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Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, Programme Catalogue 2011/12


UHPL-AYB03: BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and Russian)

- Information about changes to codes for programmes in the Department of European Studies & Modern Languages in 2011/12

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MODERN LANGUAGES AND EUROPEAN STUDIES (FRENCH AND RUSSIAN)

Further information on Modes of Attendance Mode of attendance: Full-time with Year Abroad

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Year 1

Not available in 2011/12

Year 2

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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2

Designated Essential Units
PL20622 French written & spoken language 2 12 Credits
PL20636 Russian written and spoken language 2 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
PL20726 European integration 6 Credits
PL20775 Violence and disintegration in text and image in modern France 6 Credits
PL20780 Soviet and post-Soviet Russia 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
PL20776 La France depuis 1981 6 Credits
PL20781 Russian culture and society from Chekhov to the death of Stalin 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL20407 Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
PL20416 Totalitarian politics 6 Credits
PL20424 Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) 6 Credits
PL20724 Policies and policy-making in the EU 6 Credits

Year 3

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  • Placement Type: Standard.
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3

Compulsory Units
PL20300 Year abroad 60 Credits

Year 4

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  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 27 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 28 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.


Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 4

Designated Essential Units
PL30623 French written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
PL30637 Russian written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list:
AA00021 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
PL30643 European film 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 4

Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30017 French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle 6 Credits
PL30019 French national option F5: French comedies from Molière to Beaumarchais 6 Credits
PL30020 French national option F6: French autobiography 6 Credits
PL30429 French national option F15: Le leadership contemporain 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30099 Russian national option R2: Literature & society in modern Russia 6 Credits
PL30101 Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list:
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN30040 European integration studies 1 6 Credits
PL30107 Culture & national identity 6 Credits
PL30294 In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 6 Credits
PL30468 Transitions to democracy 6 Credits
PL30732 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
PL30741 US global politics 6 Credits
SP30210 Global governance and the contemporary challenges of under-development 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 4

Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande 6 Credits
PL30029 French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine 6 Credits
PL30528 French national option F16: les scandales politiques en France 6 Credits
PL30660 French national option F19: Travelling identities: postcolonial culture in literature and the visual arts 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30102 Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia 6 Credits
PL30384 Russian national option R3: modern Russian cinema 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list:
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN30059 European integration studies 2 6 Credits
PL30108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? 6 Credits
PL30295 In search of Europe 2: nationalism, regionalism and convergence in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
PL30795 Europe and the Second World War: strategy, politics and society 6 Credits
SP30012 European social policy: a comparative approach 6 Credits

Notes:
* This programme catalogue is applicable for the 2011/12 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2012/13 and beyond should not assume that later years of a programme will be in the format displayed here for 2011/12.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.