reunification 6 Credits
EU20748 Multicultural Germany 6 Credits
EU30530 European political economy: political science perspectives 6 Credits
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Level: Honours


Academic Year

EU30623 French written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
EU30628 German written & spoken language 4 12 Credits
EU30634 Italian written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
EU30637 Russian written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
EU30640 Spanish written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
EU30643 European film 12 Credits
EU30670 Politics dissertation 12 Credits
EU30717 French written & oral communication in the international business context 12 Credits
EU30718 German written & oral communication in the international business context 12 Credits
EU30719 Spanish written & oral communication in the international business context 12 Credits
ZZ30009 Approved 12 credit language option 12 Credits
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Semester 1

EU30017 French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle 6 Credits
EU30019 French national option F5: French comedies from Molière to Beaumarchais 6 Credits
EU30020 French national option F6: French autobiography 6 Credits
EU30056 German national option G6: Mensch - Natur - Technik 6 Credits
EU30058 German national option G8: Gender und Transformatsionsprozesse in Deutschland 6 Credits
EU30077 Italian national option IT2: The novel, the cinema & Italian society 6 Credits
EU30099 Russian national option R2: Literature & society in modern Russia 6 Credits
EU30101 Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika 6 Credits
EU30107 Culture & national identity 6 Credits
EU30294 In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 6 Credits
EU30374 French Language for Engineers 5 6 Credits
EU30376 German language for Engineers 5 6 Credits
EU30429 French national option F15: Le leadership contemporain 6 Credits
EU30468 Transitions to democracy 6 Credits
EU30528 French national option F16: les scandales politiques en France 6 Credits
EU30548 Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy 6 Credits
EU30568 The politics of democracy & development in Latin America 6 Credits
EU30595 International marketing communications (French) 6 Credits
EU30596 International marketing communications (German) 6 Credits
EU30597 International marketing communications (Spanish) 6 Credits
EU30674 National identity during Francoism: the role of literature and cinema 6 Credits
EU30732 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
EU30741 US global politics 6 Credits
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Semester 2

EU30018 French national option F4: Films of the nouvelle vague 6 Credits
EU30027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande 6 Credits
EU30028 French national option F12: Environnement, société, développement 6 Credits
EU30029 French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine 6 Credits
EU30078 Italian national option IT3: Scrittrici Italiane del ventesimo secolo 6 Credits
EU30102 Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia 6 Credits
EU30108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? 6 Credits
EU30143 Business French option 2 6 Credits
EU30295 In search of Europe 2: nationalism, regionalism and convergence in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
EU30384 Russian national option R3: modern Russian cinema 6 Credits
EU30530 European political economy: political science perspectives 6 Credits
EU30549 Italian national option IT10: Italy & migration 6 Credits
EU30569 The post-Franco party political system in Spain 6 Credits
EU30592 Germany in the global economy 6 Credits
EU30593 Spain & Latin America in the global economy 6 Credits
EU30594 France in the global economy 6 Credits
EU30644 German national option G12: Protest und Widerstand 6 Credits
EU30660 French national option F19: Travelling identities: postcolonial culture in literature and the visual arts 6 Credits
EU30671 Italian national option IT11: Political terrorism and its legacy in Italy 6 Credits
EU30675 In search of Latin America: diversity and the dream of unity 6 Credits
EU30728 The international relations of Latin America 6 Credits
EU30744 Anti-politics and direct action 6 Credits
EU30745 Culture and religion in international relations 6 Credits
EU30753 German national option G12: Geschichte(n) der stasi im vereinigten Deutschland 6 Credits
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Level: Masters


Academic Year

EU50303 English to French translation 12 Credits
EU50304 French to English translation 12 Credits
EU50305 English to French consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50308 English to Russian translation 12 Credits
EU50309 Russian to English translation 12 Credits
EU50310 English to Russian consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50312 Italian to English translation 12 Credits
EU50313 English to Italian consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50316 German to English translation 12 Credits
EU50317 English to German consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50320 Japanese to English translation 12 Credits
EU50321 English to Japanese translation 12 Credits
EU50324 English to Japanese consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50326 Conferences 0 Credits
EU50350 Spanish to English translation 12 Credits
EU50354 Basic international law & practical legal translation 0 Credits
EU50355 Law of the European Union 0 Credits
EU50357 English to Spanish consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50378 Business Japanese 0 Credits
EU50379 English to Italian translation 12 Credits
EU50390 English to Chinese translation 12 Credits
EU50391 Chinese to English translation 12 Credits
EU50393 English to Chinese consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50394 Business Chinese 0 Credits
EU50395 Business English 0 Credits
EU50425 English to Spanish translation 12 Credits
EU50427 Approaches to professional work 0 Credits
EU50469 French to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50471 Russian to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50473 Italian to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50475 German to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50478 Japanese to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50489 Spanish to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50494 Chinese to English consecutive interpreting 6 Credits
EU50497 English to German translation 12 Credits
EU50582 Editing & revision 12 Credits
EU50752 Software packages for translators 0 Credits
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Dissertation period

EU50512 MA in Contemporary European studies (Euromasters) dissertation 24 Credits
EU50524 MA in European Cinema Studies dissertation 30 Credits
EU50525 MA in European Cinema Studies film project 30 Credits
EU50588 Dissertation/Project 30 Credits
EU50665 MA in contemporary European politics dissertation 30 Credits
EU50685 MA in International Politics dissertation 30 Credits
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Modular

EU50729 Description of the English language 12 Credits
EU50730 Teaching the English language 12 Credits
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Semester 1

EU40375 French language for Engineers 6 3 Credits
EU40377 German language for Engineers 6 3 Credits
EU50306 French/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50307 English to French simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50311 English to Russian simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50314 Italian/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50315 English to Italian simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50318 German/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50319 English to German simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50322 Japanese/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50323 English to Japanese simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50352 Institutions of the European Union 0 Credits
EU50358 Spanish/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50359 English to Spanish simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50366 Russian/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50392 English to Chinese simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50402 Chinese/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50435 Comparative European politics 6 Credits
EU50436 European union politics & policy-making 6 Credits
EU50437 Societal modernisation and political renewal 6 Credits
EU50470 French to English simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50472 Russian to English simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50474 Italian to English simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50476 German to English simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50477 Japanese to English simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50490 Spanish to English simultaneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50493 Chinese to English simulataneous interpreting 1 3 Credits
EU50506 Concepts and theories in the study of contemporary European politics 6 Credits
EU50508 European political economy 6 Credits
EU50514 Film and critical theory 6 Credits
EU50515 Film business 1 6 Credits
EU50519 History of European cinema 6 Credits
EU50521 Techniques and technologies 1 6 Credits
EU50523 Images in transit: film and border crossings 6 Credits
EU50584 Proofreading 6 Credits
EU50585 Translation management 6 Credits
EU50661 International security 6 Credits
EU50704 Documentary film 6 Credits
EU50749 Power and order in world politics 6 Credits
EU50750 International terrorism 6 Credits
EU50751 International relations theories 6 Credits
EU50752 Software packages for translators 0 Credits
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Semester 2

EU50331 English to French simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50335 English to Russian simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50339 English to Italian simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50343 English to German simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50347 English to Japanese simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50363 English to Spanish simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50398 English to Chinese simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50480 French to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50482 Russian to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50484 Italian to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50486 German to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50487 Japanese to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50492 Spanish to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50495 Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting 2 3 Credits
EU50516 Film business 2 6 Credits
EU50520 European film and society 6 Credits
EU50522 Film and identity 6 Credits
EU50586 Précis writing for the United Nations 6 Credits
EU50587 Enterprise skills for linguists 6 Credits
EU50604 The politics of sustainability: risk, security and stability 6 Credits
EU50605 The politics of migration 6 Credits
EU50606 The European Union's common foreign and security policy 6 Credits
EU50607 Multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship in Europe 6 Credits
EU50618 Specialist module essay 3 Credits
EU50645 Additional translation (Chinese to English) 6 Credits
EU50646 Additional translation (French to English) 6 Credits
EU50647 Additional translation (German to English) 6 Credits
EU50648 Additional translation (Italian to English) 6 Credits
EU50649 Additional translation (Japanese to English) 6 Credits
EU50650 Additional translation (Russian to English) 6 Credits
EU50651 Additional translation (Spanish to English) 6 Credits
EU50652 Additional translation (English to Chinese) 6 Credits
EU50653 Additional translation (English to French) 6 Credits
EU50654 Additional translation (English to German) 6 Credits
EU50655 Additional translation (English to Italian) 6 Credits
EU50656 Additional translation (English to Japanese) 6 Credits
EU50657 Additional translation (English to Russian) 6 Credits
EU50658 Additional translation (English to Spanish) 6 Credits
EU50663 Organised crime in Europe: threats and challenges 6 Credits
EU50664 The politics of security 18 Credits
EU50686 Europe in global politics 6 Credits
EU50703 Europe and global cinema 6 Credits
EU50705 Film and literature: adaptation, screening, and scripting 6 Credits
EU50706 Techniques and technologies 2 6 Credits
EU50710 Britain and Europe 3 Credits
EU50734 Chinese/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50735 French/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50736 German/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50737 Italian/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50738 Japanese/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50739 Russian/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50740 Spanish/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
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