BA Bulgarian and Czech
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Previous study of a foreign language is preferred (not necessarily one of the named languages) but not required. Applicants may study two languages at beginner level and may seek advice from the departments concerned if needed.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in Bulgarian and Czech, a Russian Studies degree centred on the acquisition of advanced linguistic proficiency and cultural analysis. Core topics include Research Methods. This four-year undergraduate course includes a compulsory academic year spent abroad. The first year builds initial language abilities through Bulgarian Language Level 1 and Czech Language Level 1 alongside War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema. The second year continues linguistic training with Bulgarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension and Czech Language Level 2a-Comprehension, supplemented by Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature and Introduction to Czech Literature and Culture. The third year consists of Year Abroad Term 1 and Year Abroad Term 2. The fourth year concludes the programme with Bulgarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, Czech Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and a Free-standing Dissertation. Optional modules in various years allow students to study subjects such as Translation: Theory and Practice and Contemporary Art and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Modules
- Bulgarian Language Level 1
- Czech Language Level 1
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- Tales of the Unexpected: the Supernatural and Fantastic in Literature, 1800 - 1930
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural, Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature
- Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning Strategy
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Language and social justice: ideologies, politics, and participation
- Representations of Russia
- Bulgarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Bulgarian Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature
- Czech Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Czech Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Czech Literature and Culture
- Writing from the Other Europe
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- Tales of the Unexpected: the Supernatural and Fantastic in Literature, 1800 - 1930
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature
- Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning Strategy
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Contemporary Polish Cinema
- Language and social justice: ideologies, politics, and participation
- Russian and Soviet Cinema: Gender, Sexuality, and Biopolitics
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Bulgarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Bulgarian Language Level 3b - Production
- Czech Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Czech Language Level 3b - Production
- Czech and Slovak Literature 3
- Free-standing Dissertation
- Narratives of Exile
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl
- Contemporary Art and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia
- Translation: Theory and Practice
- Perspectives on Nonbinary, Gender-inclusive and Genderqueer Language
- Russian and Soviet Cinema: Innovation and Experiment
- Contemporary Russian Cinema