BA Bulgarian and Hebrew
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Foreign language preferred.) 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 Hebrew, a Russian Studies and Hebrew and Jewish Studies degree focusing on the study of language and culture. Core topics include Research Methods. Students undertake a year abroad to experience the societies and cultures associated with both languages. The first year introduces foundational language acquisition through Modern Hebrew Language 1 and Bulgarian Language Level 1, alongside compulsory studies in Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies, War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, and Literature and Memory, with optional modules such as Religion, State and Society in Modern European History and Modern Jewish History (Antisemitism, Migration, and Identity). The second year advances linguistic proficiency via Modern Hebrew Language 2, Bulgarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Bulgarian Language Level 2b-Production, supported by Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature and Writing from the Other Europe, while optional choices include Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond, Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows, and Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl. The third year is spent abroad through study options covering Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 1, Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 2, Year Abroad Term 1, and Year Abroad Term 2. The final fourth year consolidates advanced skills through Modern Hebrew Language 4, Bulgarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Bulgarian Language Level 3b - Production, coupled with a compulsory Free-standing Dissertation or optional Final Year Dissertation, alongside optional modules like European Jewry and the Holocaust and History of the Jews in Poland.
Modules
- Modern Hebrew Language 1
- Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies
- Bulgarian Language Level 1
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Religion, State and Society in Modern European History
- Modern Jewish History (Antisemitism, Migration, and Identity)
- Modern Hebrew Language 2
- Bulgarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Bulgarian Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl
- Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 1
- Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 2
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Modern Hebrew Language 4
- Bulgarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Bulgarian Language Level 3b - Production
- Free-standing Dissertation
- Final Year Dissertation
- European Jewry and the Holocaust
- History of the Jews in Poland